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 …
When Uttar Pradesh declared 47 of its districts as drought-hit, sugar mill owners of the state were left feeling bitter. Large parts of the cane belt are located in these districts that saw many sugar mills come up over the past several years. Already reeling under a low cane production …
HIGH-LEVEL inter-ministerial teams from the Centre are likely to visit drought-affected Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Manipur next week. All these states have submitted their detailed memoranda about the drought situation and have sought assistance from the Union Government. "We have received memoranda for assistance from Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Manipur …
NEHA SINHA SATELLITE data of the Forest Survey of India (FSI) between 2001 and 2007 has found there were 21 hectares of forest area in Noida -the very spot where trees were felled by the UP government to raise a statue complex. Noida authorities, meanwhile, have flatly denied this in …
The World Bank has sanctioned Rs 1,332 crore to reclaim sodic land in 27 districts of Uttar Pradesh, Chief Secretary Atul Kumar Gupta said here on Monday.
AMITA VERMA Congress president Sonia Gandhi was shocked, to put it rather mildly, to learn the truth about implementation of the Central schemes like NREGS in her own constituency, Rae Bareli, on Monday. "Humko ek din ka bhi kaam nahin mila hai. Yahan kisi ko kaam nahin mila hai," said …
LUCKNOW: Two students from Noida admitted to hospitals in New Delhi were quarantined after preliminary medical examinations confirmed that they were suffering from swine flue. Both patients have been shifted to isolation wards dedicated to swine flue patients. Even their families are not being allowed to see them. Chief Medical …
The Uttar Pradesh Government has sought a special package from Union Government of Rs 7789 crore to fight drought, an official spokesman said here on Thursday. The State Agriculture Minister Chaudhry Laxmi Narain met the Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar in New Delhi and requested him to release the relief …
Atiq Khan LUCKNOW: In a region notorious for its feudal mindset, where remnants of erstwhile aristocracy still rule the roost, an eight-page weekly, Khabar Lahariya is a ray of hope. It has created awareness among the oppressed and deprived sections of the Chitrakoot and the Banda districts in the Bundelkhand …
PRAMOD KUMAR There are total 479 districts in India where problem of groundwater contamination has been reported in isolated pockets. This is giving sleepless nights to the officials of the central ground water authority. According to the Centre's Water Quality Assessment Authority, Uttar Pradesh tops the list where contamination in …
The financial irregularities, lack of administrative skills and faulty implementation has caused the State coffers several crores in the financial year ended on March 2008. The implementation of the National Rural Employment Gurantee Scheme(NREGS) was far below that what was expected of it. The expenditure of Rs 48.04 crore on …
LUCKNOW: Former president APJ Abdul Kalam wants polio to be eliminated from the map of Uttar Pradesh. "I want to see UP free from polio," he said at a programme organised by Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University's Research Cell on Monday. It may be noted that despite efforts, polio has …
LUCKNOW: Former president APJ Abdul Kalam wants polio to be eliminated from the map of Uttar Pradesh. "I want to see UP free from polio," he said at a programme organised by Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University's Research Cell on Monday. It may be noted that despite efforts, polio has …
AMITA VERMA The entire Opposition on Monday traded charges with the Mayawati government on "inadequate relief measures in droughtaffected areas". The Opposition accused the Mayawati government of being insensitive towards the prevailing conditions in drought-hit areas while the ruling BSP accused Opposition parties of playing politics on the issue. As …
LUCKNOW: The young ghariyal hatchlings are thankful to monsoon clouds that fly away without a downpour. Spread over their sanctuary at Girwa river of Katarniaghat the young reptiles must be watchful of every cloud that hovers over, praying `oh rain gods let us grow a little older to swim before …
New Delhi: Taking a big leap in its technological quest, IIT Kanpur has developed a nano satellite which is expected to provide real-time data on drought, flood, vegetation and forestation. The satellite, designed and developed by a group of students of the institute, will be handed over to Isro, which …
West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Jharkhand account for high level of hazardous pollutants emitted by their respective thermal power generating plants. This was stated by the minister of state (independent charge) for environment, Mr Jairam Ramesh, in the Lok Sabha last week. A study conducted by the National Thermal …
The state government constituted a Rapid Response Team in drought-affected districts to monitor the availability of food and medicines and fodder for animal. State Revenue Minister Phagu Chauhan has been entrusted with the job to ensure that no one dies of drought.
In an alarming development, the first-ever case of vaccine-derived polio virus Type 2 has been reported from Uttar Pradesh. The news comes at a time when the Government was planning to do away with administration of trivalent vaccine in the state because of the absence of Type 2 polio virus. …
