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: In a major setback to the Mayawati Government, a Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday restrained it from proceeding with the mammoth Ganga Expressway project in Uttar Pradesh. The Court directed the State Government to obtain prior environmental clearance before proceeding with the construction work on …
The dispute between the irrigation departments of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh over the construction of a check dam in the Chhachhroli area to prevent Yamuna waters from entering villages of this district during the rains was resolved today. It was mutually decided by the Chief Engineer Irrigation, Panchkula, and the …
BARABANKI: After withdrawal of the facility of growing poppy under licence from the district, the farmers of opium producing plants have adopted Mentha production as a substitute for cash crop. Sown in an area of approximately 12,000 acre of land, the mentha crops are drying due to severe heat, scarcity …
Though the maternal mortality rate (MMR) has dropped in Uttar Pardesh, its gap with the national average is growing. This was indicated in the detailed scenario of maternal health care presented at a public interaction programme organised by Mahila Swasthya Adhikar Manch and Health Watch UP at Ganna Sansthan auditorium …
RAMGOPAL, a resident of Hardoi, had been running from pillar to post with his complaint of being paid less than his due under the UPA's flagship National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. Until someone directed him to a NREGA helpline call centre at Lucknow. The complaint was taken care of within …
LUCKNOW: The state government has directed the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA), UP Housing Board, Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) and the estate department to take up an intensive afforestation drive in the city before the onset of the monsoon. The government also directed the four agencies to develop parks in the …
Having burnt its fingers by offering health facilities to citizens through a Smart Card, the Health department is now contemplating to relaunch it from July 2009. The scheme had earlier failed to take off in 15 districts where it was implemented on a pilot basis in September 2008 for providing …
Lucknow Development Authority, Lucknow Municipal Corporation and Housing Board have decided to give a facelift to more than 300 parks lying in a shambles across the city. An amount of Rs 20.43 crore has been earmarked for the purpose and plantation will be undertaken on a large scale during the …
The Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation (UPSRTC) got the approval to add 2,200 buses to its fleet by next year. The proposal was passed in the board meeting held at the UPSRTC headquarters on Tuesday. Besides, the board also sanctioned an amount of Rs 2,106 crore for the financial …
In a bid to introduce Solid Waste Management System in the city, the Noida Authority has identified three locations for landfill sites. In a preliminary discussion with HUDCO, the Noida Authority has asked the technical consultants to provide a detailed project report on the latest technology and the viable options …
New Delhi: While the Union Health Ministry waits for May 31 to put in practice its ambitious plan of pictorial warnings on all tobacco products, the move to ban smoking in public places seems to have paid rich dividends. Hefty fine amounts collected since the ban was imposed from October …
Greater Noida: Farmers of 12 villages have decided not to sell their lands at circle rates for the construction of peripheral highway that would pass through Noida. Land of more than two dozen villages are needed for the construction of peripheral highway coming from Delhi and Haryana to Noida. The …
LUCKNOW: PWD minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui while expressing displeasure over the poor quality of road construction in the state said that some officers are giving boost to corruption by showing repairing of same roads again and again. He said the concerning officers should assign the construction work to efficient and honest …
The thunder storm which struck on late Sunday night claimed about a dozen lives in three separate incidents reported from Badaun, Mahamayanagar and Gautam Buddh Nagar. In Badaun, one Mangali of Bisauli in Badaun was sleeping with his family when, following the dusty winds, the wall of his house collapsed …
LUCKNOW: The villagers living on the fringes of Kishenpur sanctuary in south Kheri forest division are demanding relocation. The demand is coming forward from village clusters in Kamp Tanda. The hamlet was in news after a stray tiger from Kishenpur had killed three of its natives in between December and …
Secretary, Medical & Health, Lalit Verma inaugurated the Pulse Polio campaign by administering the vaccine to children at Silver Jubilee Hospital on Sunday. Nearly 2.60 lakh children were administered the vaccine in Lucknow. The fourth phase of the Pulse Polio campaign for 2009 began from Sunday. Besides the booth activity, …
LUCKNOW: It may not have been able to solve the power crisis this year, the UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has painted a rosy picture for the next year. In an interesting declaration, the corporation has announced addition of another 1,930 MW by the last quarter of 2010. The ambitious …
With an aim to check encroachment of forest land and human movement in core forest zone, the state government approved creation of buffer zone in Dudhwa National Park that would, in turn, give an impetus to the Project Tiger. The buffer zone would comprise nearly 150 km long stretch of …
Direct Seeded Rice, on which successful experiments were carried out in UP last season, is ready for large-scale cultivation GG OOD NEWS for growers who were contemplating giving up rice cultivation largely due to non-availability of labourers and scarcity of water. The Direct Seeded Rice (DSR), whose successful experiments were …
