Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
STATE-OWNED NTPC on Thursday said that it would set up a 1,320 MW coal-based thermal power project in Gujarat. The state government of Gujarat has given clearance for setting up the project on the surplus land at the existing Dhuvaran plant of the Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited, the company …
The Orissa govern ment announced special package for people who are going to be displaced by the proposed 12-million-tonne Posco project near Paradip in Orissa
Alarmingly deficient monsoon rains, canals with little water and defunct tube wells have brought back the fear of a drought in large parts of Bihar for the second consecutive year. Sensing the farmers
With an aim to rejuvenate Gandhian principles and values and to immortalise the historical salt march undertaken by the Mahatma in March-April 1930, the UPA government has launched a unique Rs 25-crore green project for Dandi and the surrounding villages to transform the area into an eco-friendly tourist destination. The …
Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar called for tapping the growing demand for organic food in domestic and international market for the benefit of farmers and the country. Describing it as an ideal option for rainfed, marginal land and hilly areas, Mr Pawar said that promotion of organic farming will not …
In order to ensure that the pollution levels in the city go down to acceptable levels during the Commonwealth Games, the government is likely to ask the operators of commercial vehicles to go for alternative routes to ferry consignments across the states. The earlier date fixed to restrict the entry …
With the arrival of monsoon in the city and neighbouring states, the Delhi government has on Wednesday asked residents of low-lying areas along the Yamuna river bank to remain alert and if possible shift to safe places. The statement has come in the wake of Haryana releasing 50, 000 cusecs …
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi, already receiving flak for poor management during the monsoon season, on Wednesday claimed that more than 1,700 samples of water supplied by the Delhi Jal Board was unfit for drinking. The figures, furnished by the health department officials, led to allegations and counter allegations between …
Wrong policies of the government have been responsible for the prevalent food insecurity in the country, alleged activists. They also said the proposed National Food Security Act ignores the root causes of hunger and it deliberately leaves untouched the structural roots of the malnutrition crisis. Releasing a report on India
Envi ronment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said that no new private helipads will be allowed in the country. Reacting to the Maharashtra government's plans to allow construction of 12 private helipads in the state, Mr Ramesh said, "Private helipad is a complete no-no. All helipads should be …
In 2009, the world celebrated the 200th anniversary of the life and work of Charles Darwin, a transformational scientist who brought about a revolution in our understanding of evolution. Evolution through natural selection among living organisms leading to the survival of the fittest was a concept alien to the Christian …
Minister of forest & environment (MoEF) Jairam Ramesh, announced the scrapping of two major hydel projects, the Pala Maneri (480 mw) and the Bhaironghati (381 mw) on the Bhagirathi river. Mr Ramesh however, admitted that work on the Loharinag Pala run of the river power project, also on the Bhagirathi …
Finding himself increasingly isolated in the Cabinet, minister of environment & forests Jairam Ramesh, has worked out a compromise with minister of mining Sriprakash Jaiswal. Mr Ramesh had been playing the obstructionist by classifying 30 per cent of the area in nine coal fields as
Scores of trees were felled in the Indian Institute of Technology in south Delhi on Thursday night. Officials sources revealed that almost 50 trees were felled overnight and were transported out of the campus early on Friday in two trucks. The trees are being levelled for construction of a new …
The recent inconclusive meet of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) at Agadir in Morocco failed to arrive at an agreement to end commercial whaling. Dilip Kumar, inspector general of forests, wildlife, ministry of environment & forests, expressed regret that no firm decision had been arrived at by the 88 member …
The Kerala Cabi net on Wednesday decided to set up a tribunal to extract compensation worth Rs 216 crores from soft drink giant Coca Cola for the alleged environmental damage its bottling plant caused in Plachimada of Palakkad. The tribunal was set up on the recommendation made by a committee …
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has beefed up a detailed plan to relocate 1,000 primitive Chenchu tribal families from the core area of the Nagarjungsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve. The reserve is home to 82 tigers and tiger experts have been pressing for the need to create an undisturbed forest …
