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 …
With the Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) holding off further discussions on the Right To Food legislation pending a final word from Sonia Gandhiled National Advisory Council (NAC), the Council is slated to discuss the issue at its second meeting here on Thursday. With the EGoM asking the Planning Commission …
Hoping to ease the crunch for parking space in the Capital and end the menace of private parking attendants, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has devised a new parking policy, which could usher in a four-fold hike in parking charges. The 140-page draft plan takes into account the city
Reiterating India's long-held argument on having equitable access to atmospheric space to all countries, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said discussions over a global climate treaty would be rendered "meaningless and impossible" in the absence of an equity-based approach. Ramesh rejected the most recent negotiating text on a global …
Until 10 years ago, Alandur, a residential suburb of Chennai in the Kanchipuram district, famous for its ancient temples, had no underground sewerage. As in 80 per cent of the metropolitan area outside the city of Chennai, most households depended on septic tanks with soak pits. The urban landscape of …
In a calibrated and coordinated move, the entire Opposition, including the ideologically opposed BJP and the Left and the Samajwadi Party which is supporting the UPA Government from outside, on Tuesday called for a dawn-to-dusk Bharat bandh on July 5 protesting the hike in fuel prices and demanding a rollback. …
A forest officer investigating the illegal transport of over eight lakh tonnes of iron ore to Bellikeri port in Karnataka, and the subsequent disappearance of nearly five lakh tonnes of it, has been transferred by the state government. The CID will now handle the probe. In fact, a CID team …
Ashwani Sharma , SOLANG NULLAH UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Monday laid the foundation stone for the long awaited Rohtang Tunnel project and reiterated the present regime
Sweta Dutta While the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy readies to set up solar power plants at the three World Heritage Sites in the Capital, the New Delhi office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has voiced concerns over the move and shot off letters …
The plan for phasing out fossil fuel subsidies was back on the agenda of the G20 meeting here on Sunday, with the US and other developed countries insisting on its inclusion. Having taken the steps for de-regulation of prices of petroleum products just ahead of the meet, India did have …
Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan Sunday slammed Additional Chief Secretary T Balakrishnan, who enjoys the backing of rival Pinarayi faction of CPM, for saying he felt bad that as Industries Secretary he could not save Coca-Cola
There might be a ban on plastic bags in the city, but they form about a third of the huge mountains of plastic waste generated by the three main railway stations and two airports in the Capital every day. The figures are staggering. A Central Pollution Control Committee (CPCB) study …
Amitav Ranjan In a move to initiate private investment in grid-connected solar power projects, the Centre is setting up a Solar Payment Security Fund that would guarantee compensation to power producers in case of default by state-run distribution utilities.
Ravish Tiwari The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on Food Security will have to wait for formal views from the National Advisory Council (NAC) before its next move on the government
The Union Cabinet today approved recommendations of the Group of Ministers on the Bhopal gas leak disaster that included filing of a curative petition in the Supreme Court for reconsideration of its 1996 judgment, pursuing afresh the extradition of former Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson and an enhanced compensation package …
