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 …

Govt introduces social audit system in NREGS works

To ensure the works being carried out under the NREGS are transparent and qualitative the state government has introduced the social audit system which will also make the working agencies accountable for any lapses. The Rural Development Department has issued the order in this regard. The social audit system will …

Buying new car more taxing now

LUCKNOW: Buying a new car would be a bit more

Sugar mills gear up for power generation with coal

With having small co-generation based power plants 41 sugar mills in the state are gearing up to enhance power generation by using coal as fuel which might end current demand and supply difference of power by the next year giving much needed reprieve to consumers. Currently UP Power Corporation Ltd. …

Watchful gadget: Biologgers to monitor ghariyals in the wild

LUCKNOW: Ghariyals might be in for a new-age monitoring in the state through a technique called biologging. In fact, it would entirely be a new experience for the artificially reared reptilian breed. The state forest department is planning to release ghariyals implanted with a camera and sensory devices in the …

Plan for Gorakhpur zoo gets SC nod

LUCKNOW: The state is set to get a new zoo in Gorakhpur. The supreme court nod on Friday cleared the decks for the third zoo in the state. It will not only be the biggest, including the two existing zoos, but also the first to come up in eastern UP. …

3 more polio cases in Dadri

Greater Noida: Uttar Pradesh tops the country with 397 polio cases of P-3 virus, including three recent cases of P-3 virus detected in Kalaunda village of Dadri. The cases include 28 cases of P-1 virus. In all 33 new cases of polio have been confirmed in districts of Gautam Budh …

Over 40 school kids taken ill

Parents blame midday meal More than 40 children of the Babugarh area here were rushed to a hospital after they complained of suffocation and nausea, an official said on Sunday. The kids were rushed to a government hospital at Hapur on Saturday evening, said sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) Mahendra Prasad.He said …

DMRC team discusses tech details with LDA

LUCKNOW: The team from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and officials from Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) on Wednesday discussed the alignment of the proposed metro rail in the city. The DMRC team is in the city to discuss the technical issues related with the project. Alignment is the next big …

Starvation threat looms over big cats

LUCKNOW: The recent starvation deaths of leopards in UP could be the latest manifestation of deteriorating forest quality. A four-month-old leopard cub died in June this year while another cub, about a-year-and-a-half old, died on Tuesday while it was undergoing treatment at Lucknow zoo. While the first death was reported …

Metro set to reach Noida before trade fair begins

New Delhi: If all goes well, residents of Noida can expect Metro to reach their doorstep before the trade fair starts next month. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) is planning to start trial runs next week and the line will be opened if the Commissioner of Railway Safety gives the …

Rae Bareli village to be tourist hub

The Union Tourism Ministry, along with the UP Tourism Department, is set to develop a village in Congress president Sonia Gandhi

UP may soon eradicate type-I polio virus

LUCKNOW: The type-1 polio virus could be on the verge of eradication, says a recent study conducted in Moradabad district of UP. The aim of the study was to evaluate the residual immunity gap among children in western Uttar Pradesh and adapt future strategies in this regard. It began with …

UP curtails water supply, city faces crisis

New Delhi: With Uttar Pradesh curtailing water supply to the Bhagirathi and Sonia Vihar plants for an additional eight days due to annual maintenance of the Ganga Canal, Delhi is likely to face a serious water crisis till the city makes alternative arrangements. With water level in the Yamuna also …

Take cab to Noida without paying tax

New Delhi: In a move that will make travel between Delhi and national capital region cities like Noida and Ghaziabad a lot simpler and cheaper, taxis and radio cabs plying between Delhi and Uttar Pradesh will not be required to pay any tax at the border from Wednesday. This was …

Endangered species list released

KOCHI: The Ministry of Environment and Forests has issued a notification under the Biological Diversity Act (2002) and released a revised list of endangered species in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala. The National Biodiversity Authority has issued alerts to protect 13 animal species and 26 plant species threatened …

TATA BP SOLAR: Sun Smart

From solar lanterns to solar technology-run ATMs, from traffic and streetlights to railway signals, Tata BP Solar (Established 1989) now wants to light up 10 million households across India and generate 20,000 MW of solar power by 2020. In a country with over 300 sunny days across the country, leveraging …

Saryu canal project in troubled waters

By Paranjoy Guha Thakurta Oct 19 : While trying to understand why hardly a year goes by when some part of India experiences drought even as another region is devastated by floods, one came across an amazing case study in corruption and apathy: the Saryu canal project in Uttar Pradesh. …

HC expresses concern over mushrooming mobile towers

LUCKNOW: Giant mobile towers mushrooming on the roofs of buildings and houses in densely populated areas across the state has drawn serious attention of the High Court on Thursday. The bench comprising of Justice Pradeep Kant and Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi has proceeded to look into the problems of people …

Saplings of endangered genti planted in Kukrail

LUCKNOW: The state forest department is making several efforts to extend protection to endangered Indopiptadenia oudhensis, locally called `genti' or `haathipaula'. It is a perennial tree variety whose existence has shrunk to border areas of Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand, close to Nepal. In UP, this variety is confined to Suhelwa …

CNG crisis to be resolved by 2010?

LUCKNOW: The CNG crisis in the city might get a solution around 2010, when two major CNG stations, planned at Gomtinagar and Aashiana, get functional. The laying of pipelines for two stations has started. Gomtinagar is a mother station waiting in wings for long mainly because GGL has not got …

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