Uttar Pradesh

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Godavari river, Telangana, 29/05/2025

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 …

Land rights and wrongs

All governments must carry conviction with farmers Business Standard / New Delhi August 25, 2010, 0:01 IST Compensation to farmers for land acquired for non-farm purposes has once again come to the fore, now in Uttar Pradesh on the Noida-Agra expressway. Investors who have already sunk funds into both the …

Rich harvest in sight, parties target each other

Following the protest against land acquisition in Aligarh, political parties in the state don’t want to be seen away from the farmers, but rival leaders don’t wish to be seen together on the issue either. So it’s RLD vs SP vs Congress vs BJP vs BSP even as they support …

Raging Hindon causes scare in Ghaziabad, Noida areas

Dwaipayan Ghosh | TNN Greater Noida/Ghaziabad: With the Hindon flowing above the danger mark for the first time in a decade, parts of Ghaziabad are facing the threat of flood. According to rough estimates by the UP irrigation department, almost 1,200 acres of crops have been destroyed so far as …

U.P. blames Centre for vaccine deaths

Atiq Khan LUCKNOW: In what is turning out to be a State versus the Centre match, the Uttar Pradesh Government has refused to take the blame for the four immunisation deaths in Mohanlalganj tehsil of Lucknow on August 21. In a letter sent to Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad …

Rainfall breathes life into parched eastern UP dists, raises crop hope

Widespread rain across the state in the past few days, particularly in the last 48 hours, has come as a boon for paddy farmers, especially in the eastern Uttar Pradesh districts of Gorakhpur, Basti and Azamgarh which were facing a drought-like situation because of deficit of rainfall until last week.However, …

Infant deaths: Vaccine samples sent for tests

Teena Thacker The team from the Union Health Ministry probing the death of four infants during a routine immunisation drive in Mohanlalganj near Lucknow on Saturday has sent samples of the measles vaccine from the stock to the Central Drug Laboratory Kolkata for further investigations.

UP Govt. silent on power projects: Minister

LUCKNOW: The Union Minister of State for Coal, Sri Prakash Jaiswal, has regretted the Uttar Pradesh Government's silence on the proposal for setting up two mega power plants by Central public sector undertakings in the State. The power plants to be developed by Nevyeli Lignite and National Thermal Power Corporation …

Farmers' stir in UP gains political colour

Sreelatha Menon / Tappal (uttar Pradesh) August 23, 2010, 0:46 ISTFarmers

Landing in trouble

The recent farmer agitation over land acquisition in Uttar Pradesh is another reminder of just how complicated the process of acquiring land for industry (or indeed for any other non-agricultural purpose) has become. It now threatens to be the major bottleneck for growth and development. It is well known that …

Metro makes a turn towards posh Gomtinagar

LUCKNOW: The ambitious metro rail project is now proposed to be extended till Patrakarpuram in Gomtinagar as well. This the first time that the authorities have decided to bring the posh residential locality into the metro loop. Moreover, the track between Amausi and KD Singh Babu Stadium would be made …

With JE vaccine in sight, UP heaves sigh of relief

LUCKNOW: After a protracted cold war with the Centre over supply of dubious quality of Japanese Encephalitis vaccine, things finally begin to look up for UP. The state is all set to receive a consignment of fresh vaccine from new Delhi in September. The Union ministry of health and family …

Proposed tiger reserve in Pilibhit hits a roadblock

LUCKNOW: The proposed tiger reserve in Pilibhit, second in UP after Dudhwa, seems to have hit a roadblock. Though cleared in principle in 2008 by the Union ministry of environment and forest and the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), the project could be on hold till serious concerns raised by …

State government to declare some districts drought affected

Pioneer News Service | Lucknow Amidst the inconsistency about the rain fall the state government is contemplating to declare few districts as the drought affected due to short fall of the rain than the normal one.The datas related with rain fall of the various districts are being collected and studied …

Farmers' protest spreads to more western districts

LUCKNOW: A day after Tuesday's violent protests by farmers in Agra, tension prevailed across trouble-hit areas in the western part of the state, which remained under heavy security deployment all through Wednesday. However, reports of aggressive protests by farmers originating from at least half-a-dozen other districts of western Uttar Pradesh …

Mayas dream project caught in bureaucratic red tape

The dream project of Chief Minister Mayawati to digitalise details of Ambedkar villages is caught in bureaucratic red tape as many districts are still grappling with government order and its subsequent details. "All the District Magistrates were asked to degitalise details of Ambedkar villages of their districts and the send …

Maya govt offers higher land rate, protesters sharply divided

IN THE backfoot ever since the use of force against farmers seeking higher compensation for land being acquired for the Ya muna Expressway in the Aligarh-Mathura belt, the Mayawati government on Tu esday offered to increase the land compensation rate. But the proposal led to sharp divisions among the protesters …

Gorakhpur farmers oppose acquisition

Sushil Manav Fatehabad, August 17 Farmers from Gorakhpur village in this district, where the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NIPCL) is to set up a power plant soon, are up in arms against the government move to acquire their land. Hundreds of farmers met District Revenue Officer Om Prakash …

Aligarh brings focus back on land acquisition, R&R bills

New Delhi: The debate on Aligarh violence in Lok Sabha turned into an overwhelming demand for introduction of the long-pending legislations: Relief and Rehabilitation Bill and Land Acquisition Amendment Bill, which have been designed to deal with farmers

E-way row: Maya drives a wedge...

Farmer Leader Relents After Release, Others Not Amused Ashish Tripathi | TNN Tappal (Aligarh): The farmers

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