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 …
Biswajeet Banerjee | Surma (Dudhwa) Relocation of villages located inside the core forest areas to the fringes has taken a political hue as different political parties were going an extre mile to sympathise with the villagers and asking them to stay put. Despite High Court and government orders, political leaders …
LUCKNOW: Thunderstorms followed by light rains in some parts of the state on Tuesday night and on Wednesday, though came as a relief but the amount of rains was very low. Weatherman said that the circulations which caused thunderstorms have passed but newer ones are on their way, hence the …
LUCKNOW: Nothing seems enough to trap the wandering big cat. Not even the handful of baits. The forest staff has so far tied as many as 11 baits to lure the tiger into the trap but the feline has shown no appetite for them. In fact, it has not even …
LUCKNOW: The cabinet at its meeting held recently under the chairmanship of CM Mayawati took a few pro-farmer decisions. The government has changed the rates of tax on gypsum, components of sprinkler sets and seeds under Vat Act, 2008. According to the cabinet decision, the four per cent tax levied …
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned loans amounting to Rs 7227.76 lakh to the state government in the current fiscal. The loans have been granted from the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) of the bank and include Rs 1049.14 lakh for irrigation projects in Banda, …
There was a time when the migratory birds used to flock to the Lucknow Zoological Garden in huge numbers. But now their numbers have decreased over the years owing to the increased traffic on the Park Road and the growing urbanisation of the city. There are very few birds visible …
LUCKNOW: The tiger has fortune on its side. Forest official's frantic shot could only hit it on the tail. Foresters failed to trail even the injured tiger but WTI men spotted the feline with a bruised and bleeding tail crouching behind the bushes in Kumarganj forest. The tiger was shot …
LUCKNOW: The Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) would be organizing two day training course on the improved technology for medicinal and aromatic plants in its Lucknow campus on February 13 and 14. Sponsored by Uttar Pradesh Diversification of Agricultural Project (UPDASP-Horticulture Unit), the programme will be attended …
Greater Noida: Two CNG filling stations were opened in Greater Noida on Friday. The CNG stations, set up by Indraprastha Gas Limited are located opposite the Daewoo Motors plant. The stations were opened by IGL chairman-cum-managing director, U D Chaube. An IGL spokesperson said the two stations together have an …
LUCKNOW: They were standing tall as the proud holders of a world record till last year. But now, most of them are shrivelled or dead. The monsoon rains spelt doom for the saplings of Pipraghat. The site has reverted to its old look before the massive plantation took place here. …
LUCKNOW: Chief Minister Mayawati on Thursday laid the foundation stones for urban re-generation projects worth Rs.4,000 crore for development of Lucknow, Kanpur, Ayodhya, Faizabad, Allahabad, Meerut and Bithoor. The schemes pertain to improvement of power supply, drainage, sewerage, drinking water, roads, transport and parking facilities. State Capital Lucknow has benefited …
LUCKNOW: To encourage the poor girls in continuing with further education, chief minister Mayawati, on Wednesday, launched Savitribai Phule Balika Shiksha Yojana here on Wednesday by giving a cheque of Rs 15,000 and a bicycle each to 10 girl students of Lucknow. Speaking on the occasion, Mayawati while praying for …
New Delhi: Efforts to clean up the air in and around Delhi from vehicular pollution by getting vehicles to switch to CNG (compressed natural gas) have been hampered by the rickety public transport running on diesel. But soon this will be a thing of the past as Indraprastha Gas Ltd …
Lucknow: Tulsi, known for its medicinal qualities, will now help protect the Taj Mahal from environmental pollution. In an exercise being undertaken by the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department and the Lucknow-based Organic India, a million tulsi saplings will be planted near the marble mausoleum. A spokesman for the company said …
The International Wetland Day was celebrated throughout the world on February 2. If one goes by the wetlands in Uttar Pradesh, it is a bleak scene altogether. According to the 1996 report of the Remote Sensing Centre, the total number of wetlands in the state were 2508 but they are …
LUCKNOW: The much-hyped UP Water Management and Regulatory Commission (UPWMRC) meant to check misuse of water in the state has been reduced to an entity merely on papers. Literally. Announced amid much fanfare in August last year by irrigation minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui, the commission is yet to have even its …
Parmindar Singh Greater Noida, February 2 The district administration has arrested 162 agitating farmers of two villages, Dhada and Sakipur. The farmers were scheduled to go to Delhi to meet the President demanding bonus payment to be effective from 2005. The administration says their demand was unjustified while the farmers …
