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 …
Sinking their differences, the ruling Congress and Opposition TDP on Monday knocked on the doors of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking his intervention to force Maharashtra to stop construction of the Babhali project. Although the issue acquired fresh urgency in view of the Assembly bypolls in the Telangana region, parties …
ON JULY 15th a 75-tonne cap closed off the Macondo well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The flow of oil ceased, for the first time in the three months since a blowout in the well doomed the rig which had drilled it, Deepwater Horizon. The cap is …
Concerned that the country would not have gas supply to the tune of over 450 million standard cubic metre per day (mmscmd) required for its greenfield and brownfield power projects in the foreseeable future, the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) is likely to discuss ways of prioritising the applicants through …
MK VENU Politicians, from the ruling party and opposition alike, are grappling with the problem of how to effectively communicate with their constituencies on the issue of high food inflation. One had thought it would be easy for the opposition to mount a campaign on rising prices against the ruling …
Apurva Close to 500 people, including 234 children have taken ill from 40 villages in Kotputli in Rajasthan in the last five days, even as the Health Department is yet to ascertain the cause. While officials stated that they suspected a waterborne disease or perhaps even chemical contamination and had …
Milind Ghatwai The Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Thursday passed a stringent legislation that punishes cow slaughter with a minimum jail term of one year and a maximum of seven years. The Madhya Pradesh Prohibition of Cow Slaughter (Amendment) Bill, 2010, punishes offences like storing or transporting beef with a minimum …
Neha Sinha Enkempt roads, covered with construction waste and dust, are harming us more than just being eyesores. The pall of dust often seen hanging over the city owes much of its existence to the dirty Capital roads. The Central Pollution Control Board (part of the Union Ministry of Environment …
Aanchal Bansal The next time you think of jumping into the bus lane of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor, think twice, for a camera will be zooming in onto your licence plate and challan is likely to follow you home. As part of the new Siemens Intelligent Signalling System …
Three Indian projects -- KG-D6, Mundra power project and Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi -- have featured in the infrastructure 100 global project report of global consultancy firm KPMG. The report showcases 100 examples of great projects that are at different stages of development across the world, according to the …
Giving in to pressure from Opposition members, the Standing Committee on Science and Technology on Wednesday postponed deliberations on the Nuclear Liability Bill. The committee, which had earlier decided to hold clause by clause deliberations on the Bill on Thursday and then bring it before the Lok Sabha, has now …
