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 Sunday earthquake, which jolted almost the entire north India, has once again raised questions on the safety aspect of the city's multi-storied buildings. Lucknow Development Authority and Uttar Pradesh Housing and Development Board ( UPHDB) make earthquake resistance a mandatory criterion for a building. However, the authorities rarely …
LUCKNOW: The much-awaited city sanitation plan which promises to address crucial civic issues including municipal solid waste disposal, appears to have got embroiled in a bureaucratic maze with the Centre not spelling out the policy and procedural blueprint of the plan. Not only the overall policy format but the funding …
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh felt low-intensity tremors after an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale jolted north India at around 6.15 pm on Sunday. No causality was reported in the state till reports last came in. The epicentre of the earthquake was in Sikkim. Unconfirmed reports said the earthquake measured …
LUCKNOW: The Indian Railways in its vision statement for the year 2020 has envisaged construction of four dedicated high speed rail corridors connecting major cities. Six corridors have been shortlisted for pre-feasibility studies. Urban transport and high speed directorate of Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO) on Saturday organised the …
Continuing to shower sops in this election year, the state government unveiled a new housing policy for the weaker section of society under which people of low income group would get residential units at a price ranging from Rs 2 lakh to Rs 4.25 lakh. A decision in this regard …
LUCKNOW: Will the two major schemes - 10% rebate on house tax and one time settlement scheme (OTS) on power dues -- be extended? Though the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) and UP Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) maintain a strict 'no', buzz is that the two schemes might be extended at …
Alleging acute scarcity of fertlizers across the state owing to state government's faulty policies, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) on Monday demanded putting effective check on blackmarketeering of Urea in several districts. RLD state spokes person and national party general secretary, Anil Dubey said, while the Urea was not available at …
LUCKNOW: A low platelet count does not mean dengue all the time. Doctors point out that people generally assume their dear one to be suffering from dengue the moment their platelet count falls below the standard levels. However, there are many other reasons that cause a slip in platelet count. …
With Assembly elections round the corner, the Mayawati Government tabled the supplementary budget of Rs 10,879 crore for the fiscal 2011-12 in the State Assembly on Tuesday earmarking over 26 per cent of this budget for Chief Minister’s pet projects, especially, for Dalits and downtrodden sections of the society. Besides, …
LUCKNOW: Use of banned polythene is back on the focus of the department of environment. On Monday, state environment minister Nakul Dubey asked the department officials to carry out an exhaustive drive against polythene which does not adhere to the norms. Polythene having thickness below 20 microns are banned. Time …
LUCKNOW: If the National Rural Health Mission swindle hit the rural health services, lack of monitoring, glaring anomalies and lapses paralysed the urban heath sector in Uttar Pradesh. The state government failed to set up seven 100 bedded and two 300 bedded hospitals by the scheduled dates to provide better …
LUCKNOW: City youth on Saturday took out a campaign to promote the use of indigenous energy resources such as coal, gas, solar, wind energy, biogas, and ensuring future energy supplies from Iran and other countries of West and Central Asia. The campaign, titled 'Lessons from Japan 2011', was taken out …
LUCKNOW: Be prepared for a rude shock when you get your water tax bill. Thanks to Lucknow Jal Sansthan's decision to add arrears since 2002, the bill will at least be three to four times more than what you paid last year. The water tax is approximately 12.5% of the …
Monsoon active in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand At least seven persons died in rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand as the monsoon remained active on Wednesday bringing moderate showers at many places in North India. Lightening, landslips Five persons, including two women, were killed and four injured after lightning struck …
It’s a village of 250-odd houses, mostly farming families. The population is around 1,000. People here may be born healthy but, chances are, many will die crippled. Most adults have deformed limbs, making it very difficult to walk, sit on the ground or work in the fields. They are all …
LUCKNOW: The executive committee of the Lucknow Municipal Corporation has termed the work of cleaning the city drains as `inefficient`, even as continuous rains hit the city for the past few days. Committee chairman and city mayor Dinesh Sharma on Friday convened a meeting with various corporators and members of …
LUCKNOW: The Centre has slammed the Mayawati government for laxity in lowering Value Added Tax (VAT) on petroleum products. The reaction followed the decision taken by the Central Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM), who raised prices of diesel, kerosene and domestic Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) recently, owing to rising international …
Monsoon rain continued to lash most parts of North India on Tuesday even as 14 people were killed due to rain-related incidents in Uttar Pradesh and the hill State of Uttarakhand. At least 12 persons, including women and children, were killed in rain-related incidents as heavy to moderate rain lashed …
Delhi's affluent indulge in greater numbers of sex selective abortions than those less well-off Why should one of the largest genocide in history remain unchecked ? Experts who had gathered in the capital last week to look at our skewed sex ratios express surprise that the death of eight million …
LUCKNOW: Scientists, academicians and mango workers will deliberate on augmenting production and utilisation of mango at Central Institute of Subtropical Horticulture (CISH) during a four-day global conference from June 21 to 24. The conference will focus on 'mango for healthcare and livelihood'. India has more than 1,000 mango varieties growing. …
