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 …
THIRUVANANTHAPURA: Eyebrows are raised as a govt against widening of national highways presses for 4-laning of a stretch that requires displacement SHAJU PHILIP AT A time when the Left Democratic Front government in Kerala has pleaded with the Centre to allow the state to live with narrow national highways, its …
Despite widespread drought in about 350 districts in 15 states last year, the rabi crop appears to have remained unscathed. In fact, while the wheat output is expected to go marginally up compared to last year, the total foodgrain output is estimated to decline by less than 7 per cent …
The explosion that claimed 11 lives and sent the Deepwater Horizon, a billion-dollar oil rig, to the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, was bad enough. But for the inhabitants of America
To ensure the long overdue development of the extremist-infested districts across eight states, the Planning Commission will shortly unfurl an Integrated Action Plan (IAP) to expedite development in these parts.
The fate of the controversial Vedanta University project, proposed to be built on the Puri-Konark marine drive, has been pushed into limbo after the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests on Tuesday decided to keep the conditional environmental and Coastal Regulatory Zone clearance in abeyance over allegations of irregularities, illegal …
A Month after the Delhi University's Chemistry Department was found responsible for the Cobalt 60 radiation leak at Mayapuri that killed one and injured several, a high-level Committee of Secretaries (CoS) has been set up to examine the issue of 'handling of radioactive material'. With officials from the Department of …
The south west monsoon is likely to hit the Kerala coast on June 1. According to preliminary observations made by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) here, there is nothing to indicate that the monsoon will arrive before or after the scheduled date.
DRY ON FRIDAY? Association says hike bleeding their business as customers fill up in neighbouring UP, Haryana where diesel is almost Rs 4 cheaper The petrol dealers across the Capital have threatened to go on strike to protest the increase in the value added tax (VAT) on diesel. The latest …
Siri fort complex : Project gets green signal after PWD cuts number of trees to be felled from 54 to 15 Thirty-nine trees in South Delhi have been spared the axe after the Public Works Department (PWD) downsized its plans to widen the
After clarifying miscommunications with their Brazilian counterparts, the commerce ministry is on the verge of filing a suit against the European Union for their seizure of generic pharmaceutical drugs headed for the South American nation. Following recent dialogue with Brasilia and after evaluating the EU
The just-concluded 13th Asiatic Lion census in Gir Sanctuary has revealed an increase in their numbers. Shubhlakshmi Shukla, the only reporter to tag along with the hundreds of officials and volunteers who conducted the exercise, reports It was three in the morning and there was a stench of fresh meat. …
A congestion charge on cars that crowd the Capital is one of the options the government is considering to clean the air in the city ahead of the Commonwealth Games. Delhi has converted commercial vehicles to CNG, introduced Euro IV petrol and diesel this April and introduced new buses, but …
Union Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh has sought to shift the blame to the states for delaying finalisation of coal projects and also simultaneously hit out at the present royalty mechanism, which he said did not provide any incentive to states for them to push projects. In a recent …
