Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Founded in the year 1930, the National Academy of Sciences, India is the oldest Science Academy of the country. The main objective of the Academy was to provide a national forum for the publication of research work carried out by Indian scientists and to provide opportunities for exchange of views …
Virendra Singh Rawat / Lucknow July 18, 2008, 0:22 IST The first lowest bid of Lanco Infratech was also found too high. Even as the high-level energy task force (ETF) will decide the fate of the two thermal power projects in Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh with a total capacity …
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has directed state governments and various export promotion councils to set up a self-regulatory mechanism to check child labour from supply to export stage. In a recent meeting between the Union Textile Minister Shankersinh Vaghela and the chief secretaries of the …
Missile man and former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, in the role of an environmentalist, has called upon Delhites to be involved in cleaning of the city's lifeline, Yamuna river. The ex-president is a man of his own stature and thinks very deeply. These days Dr Kalam is busy in …
Paving the way for Reliance Power, NTPC and three other companies to rebid for projects, the Uttar Pradesh power regulator has allowed the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation (UPPCL) to seek fresh financial bids for proposed power plants at Bara and Karchhana in Allahabad district. Jindal Steel and Power, JSW Energy …
A sharp fall in the water level of the Ganga downstream from Narora in Bulandshahr district of western Uttar Pradesh has fuelled fears of the grand old river being reduced to a trickle at the holy Sangam in Allahabad. The fall in the level of the river, considered the lifeline …
WHILE announcing the Rs.60,000-crore debt relief for farmers, it was clear that Finance Minister P. Chidambaram overlooked a crucial aspect of the debt phenomenon, the debt peasants owed to private moneylenders. Talking to mediapersons in the days that followed, he reiterated this oversight. His argument was that it was impossible …
While the Magh Mela at the Sangam in Allahabad attracted tens of thousands of pilgrims each day over the last month for their annual dips, as usual, the UP government can sigh with relief that there were no protests this time, unlike during the Ardha Kumbh Mela in January last …
RELIGIOUS gatherings such as the Ardh Kumbh at Allahabad always test the organisational mettle of local administrative bodies. This event happens once in six years at the sangam (confluence) of the Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati (see map: Sacred waters are dirty). This year, as in the past, the …
the Allahabad High Court (hc) has issued notices to top officials of the Union and state governments regarding mismanagement of hospital waste at Meerut in Uttar Pradesh (up). The court's action came in response to a public interest litigation (pil) petition filed by Janhit Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (ngo). The …
The March 5 order of the Allahabad High Court, directing a 12-member Archaeological Survey of India (asi) team to excavate a 30 m x 30 m area at the disputed site at Ayodhya, has led to a renewed interest in archaeology. The order is based on explorations carried out by …
Pakistan's Sindh forest department officials are destroying the green cover of the province, according to the Sindh Green Development Organisation. Officials of the forest department in collaboration with forest smugglers have looted 20,234 hectares of forest worth Rs 7 billion in Rajri, Shaghar, Manjhand, Unnerpur, Budhapur, Petaro, Sukhpur and Khipro.
The Allahabad High Court has directed inspector-general of police (criminal investigation department) to inquire into the alleged involvement of some police officials in illegal trading of forest woods in collaboration with wood smugglers in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur area. The order was passed by a division bench in response to a …
The Allahabad High Court ordered setting up of sufficient number of milk testing units within the next two months in Uttar Pradesh. The court said that although synthetic milk was being sold freely in the state, there had been no raids on manufacturing units, nor any prosecutions or arrsts made …
The Allahabad High Court has ordered closure of all industrial units on the banks of the river Ganga in the state which had not installed effluent treatment plants. A division bench comprising Justice K D Sahi directed the State Pollution Control Board to report compliance of the order to the …
The Allahabad high court has directed the Uttar Pradesh government to ensure uninterrupted power supply to all installations created under the Ganga Action Plan. A division bench, comprising Justice Giridhar Malviya and Justice K D Sahi, asked the authorities to report to the court about the action taken in this …
Vinoba Bhave's demand for banning cow slaughter in Kerala & West Bental and his fast for gaining its acceptance raise three sets of issues; (a) the constitutional and legal basis of the demand, (b) its economic rationale and (c) the political implications and possible consequences. This note examines these issues. …
