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 …
LUCKNOW: An enforcement squad of Lucknow Municipal Corporation on Tuesday slapped fine on eight food joints and stalls in and around Hazratganj on charges of littering public places. The squad led by chief food inspector, Dilip Dey, swooped down Hazratganj, Lalbagh, Rana Pratap Marg and Vidhan Sabha Marg slapping challans …
Those who have been using illegal power connections — popularly known as “katia” connection in the local parlance — will now get to see the writing on the wall. Almost, literally. The Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited will be writing the names of regular and honest consumers on the walls …
The National Green Tribunal has asked the governments of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh to ensure that all debris that has accumulated on the banks of the river Yamuna is removed. Issuing the order on Monday, the NGT said the Delhi administration as well as the Irrigation Department of Uttar Pradesh …
At least 13 people were killed in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh as heavy showers lashed North India on Monday. Delhi recorded a maximum temperature of 31.5 degrees Celsius, three less than normal, while the minimum was recorded at 26.5 degrees Celsius. The city received 2.2 mm of rainfall. In …
The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has pulled out from providing services as a consultant in setting up new generation units in UP. The development has hit the state government's efforts for enhancing power generation because of which two mega thermal projects are likely to be delayed from the scheduled …
New Delhi: Six months after it directed Delhi and UP governments to stop dumping solid waste on the Yamuna river bed, the National Green Tribunal on Monday issued fresh instructions to the UP irrigation department to immediately remove all the debris from the river bank. The order, issued by a …
With a number states deciding to ban use and sale of gutka, the Union health ministry has urged the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government to follow its counterparts in rest of the country in banning sale of such products in the state. So far, states of Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Bihar, Rajasthan, …
Noida: Hundreds of farmers stalled construction work of at least four developers in Sectors 45 and 96 of Noida on Sunday alleging that Noida Authority has failed to honour the Allahabad high court verdict of October 2011. The verdict entitled the farmers to 10% developed plots and 64% extra compensation …
LUCKNOW: The illegal felling of trees undoubtedly poses a grave threat to the environment. However, for the officials of the forest department, it turns out to be a boon in disguise, as illegal felling of trees contributes a sizeable chunk of revenue to the department's coffers. And if official figures …
The Noida Authority has increased the budget allocation of the Horticulture Department to ensure that existing parks and green belts are adequately maintained in Gautam Budh Nagar. It has added 300 hectares of green area in the Master Plan 2031, and had increased the green cover from its current 14.9 …
States will no longer be able to drag their feet on taking timebound remedial actions. The Centre has issued guidelines for better implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, which include stopping funds. The move follows complaints on the UPA’s flagship rural employment programme. The Centre will exercise powers …
Demanding the Union Government to declare river Ganga as national heritage, the BJP will under take Nirmal Ganga AbhiyanYatra from Gangasagar and it will culminate at Gangotri. The fire brand BJP leader Uma Bharti will lead Yatra which will commence on September 21 and culminate on October 28. The national …
It comes after a gap of eight years succeeding the UP Industrial and Service Sector Investment Policy 2004 The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet, in its pursuit to iron out regional industrial imbalance and attract fresh investment, on Tuesday gave its nod and cleared the New Industrial & Infrastructure Investment Policy 2012. …
UP’s dismal performance on the health front has been sliding further with scams in its NRHM implementation, murders of senior health officials The public-private partnership (PPP) model will soon permeate the rickety health-sector in Uttar Pradesh. Under the top-down approach, the state government would rollout diagnostic centres at the district …
LUCKNOW, 4 SEPT: In order to speed up industrial development and attract investors in Uttar Pradesh the state Cabinet on Tuesday passed the new industrial and infrastructure policy 2012 with a special emphasis on removing regional imbalances, especially in Bundelkhand, Purvanchal and Madhyanchal. The new policy aims to attain the …
LUCKNOW: Eyeing a growth rate of 11.2%, with a focus on removing regional imbalances in industrial development, the Uttar Pradesh cabinet on Tuesday cleared the final draft of the Industrial and Service Sector Investment Policy 2012. Among the major provisions of the new industrial policy, the state government has cleared …
On the day a Bill to prohibit manual scavenging was to be introduced in Parliament, the Supreme Court “deprecated” some state administrations for their failure to disclose the situation of manual scavenging in their states and summoned their top bureaucrats. The SC on Monday summoned health or social welfare secretaries …
New Delhi: In the cleaning of nearly 13 lakh insanitary dry toilets across the country, human beings and animals play an almost equal role, the Supreme Court was told on Monday. In what could deal a severe blow to the sanitation claims of successive governments, petitioner NGO ‘Safai Karmachari Andolan’ …
Lucknow: The rising number of cases of swine flu in Lucknow, 56 so far, has started a blame game between the state health department and the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI). Till Monday evening, 56 confirmed cases afflicted with the deadly H1N1 virus have been reported …
LUCKNOW: More trouble seems to be in the offing for Torrent, the company engaged by UP Power Corporation Limited to distribute power in Agra. A week after UP accountant general assessed the agreement between Torrent and UPPCL to supply power in Agra of causing a loss of over Rs 5,000 …
