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: Apart from assessing the party's performance in the state, Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat, in Uttar Pradesh on a three-day visit that ended on Wednesday, is preparing a report on the the contentious Ganga Expressway Project undertaken by the UP government. The report, which is …
Manisha Jha BIJNOR: Travelling about 250 kilometres away from the Capital into the dusty rural heartland of Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh one comes face-to-face with the grim reality of rural health infrastructure and of its missed opportunities in checking diseases that are quietly wiping out a sizeable population of children …
Rae Bareli: Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday took strong exception to the alleged rejection of over 16,000 applications for job cards under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in her Lok Sabha constituency and asked the District Magistrate to inquire into the complaints. The directive was …
With the onset of summers, the wait for mango starts. Speculations become rife about the mango crop. This year, the heat wave-like conditions prevailing in the state even in March, are posing a threat to mango production even after bumper flowering. The quantity if baur visible on mango trees had …
Lucknow: The Forest department officials at Shahjahanpur are awaiting the sarus count eagerly. They are confident that their number in the district is certain to exceed those in Etawah and Mainpuri, accounting for the maximum number of Uttar Pradesh
After much delay, Torrent Power Limited is set to take over power distribution and bill collection in Agra from state-owned Pashchimanchal Power Corporation on April 1. This will be the Mayawati government
Organic farming systems have attracted increasing attention over the last one decade because they are perceived to offer some solutions to the problems currently besetting the agricultural sector. Organic farming has the potential to provide benefits in terms of environmental protection, conservation of non-renewable resources and improved food quality. India …
AMIT AGNIHOTRI Trying to make MGNREGA wage payment through banks more transparent, the government has started pilot projects in UP, Orissa and Rajasthan to test the business correspondent model. But the MGNREGA beneficiaries have been complaining about delay in getting the payments and were feeling discouraged under the scheme. In …
River pollution due to extensive use of pesticides is dangerous for the critically endangered Ganges river dolphin, India's national aquatic animal, says an expert. There are only about 2,000 left, down from tens of thousands just a few decades ago. About half of these are in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. …
Atiq Khan LUCKNOW: Cracking the whip on errant officials found guilty of irregularities in the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has ordered the suspension of the former chief development officers (CDO) of Mahoba and Chitrakoot. Department action Ms. Mayawati also …
Citing large-scale bunglings, the Samajwadi Party (SP) on Tuesday demanded scrapping of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act (MNREGA). Party leaders claimed that Gandhi
Atiq Khan LUCKNOW: In a fresh bid to overcome procedural delays in setting up two mega power plants in Uttar Pradesh, the Centre has urged the State Government to clear land acquisition in Bilhaur and Ghatampur in Kanpur Dehat district. The Centre recently sanctioned two power plants, the 1,000-MW coal-based …
The UPA gov ernment, on Monday, asked the Mayawati governmen in Uttar Pradesh to extend i cooperation in improving the power situation in the state. Union minister for coa and steel Shriprakash Jaisw al told reporters here that i the UP government had no set up roadblocks on two super …
With an aim to protect bio-diversity the state government has formulated State Bio-diversity Board that would provide the technical know-how to different organisations in identifying and protecting UP's environmental resources. The board would be headed by Principal Secretary, forest while secretaries of agriculture, environment, horticulture and animal husbandry departments would …
The situation is tense in the villages of Greater Noida after the farmers, whose land was acquired by the government, staged protest and stopped builders from continuing work in the villages of Parthalakhanjarpur, Dadri and Bisrakh on Monday. Surendra Verma, Superintendent of Police (Rural), said, nearly 200 farmers were arrested …
LUCKNOW: The `Earth Hour' on Saturday evening failed to make any significant impact on the demand for power in the state. With the government machinery choosing to ignore the call, it remained confined to some private efforts, mostly at educational institutions. The Raj Bhawan, however, remained a noted exception and …
Washington: After waiting for months for the Senate to act, President Barack Obama has announced he would bypass a vacationing senate to make recess appointments of 15 nominees, including an Indian American agricultural scientist as chief agricultural negotiator in trade talks. Announcing his decision to nominate Indian American Islam Siddiqui, …
The UP have ranked at second place in the country for utilising funds allocated under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) which tantamount 85 percent more in comparison to previous year's record. The principal secretary (Rural Development), Shri Krishna on Sunday said, till March 20 of this fiscal …
With an aim to protect bio-diversity, the UP Government has formulated State Bio-diversity Board that would provide the technical know-how to different organisations in identifying and protecting the State
