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 …
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is burning the midnight oil for speedy implementation of the river regulation zone (RRZ). Environment minister Jayanti Natarajan admitted that the rules of the RRZ are in the process of being framed. She expects that once this notification is passed, a major hurdle …
LUCKNOW: Even after five years of its sanctioning by the Centre under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme, the much-awaited municipal solid waste (MSW) treatment plant in Lucknow remains a non-starter. There is no concrete affirmation as when the city will be free of garbage that gets …
LUCKNOW: The cultivation of embryonic stem-like cells made up from the tissue of an adult leopard, by Rajneesh Verma, has come as a ray of hope for scientists working to save the snow leopard. Rajneesh, a native of Lucknow is presently working at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Rajneesh has …
The CBI will take into consideration the CAG report on National Rural Health Mission fund implementation in Uttar Pradesh. The CBI will take into consideration the CAG report on National Rural Health Mission fund implementation in Uttar Pradesh, which has pegged the irregularities to be around Rs 5,000 crore, and …
The CBI on Thursday registered three cases relating to alleged irregularities in the NRHM funds in Uttar Pradesh to the tune of Rs 250 crore. It booked IAS officer and the then Principal Secretary of the Health and Family Welfare Department of the State Pradeep Shukla and others and conducted …
LUCKNOW: How does an idea of a compressed air-powered motorcycle engine sound? Incredible! But B R Singh, an engineer who was awarded a PhD degree at the GBTU convocation, has made it true. Singh has come out with an air engine that can run a motorcycle. Singh's work has been …
More than onethird of the milk supplied in the city by vendors is unfit for human consumption as it contains caustic soda, a chemical compound used in detergent powders and cakes. Primary findings gathered through results of a random survey conducted by Parag, which started on November 15, revealed that …
More than 2,500 raids by the forest department and over 100 FIRs have failed to dampen the spirits of the unauthorised saw mills, which mushrooming virtually in every nook and corner of the state. As per the official assessment for the year 2011-12, till October 2011, forest department had conducted …
New Delhi: Commuters in cities with 20 lakh population can hope for more comfortable journey if state governments are willing to choose modern Metro for intra-city transportation. The union urban development ministry has decided to consider the proposal for Metro in cities with 20 lakh plus population. With this announcement, …
In a setback to the UP government, the Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday directed the CBI to conduct a preliminary inquiry into the utilisation of funds and implementation of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in the state since its inception in 2005-06. The court directed …
LUCKNOW: The second unit of Anpara-C plant promoted by Hyderabad-based Lanco Kondapalli is likely to start its operations from Tuesday. The project had its first unit of similar capacity in operational stage in earlier October. The unit is proposed to be formally dedicated to the people of Uttar Pradesh by …
LUCKNOW: A baby girl, who is likely to be born on Sunday (Oct 31) in a village on the city's outskirts is all set to embody the cause of seven lakh girls who go missing in India. To be identified as the seven billionth citizen of the Earth, she would …
The planet’s seven billionth human is due to arrive on Oct. 31, according to the United Nations Population Fund, and a village in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is likely to hog the limelight for this population landmark. The U.N. agency has said it cannot pinpoint “the exact …
Noise pollution levels have touched alarming levels in India’s big cities, making even nights as noisy as days in several areas and exposing people to a 24X7 assault on their eardrums, the apex pollution watchdog has found. The data reflected in a yet-to-be released, half-yearly analysis of continuous noise monitoring …
LUCKNOW: If projections of UP Jal Nigam are anything to go by, then the state capital may have its streets free of callously dumped domestic waste by November when the much-awaited municipal solid waste treatment plant finally starts working. Executed under the supervision of UP Jal Nigam, the plant is …
LUCKNOW: Visualise this: Teams of city police busy checking if there is any radiation leak in the environment using sophisticated detection kits. This scenario could well be a reality once the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) implements phase I of its project, which aims to ensure safety from radiation hazards. …
LUCKNOW: With 90% of the ghariyal hatchlings born during June surviving at the ghariyal rehabilitation centre in Kukrail, the chances of ghariyal population declining in the centre remains a remote possibility, even as the centre braces to release its two-year old ghariyal population in the wild this winter. More than …
LUCKNOW: With an aim to bringing the focus on rivers and those who live on their banks, a group of six men and women from different countries is on an expedition across the Gomti. "We have people from Germany, Switzerland and India with us," said Andy Leemann, who has taken …
LUCKNOW: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Monday sought state government's response within six weeks on the matter of giving compensation to victims of gas leak in Hardoi. A division bench of Justice Abdul Mateen and Justice Sudhir Kumar Saxena also issued notice to the factory for …
LUCKNOW: Mosquitoes are wreaking havoc in the city. Japanese Encephalitis (JE) claimed the life of one Zeeshan (11), who hailed from Gosainganj village, on Monday night. Another patient, Abhishek (4), is a resident of Telibagh area. He is under treatment. Confirming the news, the Lucknow chief medical officer (CMO) said, …
