The Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed PUDA to ensure that the builders do not use underground water for construction. Directions were also issued to the authority to ensure installation of electric water meters on bore-wells.

The directions follow notifications issued by the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA), placing restrictions on the use of underground water for construction purposes in 35 blocks in Punjab.

With a number of thermal power plants being developed by private companies getting delayed due to non-availability of coal, the Punjab Government's captive coal mine at Pachwara (Jharkhand) is in the centre of confrontation between the warring parties.

Private companies are seeking a share in the coal produced from the mine. The under-construction thermal plants are running behind schedule due to a stand off between the state government/PSPCL and the companies on the supply of coal.

More than six months after the Rangarajan panel recommended deregulating the R80,000-crore sugar sector, at least one state has initiated reforms in cane pricing.

The Comptroller and Auditor-General has found serious lapses in implementation of the UPA’s flagship programme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.

Caught in the throes of cancer, Punjab seems to have finally heard the wake-up call.

Last month the Bhatinda Municipal Corporation put stickers on all 540 handpumps in the town, warning people that the water from them is unfit for drinking.

In the backdrop of a persistent power crisis and raging debate on lack of coal linkages, Greenpeace has released its assessment report on Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) titled Powering Ahead o

Greenpeace has released its assessment report on Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) titled "Powering Ahead on Renewables: Leaders and Laggards", which ranks performance of all the states on renewa

Now that the Attorney General has opined that Punjab cannot object to it, the Jammu and Kashmir government is planning to go ahead with the construction of the Ravi canal from Basantpur up to the i

Greenpeace on Monday called for revision of the Renewable Purchase Obligation (RPO) mechanism based on equity principle.