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 …
A study on variation in silica values in groundwater from a small part of the Central Ganga Plain has yielded valuable information on relative roles of geogenic and anthropogenic solute acquisition processes and depth to the deep aquifer system in the area. It is recommended that silica analysis should be …
Enumeration of tigers through camera trapping method is underway in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve. Around 100 sophisticated cameras have been installed at previously selected areas within Dudhwa to count the big cats in the reserve, Deputy field director, DTR, Sanjay Kumar Pathak told PTI. The enumeration process started on Monday. …
LUCKNOW: First, it was the question of availability of power. And now, the Lucknow Jal Sansthan (LJS) is in search of the most important component for its two underground water tanks in New Hyderabad and Babuganj: Water! After getting the two reservoirs
PARUL CHANDRA NEW DELHI ambitious Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojna aimed at villages with an SC majority, is finally all set to take off as a pilot project in at least three states in the country. Nearly Rs 400 crore have been set aside for this flagship scheme of the …
Patna: Sixteen persons, including three children, were killed and more than 25 injured when a high velocity storm struck eastern Bihar on Friday morning. This is the second instance of a thunderstorm hitting the State after a Nor'wester hit West Bengal, Bihar and Assam last month, claiming more than 130 …
LUCKNOW: In a fresh impetus to bettering urban infrastructure in major cities of the state, the government of India has named Lucknow, Varanasi, Agra, Kanpur, Meerut, Allahabad and Mathura as mission cities under the urban infrastructure and governance (UIG) scheme of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The seven …
AMIT AGNIHOTRI NEW DELHI Now the Samajwa di Party has joined the race to show concern for the backward Bundelkhand region in Uttar Pradesh. Sources said this was an attempt by the SP to pick up an issue with both the Congress and the BSP, who are already locked in …
Komal Amit Gera / Chandigarh May 07, 2010, 0:31 IST Wheat procurement is likely to be lower than projected, say Food Corporation of India sources. The reason is an unexpected shortfall in stock bought in the three major contributors
With wheat procurement in Uttar Pradesh down by about 40 per cent from last year, the government has decided to relax quality norms to facilitate higher purchase of the crop from the state. As a one-time measure for farmers of Uttar Pradesh, the Central Government has allowed procurement of a …
Sanjay Jog / Mumbai May 05, 2010, 1:11 IST Several states have responded well to the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) initiative to introduce a renewable electricity certificate (REC) mechanism. While Gujarat has notified the final regulations on REC mechanism, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh …
After a major polio outbreak in 2006, it is for the first time that India has been able to stop the spread of polio virus for over seven weeks with not a single wild polio virus (WPV) case being reported from any part of the country till this Friday. The …
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that the status quo be maintained with regard to the Allahabad High Court's interim order restraining the Lucknow Development Authority from raising the fence so as to preserve the green belt near the city's Bhagidari Bhavan area. A three-Judge Bench …
LUCKNOW: It was the last Sunday morning for Sumit and Jaimala here at Lucknow zoo. The pachyderms left for their new abode bidding goodbye to the city. While Sumit trumpeted loudly before he boarded the truck for his journey to Dudhwa National Park, Jaimala was reluctant to go.
NEW DELHI: The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) has urged the States of Delhi, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to pool their resources to draft bio-medical waste disposal guidelines. According to ASSOCHAM, Delhi and the National Capital Region collectively generate over 3,400 tonnes of medical waste annually, …
The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has adversely affected harvesting of Rabi crop in the Gangetic belt as labourers are busy digging ponds, leaving farmers high and dry. In some places the labourers have even jacked up their rates, saying they will work in fields only if they …
The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) will launch a fortnight-long agitation from May 15 to protest the acute power crisis in the state. RLD state president Ram Asrey Verma said on Sunday that all district units of the party had been asked to organise dharnas, marches and public meetings to protest …
Invasion by exotic species is among the most important global-scale problems experienced by natural ecosystems. Studies document that floristic changes that emerge after habitat fragmentation may be due to invasion by exotic weeds. When either habitat modification or the introduction of foreign species results in changes in the community, then …
LUCKNOW: The delay by the Central and state groundwater boards in releasing the 2008 groundwater assessment report might dislodge the huge efforts made by the state groundwater department and crores of rupees being pumped in by the government to replenish the fast depleting groundwater reservoirs in UP. Principal secretary, groundwater …
LUCKNOW: If frequent power cuts are taking a toll on your blood pressure and cursing the power department yields no results, here's a more practical solution. And a simple one at that. Go solar. Opting for electrification through solar energy will not only ensure you sleep well, but it will …
