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: Anticipating what farmers support could mean to Samajwadi Party in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Akhilesh government doled out sops worth Rs 5,432.37 crore for agriculture and allied activities to benefit the group. Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav also reiterated his government's commitment to scrap the old land acquisition …
LUCKNOW: An ailing power sector got a dose of more than Rs 8,000 crore in the state budget tabled by chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Friday. While less than half of this -- Rs 3429.48 crore -- will be spent on strengthening the distribution network and adding generation capacity, Rs …
LUCKNOW: Urbanisation has led to migration of poor people from rural to urban areas in want of a better standard of living. By 2030, nearly 50% of the population will stay in urban areas. In order to extend the benefits of BPL (Below Poverty Line) schemes to the poor people, …
LUCKNOW: Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav presented his first budget in the state assembly on Friday morning. The budget 2012-13 is of Rs 2 lakh crore, which is 18% higher than 2011-12 budget. The state government has made special allocations to fulfill the poll promises made by the Samajwadi Party before …
The acute spatial and temporal variations in precipitation patterns have greatly influenced water resources planning, management, and development in India. Specifically, these patterns have led to the development of several water transfer projects in the country. The Inter-Linking of Rivers (ILR) project is a grand example of such a water …
The study was carried out during the months of March-May, 2012 to see the status of air quality by monitoring and assessment of some selected air pollutants namely Respirable Particulate Matter (RSPM or PM10), Fine Particulates (PM2.5), Sulphur dioxide(SO2), Nitrogen dioxide (NO2), and Trace metals- Iron (Fe ), Nickel (Ni), …
Power is the engine for growth and thereby strength of any developing economy. Consumption of electrical energy is a universally accepted indicator of progress in the agricultural, industrial and commercial sectors, as also of the well being of the people of the State. No major economic activity can sustain without …
In a damning indictment of large-scale financial irregularities in the implementation of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scheme in Uttar Pradesh during the erstwhile Mayawati regime, the Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) has noted that funds worth Rs. 1768.12 crore received from the Centre “through the treasury route” were not …
LUCKNOW: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has detected anomalies of around Rs 5,000 crore in the implementation of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in UP between 2007 and 2011 when the Bahujan Samaj Party was in power. The Akhilesh Yadav-led state government on Wednesday tabled in the assembly …
LUCKNOW: Nearly a month after having approved the e-tendering mechanism for allotting contracts in the mining sector, the UP government, on Wednesday, ordered the immediate implementation of e-tendering for awarding all new mining leases in the state. Under the fresh system, lease holders will need an environment clearance for mining …
LUCKNOW: With a promise of initiating more development activities in UP, chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, on Wednesday decided to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) within two months of Gates' visit. The objective will be to engage with the …
In yet another indictment of the land acquisition policy of the previous Mayawati Government, the Allahabad High Court on Wednesday quashed acquisition of 68 hectares of village land on the pretext of “planned industrial development” in Greater Noida and held that invoking of urgency clause for the purpose was “tainted …
Navaratna company, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Limited (NLC), is planning to add 15,000 Mw of power with an investment of around Rs 90,000 crore, of which 30 per cent will be infused as equity. AR Ansari, chairman and managing director of NLC, said that the proposed addition will be completed before …
LUCKNOW: The high day time temperature is not only leaving people high and dry, but has also shrunken the ground water level in some parts of the state capital alarmingly. The Lucknow Jal Sansthan has detected a sharp plunge in the ground water level by six to eight feet in …
People hit hard by the recent sharp increase in the price of petrol have been given some relief by the Delhi Government as it announced an exemption of Value Added Tax on the increased amount in the Delhi Budget which was presented on Monday. This will effectively lower the price …
City, Mahuva Identified Among 6 Vulture Safe Zones In The Country Ahmedabad/Mahuva: Vulture conservation in Gujarat has got a major boost with the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) selecting Mahuva and Ahmedabad among the six provisional vultures’ safe zones (VSZ) in India. Within three years, vultures successfully bred in captivity …
With the vector species such as mosquitoes developing resistance to the insecticides being used currently, the Indian Medical Council for Research (ICMR) is framing a common protocol for uniform evaluation of the insecticides for better outcome. Although, general guidelines for evaluation of insecticides are already available, discrepancies in the methodology …
Three tigers have been found dead in the forests in the Terai region during the past three days, setting alarm bells ringing among wildlife enthusiasts. The body of a tiger was recovered on Sunday from the Dudhwa National Park in Lakhimpur district and it is suspected that the big cat …
PEs demanding lower valuation for power biz, more say in management Infrastructure company Lanco Infratech is selling its roads business and is facing headwinds in securing the right price for its power business as bankrupt state electricity boards fail to pay up and fuel remains scarce due to monopoly coal …
New Delhi: Concerned about the inability of the National Ganga River Basin Authority’s limited control over how states manage the river stretches in their domain, the Centre is preparing a law that will set up a National Ganga Basin Authority along the lines of the National Commission for Women and …
