Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Master plan for state's first lion safari may get final approval by the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) at the meeting in Lucknow on Wednesday. Lion safari will be developed as per the CZA guidelines and funds released by the state government. In August, authorities of the UP Forest department had …
The Central Water Commission (CWC) has said that a mechanism has been evolved to expand and restructure it to adopt river basins as fundamental blocks for integrated planning, development and management of water resources in the country. Delivering the 29th Dr M Visvesvaraya Memorial Lecture here on Monday, CWC chairman …
Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav held a meeting of his cabinet colleagues on Tuesday to deliberate upon the proposals for approval related to government contribution to boost the handicraft industry, renaming of Sampoorna Swachta Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign) as Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Campaign) and increasing the state government's contribution …
After a gap of four years, roads in rural areas of the state will get a facelift under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojna (PMGSY). Centre has sanctioned more than Rs 3,000 crore for construction of new roads and maintenance of existing ones. The scheme, said rural development minister Jairam …
LUCKNOW: Taking a step forward, the Uttar Pradesh government has sanctioned Rs 89 crore for the 10-year-long Lion Safari in Etawah. The government has also appointed UP Awas Vikas Parishad as the construction and executing agency for the safari. Lion Safari, which is an extended zoo has got the nod …
LUCKNOW: Use of solar appliances has helped in reducing government's electricity bills by Rs 7.42 lakhs. This became possible after solar appliances helped in generating an average of 1.83 lakh units of power every month for Lal Bahadur Shastri Bhavan which is better known as the state annexe. The development …
The impact of climate change on food and nutrition security is exacerbating the existing inequalities in access to resources and contributing to injustice. Those who have done the least to cause the climate change problem are already suffering its impacts on one of their most fundamental human rights – the …
This study attempted to examine the emerging structure in, pattern and growth of agro industries, capital investment, output, production technologies, employment contribution, linkages in supply of raw material from the farmers, arrangements of marketing the final products, contribution and impact of agro processing industries in increasing income and employment of …
Two new corridors have been identified for expansion of the Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) that will link the national Capital with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. Following a meeting of the representatives of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh with Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath on Thursday, it was announced …
Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath today announced that the government would develop the Regional Rapid Rail Transit System (RRRTS) in the National Capital Region in a phased manner. In the fist phase, the RRRTS would be developed in three corridors -- Delhi-Panipat, Delhi-Alwar and Delhi-Meerut -- with an estimated …
After a loan waiver and free irrigation facility, the Samajwadi Party (SP) government on Thursday announced a proposal to give free electricity to nearly 20 million small and marginal farmers in the state. “The proposal to give free electricity to small and marginal farmers is under active consideration,” agriculture minister …
The Noida Authority will introduce an integrated transport management system and add 170 new buses including 50 mini-buses and 20 semi-low floor buses to enhance mobility in the wake of rapid expansion in the area. The Authority has joined hands with the Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation to connect …
In the maiden meeting of the authority on Monday, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav nominated revenue minister Ambika Chaudhary as the vice-chairman of the governing body of the Disaster Management Authority. Headed by the CM, the governing body also decided to draft a new Disaster Management Policy for the state in …
The Uttar Pradesh government today announced an agricultural loan waiver worth Rs 1,650 crore, likely to benefit about half a million small and marginal farmers. It would apply to farmers who’d taken up to Rs 50,000 of loan from the UP Sahkari Gram Vikas Bank (UPSGVB) against farm land as …
Infrastructure projects in India especially the Railways’ ambitious plan to build a dedicated freight corridor across the country got a shot in the arm on Tuesday. Sources said Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda informed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ahead of the East Asia Summit at Cambodia about the willingness to …
New Delhi: The recent covering of smog over Delhi has brought the two delayed peripheral expressways around the capital back on the table. Chairman of the Supreme Court-appointed Environment Protection and Control Authority (EPCA) Bhure Lal has sought highways minister C P Joshi’s intervention to expedite the twin projects. Lal …
The Supreme Court on Monday gave the go-ahead for felling of 4,313 trees on the 76-km Taj Trapezium Zone stretch in Uttar Pradesh for the Dedicated Freight Corridor project by the railways, funded by the World Bank. A bench of Justices D.K. Jain and Madan B. Lokur allowed the plea …
Union Steel Minister Beni Prasad Verma on Monday urged the Uttar Pradesh government to expedite the procedures for the lease of iron ore mines in Lalitpur district of Bundelkhand region to the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL). “We are confident the state government would soon take positive steps in this …
Motorists without valid pollution check certificates will be fined Rs 1,000-Rs 2,000 The Delhi government has launched a drive to penalise motorists not carrying valid pollution under control (PUC) certificates for their vehicles. This is part of the government’s initiative to check air pollution in the city, which has led …
A painted milestone marks the turn-off to Kailashpur. The slab sports a poor likeness of Gandhi and announces “The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Rural road constructed from the curve at Pansara to Kailashpur forest road. Sanctioned: 2007-08. Cost: 4.3m rupees [$80,000].” The road winds a few miles …
