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 …

In UP, norms not followed in road work

The norms for construction of all-weather roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) are not being followed in Uttar Pradesh, a major beneficiary of the scheme and erring officials continue to work on projects that were dubbed by the Central monitoring agency as poor. Based on random inspection …

Gates Foundation to go all out to reduce child deaths in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

N. Ram In a thrust to provide sustained support to life-saving innovations in India and around the world, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is placing new emphasis on innovations that effect social and cultural change to bring down the unacceptably high death rates for children under five years of …

Panel to report on road near Eco Park

LUCKNOW: The high court, on Thursday, constituted a committee to have first-hand information about the controversy surrounding the construction of a road near the proposed Eco Park on the VIP Road in the city. The committee will have advocate-general Jyotindra Mishra, chief standing counsel Devendra Upadhyay, the PIL petitioner, S …

River threatens Swamp deers' habitat in UP

Jhadi Taal, a last refuge of critically endangered swamp deers, also known as 'Barasingha' in Uttar Pradesh is under threat of submergence, thanks to the unabated changing course of an adjoining river. A study by a team of experts from Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has found that a large …

Joshi warns UP over NREGA

AMIT AGNIHOTRI NEW DELHI In an indirect attack on the ruling BSP government in Uttar Pradesh, rural development minister C.P. Joshi has virtually

The worth of water

Today, in commemoration of World Water Day, people all over the world are joining together to raise awareness about the importance of one of the most basic and fundamental components of human life: water. Water is a precious resource, and a reliable supply of clean water is one of the …

Greater Noida land acquisition: farmers hold panchayat, to block work from today

Over 1,500 farmers from 16 villages took part in a panchayat held outside the Greater Noida Authority office on Sunday to decide the future course of action in their protest against the state government

Geologists discovers diamond, platinum and gold reserve in Bundelkhand

Uttar Pradesh has struck riches in the rugged badlands of Bundelkhand. Geologists have found mines of diamond, platinum and gold raising hopes that the region could one day turn into the proverbial El Dorado thereby alleviate the plight of the locals ravaged by drought for years. The UP government has …

Rs 33k cr needed to clean Indias rivers

Massive Coliform Count Makes Ganga A Virtual Drain In Kanpur: Plan Panel Dhananjay Mahapatra | TNN New Delhi: Diehard devotees may not believe this. But it

Mining mafia fires during surprise check

Greater Noida: Officials of the special mining squad, including a sub-divisional magistrate and a deputy superintendent of police, had a narrow escape when the mining mafia opened fire at them during a surprise check in Maujabad area of Greater Noida. However, no one was injured as they managed to flee. …

Give pvt players tax breaks to aid midday meal scheme: Plan panel

The Planning Commission has expressed concern that the Mid Day Meal Scheme (MDMS) is suffering from a mismatch of food grains and cash fund utilization, along with substantial delays in the release of central assistance. It has, therefore, suggested a string of measures, including roping in the private sector through …

Local bodies to check plastic menace

LUCKNOW: The rampant use of plastic, especially the banned ones, in the form of carry bags, has once again waken up the department of urban development to sit up and take notice. The department has asked the local bodies to carry out special drives every first week of a month …

Delhi govt offers plan for revival of Yamuna

MANISH ANAND In a fresh bid to revive the dying Yamuna, the Delhi government has come up with a novel proposal. It wants the upper riparian states -Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh -to ensure that the 22-km-long stretch of the river flowing through Delhi remains pollution-free. It has …

New law to make other states share liability?

NEW DELHI, March 14: In a fresh bid to revive the dying river Yamuna in the capital, Delhi government has now come up with a somewhat unprecedented proposal. It wants the upper riparian states too to take responsibility for ensuring that the 22-km long stretch of the river flowing through …

First phase of Hindon cleaning a success

After exactly a year and over Rs 1 crore, the Municipal Corporation of Ghaziabad (MCG) claims to have brought down the pollution levels of the Hindon river. With the completion of first phase of the Hindon-cleaning project, the statistics with the MCG shows the level of Biological Oxygen Demand (measure …

A date with the palm

Lakshmi Prasad brought his hands together to go around the palm-tree trunk, pulled one foot in front of the other, and smiled for the camera. His toes kept up the pressure on the trunk with an alacrity belying his 73 years and Prasad crawled up alternately moving his feet and …

Living the report

In March 2004, a group of Dalit women from Uttar Pradesh’s Bundelkhand region stood on a stage in a plush Delhi auditorium. Th-ey were honoured with the Chameli Devi Award for outstanding media work. The same year, three of their colleagues received fellowships from the Dalit Foundation in Delhi for …

UP all set to have automatic weather stations

Uttar Pradesh (UP) is all set to acquire automatic weather stations equipped with sensors thereby making weather forecasting farmer friendly. The unique facility will be put to use for the first time in India on the lines of Australia and USA. These automatic weather stations will be established by UP …

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