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 …
LUCKNOW: The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) on Thursday allotted the contract to run the multi-level parking lot in Hazratganj and decided the parking rates as well. One would be required to pay Rs 10 for parking a four-wheeler for the first one-and-a-half hours. After that, one would required to shell …
LUCKNOW: A telescopic gun worth over Rs 1.5 lakh, a huge searchlight, two professional shooters (read hunters) and a blue bull writhing in its own blood. And to hide it all, unholy act for many, two butchers at hand to dismember and pack away the day's spoil. It seems, illegal …
LUCKNOW: The Globe Park near CDRI would now be named after country's first president Rajendra Prasad. Likewise the crossing near the high court would be named after former advocate general and Samajwadi Party Rajya Sabha MP, late Virendra Bhatia. These were among the decisions taken by the House of Lucknow …
LUCKNOW: Bronze seems to be chief minister Mayawati's latest choice. Right from the entrance gate to the artificial animals, everything is made up of bronze at the 112-acre Manyawar Shri Kanshiram Ji Green (Eco) Garden constructed on the VIP Road worth Rs 834 crore. Constructed on the north side of …
Information provided by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in responde to RTI filed by Dr. Babu K V seeking details on the total no. of deaths following immunization in the country (AEFI) from 2001 to 2009.
LUCKNOW: After taking its toll on the mango and rice crops in the state, erratic weather has now taken a toll on potato production in Uttar Pradesh. Significantly, UP is the largest potato-producing state in the country. Though temperature differentials between last year and this year have not been more …
In a major victory for tribals of Lakhimpur Kheri living in 46 villages in and around the Dudhwa forest range, the state government has allowed them to collect forest produce required for their survival. It has also approved in principle the proposal to convert two forest villages
LUCKNOW: Lucknowites may eventually hope for some relief from parking woes, as at least five new parking lots, underground and multi-level could come up in the new financial year. While, Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) gears up to execute the work on three multi-level parking lots, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) …
The swamp deer or Barasingha, the state animal of Uttar Pradesh, has become critically endangered and even figures in the IUCN red alerts but ironically no special efforts are being made for its conservation. Even officials in the UP Forest department admit that no specific project has been launched to …
LUCKNOW: The state budget 2011-12 needs be analysed in the backdrop of 12th Finance Commission's targets on six indicators, which all states are required to achieve. These indicators include Fiscal Deficit to be brought down to 3% of GSDP; Revenue deficit to be eliminated; Own tax revenues higher than 6% …
When it originates from a lake called Fulhaar Jheel near Madho Tanda east of Pilibhit, the Gomti is a stream. Gradually, it starts growing. Around 100 km away from the point of its origin, this stream is joined by tributaries like Sukheta, Choha and Andhra Choha near Mohammadi Kheri, a …
LUCKNOW: The House members of the Lucknow Municipal Corporation are angry at being bypassed by the state government on the key issue of management of city's garbage. LMC House is the highest decision making body in the corporation. The body headed by mayor, however, appears to have been bypassed. The …
LUCKNOW: It was a partial relief for the heavily polluted Gomti, as Asia's largest sewage treatment plant (STP) got operational on chief minister Mayawati's birthday on Saturday. Around 290 million litres per day (mld) of sewage was pumped into the 342 mld STP situated in Bharwara, around 20 kilometre from …
LUCKNOW: In a major boost to clean the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh, the Union environment ministry has formally cleared four new projects, which entail an expense of Rs 512 crore. A deal to this effect was clinched by the state government at a high-level meeting held in New Delhi between …
LUCKNOW: In a welcome first, officials of the department of food and drug administration will now conduct door-to-door purity tests on milk and milk products in residential colonies in the state capital and across the state. What's more, the tests will be done free-of-cost and in all parts of the …
LUCKNOW: With 512 children succumbing to the dreaded Japanese Encephalitis/ Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in Gorakhpur Medical College alone this year, the demand for a National Encephalitis Eradication Programme gets louder in eastern UP. The deadly virus has claimed more than 10,000 lives in the belt since 2006. And, even …
LUCKNOW: The Upper Ganga Basin Organisation, Central Water Commission, under its Information Education Communication Scheme organised an exhibition with the motto `Save Water' at Lucknow Mahotsav on Tuesday. The exhibition showcased various sources of water, ways to conserve it and most importantly preventing the existing water from getting polluted. It …
LUCKNOW: The first day-long meeting of the State Action Plan Committee on Climate Change in UP will be held on November 24 in the state capital. The state committee comprising top bureaucrats from the state government, educationists, climate change experts and researchers has been formed in response to the Prime …
LUCKNOW: The 'Ganga' aquarium at National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources (NBFGR) would be open for public from Saturday. It was inaugurated by S Ayyappan, secretary, department of agriculture research and education (DARE), Ministry of Agriculture, GoI, on Friday. The aquarium has 42 large aquaria containing around 100 fish species …
