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: The UP Project Development Corporation (UPPDC) has been entrusted with the task of taking care of the Gomti. It was decided on Monday that the agency would be carrying out the dredging operations in the river, the cost of which would be borne by Lucknow Development Authority (LDA), UP …
Principal Secretary (Additional Energy Source) Sudhir Kumar said on Sunday that UP topped the country in energy generation by sugar mills. Addressing the valedictory function of Science Expo, held at the Regional Science Centre, as the chief guest, Kumar said solar and wind energy were going to be extremely important …
More than two lakh children were administered Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) in the pulse polio campaign on Sunday. The campaign was inaugurated by Principal Secretary (Medical and Health) Pradeep Shukla at Bal Mahila Chikitsalaya in Indira Nagar by administering polio drops to a child. Shukla also inspected the polio booths …
For as long as they can recall, Kol tribals in the Chitrakut district of Uttar Pradesh, depended on the forest for food and livelihood. The jungle was an old and trusted friend yielding nutritious mahua, anvla and chiraunji. Tribals could earn money by selling such forest produce and by plucking …
The lower Varuna River basin in Varanasi district situated in the central Ganga plain is a highly productive agricultural area, and is also one of the fast growing urban areas in India. The agricultural and urbanization activities have a lot of impact on the groundwater quality of the study area. …
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Thursday directed the Divisional Commissioner to monitor the funds released under NREGA so that they reached the eligible beneficiaries. The directive was issued by a bench comprising Justice Pradeep Kant and Justice Shabihul Hasnain while disposing of a writ petition filed …
LUCKNOW: Already battling with inflation and economic recession, the common man may now also have to bear the brunt of weather vagaries. If the winter season continues to be `unusually warm' and `sans rains', as it is these days, it would cause extensive damage to crops, thereby reducing the production …
The state government has extended the benefits of Sixth Pay Commission to the employees of local bodies, government teachers and junior doctors. The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting here on Wednesday. Approving the Rizvi committee recommendations, the Cabinet decided to extend the benefits of pay commission to local …
RAEBARELI: After much suspense and drama, the jinx on the Raebareli Rail Coach Factory finally broke on Tuesday. A jubilant UPA chairperson, Sonia Gandhi formally inaugurated the Rs 1685.23 crore project -- an eco-friendly, state-of-the-art coach manufacturing unit, the third in the country after Chennai and Kapoorthala, in her constituency. …
Sharmila Krishna | Lucknow Former Vice-Chancellor of Kanpur University Sarvagya Singh Katiyar, who has been honoured by the Padma Bhushan (in Science and Engineering), is perhaps the first scientist to make it to the list from the state in the past 20 years. And not without reason. The senior scientist …
LUCKNOW Thousands of Tulsi (basil) saplings were planted around the Taj Mahal in Agra on Monday to insulate the marble monument against atmospheric pollution. The saplings were distributed free at several points in the city by local forest officials and people were encouraged to participate in the plantation drive. Organic …
The endemic western UP region, epicentre of all polio outbreaks, remained free of P1 for a record one-and-a-half years till mid-2008 Bihar recorded only 3 new cases of the P1 virus in 2008 New injectible polio vaccine (IPV) to be used to eradicate the disease India may still be a …
The study investigates whether the employment shift from the farm to the non-farm sector in Uttar Pradesh arises out of prosperity-induced or distress-induced factors. The examination of employment patterns at various levels leads to conclusive evidence that distress-induced push factors have been predominant in driving workers to non-farm employment. The …
LUCKNOW: Let the experts and forest officials believe that instances of wild cats sneaking out of the jungles into the cities are a result of urbanisation at the cost wildlife, forest minister Fateh Bahadur Singh sees mischief behind it, if not sheer politics. Meanwhile, reasons whatsoever, the failure of the …
LUCKNOW: The agitating farmers of Mathura on Thursday took off their clothes and staged a march, clad in minimum possible clothes, demanding an increase in the compensation of their agricultural land been acquired by the government for the Expressway project. On the other hand, all major commercial segments including city …
LUCKNOW: The district medical authorities would be carrying out a Hepatitis-B vaccination drive in rural areas in and around Lucknow. The drive is expected to begin in the second week of February. Chief medical officer (CMO), Lucknow, Dr AK Shukla said that though they are yet to prepare an outline …
The inadequate rainfall this winter season is likely to have an adverse impact on agricultural crops, according to experts and Met officials. There has been minimal rain in the winter, with only Meerut receiving 0.2 mm of rainfall. UPCAR scientific officer Sujit Kumar said that due to inadequate rain, pollination …
LUCKNOW: Finally, a lifeline is in sight for the two-and-a-half-year-old stray tiger cub who was sentenced to death by the state forest department last month. The cub, declared man-eater by the department after it claimed its first human victim in Bara Banki on December 23, now becomes a key figure …
Pioneer News Service | Lucknow The Forest department is the main obstacle in the implementation of the 'Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act 2006' in Uttar Pradesh. The nodal department for the implementation of the Act is the Social Welfare department but has done …
