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 state is set to get a new zoo in Gorakhpur. The supreme court nod on Friday cleared the decks for the third zoo in the state. It will not only be the biggest, including the two existing zoos, but also the first to come up in eastern UP. …
LUCKNOW: The team from Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and officials from Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) on Wednesday discussed the alignment of the proposed metro rail in the city. The DMRC team is in the city to discuss the technical issues related with the project. Alignment is the next big …
LUCKNOW: The recent starvation deaths of leopards in UP could be the latest manifestation of deteriorating forest quality. A four-month-old leopard cub died in June this year while another cub, about a-year-and-a-half old, died on Tuesday while it was undergoing treatment at Lucknow zoo. While the first death was reported …
LUCKNOW: Giant mobile towers mushrooming on the roofs of buildings and houses in densely populated areas across the state has drawn serious attention of the High Court on Thursday. The bench comprising of Justice Pradeep Kant and Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi has proceeded to look into the problems of people …
LUCKNOW: The state forest department is making several efforts to extend protection to endangered Indopiptadenia oudhensis, locally called `genti' or `haathipaula'. It is a perennial tree variety whose existence has shrunk to border areas of Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand, close to Nepal. In UP, this variety is confined to Suhelwa …
LUCKNOW: The CNG crisis in the city might get a solution around 2010, when two major CNG stations, planned at Gomtinagar and Aashiana, get functional. The laying of pipelines for two stations has started. Gomtinagar is a mother station waiting in wings for long mainly because GGL has not got …
LUCKNOW: With a grim power situation staring at the face of Uttar Pradesh, UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) has made additional arrangement of 1,400 MW during Diwali season. Well-placed sources in corporation said that of the total, the maximum of 600 MW would be bought from Tata power, while M/s …
Vultures might be getting spotted in the wild but their near-stagnant population does not make it look like a real revival. Lucknow: The decline of vultures has been the fastest among many other species. Their near-extinction in past one decade, ever since 40 vulture deaths were reported from Rajasthan in …
LUCKNOW/ BAHRAICH: With their habitat under two meters of water, survival poses a tough challenge to tiger and leopard cubs in Dudhwa Tiger Reserve of Uttar Pradesh. Flood situation in Bahraich and Pilibhit has worsened dramatically over the past three days after Nepal released over 5 lakh cusec of water …
LUCKNOW: `Wildlife Week, 2009' an awareness programme about the conservation of wildlife of the country concluded on Wednesday at Regional Science City (RSC). The programme was organised by the department of Zoology, Lucknow University and UP Council of Science and Technology. A good turnout of students at RSC marked the …
LUCKNOW: The planning related to wildlife conservation in the country might get a clear direction now, since the first national level database on wildlife crime has been compiled and completed. National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) which is the head organisation for wildlife conservation has got the crime figures compiled in …
BHUBANESWAR: The focus of the 11th Plan is on exploiting micro irrigation to achieve the twin objectives of prudent water utilization-cum-increase in irrigation coverage. The plan has set a target of 15 million hectare to be covered nationally under the micro irrigation (MI) schemes. Micro irrigation schemes, in fact, address …
Shahira Naim catches up with this 13-year-old from Lucknow, who at a recent UN Summit urged the world leaders to sit up and react to climate change immediately Environmentalist Yugratna Srivastava speaks during the UN Summit on Climate Change. Environmentalist Yugratna Srivastava speaks during the UN Summit on Climate Change. …
WASHINGTON/LUCKNOW: A young girl from Indian gangetic plain, where climate change issues affect everyday life and quotidian tasks such as burning the chulah affect the climate, made a plea for the ages at the United Nations on Tuesday, asking world leaders to show vision and leadership in stopping those who …
WASHINGTON/LUCKNOW: A young girl from Indian gangetic plain, where climate change issues affect everyday life and quotidian tasks such as burning the chulah affect the climate, made a plea for the ages at the United Nations on Tuesday, asking world leaders to show vision and leadership in stopping those who …
LUCKNOW: Those parking their vehicles in the no-parking zones of the city get ready to shed even more fine from your pocket for violating the rule. The traffic department in an amendment made in the fine charges has increased the fine. SP Traffic Lucknow Sureshwar informing about the increase said …
Lucknow Girl A Special Invitee Of Ban Ki-Moon Lucknow: At around 10:30am on September 22, after Kenyan Nobel laureate Wangari Muta Mathaai finishes her speech at the Summit on Climate Change at the United Nations, she will yield the lectern to a 13-yearold Lucknow girl. Yugratna Srivastava, a class IX …
NEW YORK: A 13-year-old girl from Lucknow, speaking on behalf of the world's three billion children, will address over a 100 world leaders including US President Barack Obama during a summit on the climate change here tomorrow. "I'm going to tell him (Obama) that the policies that they make today …
LUCKNOW: Lucknow station has taken a step towards making train travel a pleasant experience for passengers. Dirty and stinking toilets will no longer put the passengers off. This is what the CTS plan promises. All long route trains will get a proper cleaning at Lucknow station before they are given …
Scores of elephants statues are to come up in a memorial park here in the Uttar Pradesh capital city at a cost of crores of rupees. But for creation and maintenance of a special elephant reserve, the state government can spare only Rs 50 lakh. The state
