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 …

CEGC survey reveals misuse of NREG funds in UP

A random survey carried by Central Employment Guarantee Council (CEGC) in Uttar Pradesh has revealed misuse of funds through spending a hefty amount of allocated money on goods against norms under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREG). CEGC, the agency for monitoring implementation of NREG in States, …

Green way of cleaning Ganga

LUCKNOW: Even as the UP government considers high-tech options for cleaning the worst-polluted stretch of the Ganga in Varanasi, Kanpur and Allahabad

Govt cracks whip on paper mills

LUCKNOW: UP environment minister Nakul Dubey may have ordered the

Sugarcane sowing area likely to increase in UP

The highest sugarcane price in Uttar Pradesh paid by sugar mills this crushing session is likely to lead to a hike in the sugarcane sowing area, which had been seeing a decrease for several years now. While the crushing session is still continuing, sugar mills have paid Rs 12,111 crore …

River Of Protest

BRIJESH PANDEY reports on a community robbed of its livelihood by the machinations of the mafia image Exploitative machinery Trucks carrying sand dug up by earth movers, near Allahabad THE BEST way to deal with any agitation is to crush it with a heavy hand. At least this is what …

Polio in North India: What next?

India has continued to report cases of wild poliovirus and acute flaccid paralysis throughout the 2000s. Indeed, in 2009 the numbers of both exceeded the totals for 2008, by 26% and 9.5%, respectively. Confirmed wild poliovirus cases are increasingly concentrated amongst Muslim children and localised in western Uttar Pradesh and …

RLD demandes subsidy on transportation of Potato crop

Alleging the state government for being apathetic to woes of farmers, RLD on Monday demanded subsidy on transportation of Potato crop to other states which was seeing over production this season. RLD general secretary and legislative party leader in Vidhan Parishad, Munna Singh Chauhan talking to reporters said, in view …

Meeting over Bundelkhand package today

The Centre will on Tuesday hold a high-level meeting to finalise the implementation of the Rs 7277 crore Bundelkhand package announced earlier by the Government. The Union Rural Development Ministry, meanwhile, is all set to launch a pilot project in all the 13 districts of the Bundelkhand region to showcase …

6 UP dists have no woman on NREGS rolls: Minister

Union Minister of State, Rural Development, Pradeep Jain has written to his UP counterpart to highlight that not a single woman was issued a job card between January 2009 and December 2009 in six districts in the state namely Meerut, Agra, Aligarh, Rampur, Bijnore and Baghpat. He said this had …

Cong hits out at Maya govt for failing to manage power sector

LUCKNOW: Hitting out at the Mayawati government for miserably failing in managing the power sector and rampant corruption plaguing the UP Power Corporation Ltd, chairperson of UPCC media cell Vivek Singh said that he has shot off a letter to the Centre requesting it to withhold further aid to the …

Sunny nights: Solar lamps for 40,000 girl students in UP

There could not have been a better gift for 40,000 girls studying in 454 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV) in Uttar Pradesh. A Swedish company, Ikea

Cash crunch may hit govts RTE plans

BARELY five days after it was notified, the Right to Education is facing a huge challenge

State's population levels expected to be up by 25%

LUCKNOW: The most populous state in the country is all set to get even more crowded, with officials expecting to see a 25% increase in the state's population levels. With Census 2011, the 15th since 1872, kicking off in various parts of the country, Uttar Pradesh will begin the proceedings …

RTE Act may brighten lamp of learning in Suratganj

LUCKNOW: As the nation celebrates the introduction of the historic Right to Education Act, the details of what the Act holds in store for him have still not reached 8-year-old Mohan Tripathi. A resident of Barabanki's Suratganj block, for this bright student, the only joyous piece of news can be …

Torrent Power changes Agras power scenario

Privatisation of electricity distribution in Agra might lead to anything in the future but currently, Torrent Power Ltd has made positive changes for denizens afflicted by the apathy of sarkari karmacharis. On first day after taking over the power distribution system in Agra on the intervening night of March 31 …

Two villagers arrested for killing leopard

In a gruesome incident of violence against wild animals, villagers in Uttar Pradesh's Chandauli district killed a leopard with spears and iron weapons. Of the six villagers booked for killing the animal, two have been arrested, officials said. The incident took place in Chak village in Chandauli, where a group …

UPERC announces steep hike in electricity tariff

LUCKNOW: Get ready to shell out 50 paise more for every unit of electricity you consume. The UP Electricity Regulatory Commission (UPERC) on Thursday announced the hike in power tariff for various categories of consumers. The new tariff would come into force seven days after the state government declares it …

UP sought Rs 150 crore to strengthen structure

On the day Right to Education became a fundamental right of children, the UP government sought an assistance of Rs 150 crore from the union government to strengthen its primary education structure. In a letter written to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Chief Minister Mayawati said that the UP government …

Farmers oppose laying of pipeline

There was tension between farmers and officials near Ranauli Latifpur village in Dadri as farmers were trying to stall the laying of Indian Oil pipeline in the village. Villagers alleged that the police had been deployed in the area to quell their protests. Farmers are demanding land compensation on the …

Petrol costlier in Lucknow, Kanpur and Agra

LUCKNOW: Petrol and diesel will get dearer for people in Lucknow, Kanpur and Agra from April 1, 2010. While petrol will cost 50 to 53 paise more per litre, diesel will be costlier by 27 to 30 paise more. The increase in price comes on the directives of the Union …

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