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: The Planning Commission of India on Wednesday approved UP's annual plan outlay of Rs 57,000 crore for 2012-13. The Centre also endorsed the state's 12th Five Year plan worth Rs 3.61 lakh crore, of which UP has proposed to generate Rs 1.70 lakh crore from its own resources — …
LUCKNOW: About 97% of the available water on the earth is saline. Only 3% is fresh water out of which only 1% is ground water which is consumed for various purposes. Around 70% of the consumable water is being used for irrigation, whereas 95% of the population is able to …
With the lion safari and breeding centre gradually taking shape in about 300 hectares of Fisher forest in Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh, purebred lions, unlike their counterparts in Gir and Junagadh, are set to be introduced in the forest. This lion safari project is the first to introduce purebred …
New Delhi It’s a throwback to history. A decade after the Centre stepped in to rescue debt-stressed electricity distribution companies, the power ministry has prepared another bailout package for these entities whose combined debt has reached an unmanageable R2 lakh crore. While these discoms, hamstrung by up to a 40% …
Lucknow Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation’s (UPPCL) chickens have come home to roost. With outstanding dues of R8,636 crore on July 5 — which the corporation says it has reduced to R4,500 crore now — the loss-making UPPCL finds it no longer has enough money to buy power from generating entities …
Even as the Total Fertility Rate (TFR) — the average number of children born to a woman during her reproductive years has gone down substantially in the country, the recent survey revealed that it is still a distant dream for many states as in states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand …
TOI Takes A Ride On The Delhi-Agra Yamuna Expressway To Bring You A Sneak Preview. The monsoon is chasing us. We are nearing the third toll plaza on the Yamuna Expressway and the dark clouds hovering above are dancing wildly like dervishes in delight. We have left the Formula One …
Growing demand for male children, ‘same-caste’ surrogates Unregulated fertility clinics indulge in medical malpractices, including physical and economical exploitation of women, a study has shown. Shockingly, preference for male children and demand for ‘same caste’ surrogates are prevalent in India. “Some couples, say about 5 per cent, who come to …
New Delhi Bajaj Hindusthan’s R12,000-crore Lalitpur thermal power project in Uttar Pradesh seems to be in trouble, with the coal ministry making it clear that it is not in a position to commit coal supply to the project under the power ministry’s 12th Plan capacity addition programme. The Shishir Bajaj-led …
LUCKNOW: UP's Minister of Small Scale Industries & Export Promotion, Bhagwat Saran Gangawar has said the new Industrial Policy of UP is nearly ready after a series of discussions with stakeholders. Many concerns of the industry, Gangwar said, are being addressed and several supportive provisions for the growth of MSMEs …
New Delhi The Union Cabinet on Thursday cleared a Rs.648-crore project for two-laning of a national highway in Rae Bareli, falling under the constituency of Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi. Of the R648 crore, R78.62 crore has been earmarked for land acquisition, resettlement, rehabilitation and pre-construction, while R569.36 …
The overall green cover in the National Capital Region has witnessed an increase, according to data compiled by the NCR Planning Board. “Though the Board is making efforts to increase the green cover in this region what is heartening is that in the last couple of years the green cover …
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a Rs 648-crore project in Uttar Pradesh for widening the Raibareilly -Jaunpur highway section. The project falls under the government’s flagship road building programme — National Highways Development Project. “The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure has approved the proposal for the development of the two-laning, …
Terming the Municipal Corporation of Delhi “the biggest polluter” of the Yamuna, the Supreme Court on Wednesday rebuked the civic body for saying that it has nothing to do with the pollution of the river and warned it that all its three Commissioners will have to appear before the court …
NewDelhi/Noida:Through recent amendments in its master plan, Greater Noida has decided to make room for a regional rapid rail transport line, expressways and a mass transit system, becoming the first city in NCR to provide for its transport needs of the future. Details of changes made in Greater Noida’s master …
The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted two more weeks “as last opportunity” to States which have defaulted in notifying buffer zones around tiger reserves to regulate commercialisation of revenue land around the big cat’s habitats and help preserve the endangered species. A Bench of Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice Ibrahim …
The projects cut across the states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka The government is likely to give nod for construction of 11 road projects worth about Rs 15,000 crore this week, a government official said. "Road Ministry has sent a proposal for building 11 highway projects to the …
After the scheme to provide door-to-door contraceptives showed encouraging results, the government has now decided to rope in Accredited Social Health Activists (Asha) to motivate couples delay having children. With an aim to lay emphasis on spacing rather than limiting, the health ministry has decided to utilise its 8 lakh …
The camera pans in. The grins of smiling school children fill the frame. An enthusiastic teacher, played by a famous Bollywood actress, sits in the centre. The scene is a "remote picturesque setting". And all are munching happily on Domino's Pizza. The advert is typical of the marketing bombardment now …
A 35-km Metro rail service was announced on Monday to connect Noida with Greater Noida. The public-private partnership (PPP) model will be adopted for the Rs 7,500-crore project. This was announced after a meeting between senior officials of Noida, Greater Noida and Yamuna Expressway authorities. “This will be independent from …
