The Ministry for Urban Development in its recent report claimed that there is no proper coordination between the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC), Jammu Development Authority (JDA), District Development
Land acquisition proceedings in 16 Rewari villages continue to be on hold, with the Punjab and Haryana High Court today directing status quo till the next date of hearing on October 30. The land was to
Violating the laid norms, the Punjab Effluent Treatment Society has been operating a common effluent treatment plant at the Leather Complex here without having requisite permission from the pollution authorities.
India's first-ever solar power plant at a Metro station was inaugurated today at Dwarka Sector 21 station. Inaugurated by the Union Minister of Urban Development, M. Venkaiah Naidu, the plant is the largest
THANE: After almost two years of its conceptualization, the Thane Municipal Corporation's (TMC) proposed waterfront development project, along the 31-km Thane creek line, from Kopri to Gaimukh, got the
Noted ecologist Madhav Gadgil has appealed for a ban on introduction of genetically-modified (GM) crops in the ecologically fragile Western Ghats and said that the successive committees of experts to review
NASHIK: The diarrhoea outbreak in Niphad was barely four days after the Nashik Municipal Corporation had collated the city's health report, which showed as many as 882 cases of diarrhoea in the month of
MALAPPURAM: Even though the Supreme Court banned endosulfan in the country in May 2011, the Central Insecticides Board and Registration Committee (CIBRC) continues to list it under approved pesticides.
Passengers from West African countries will be screened for the Ebola virus at the state's three airports. After chairing a high-level meeting of health department officials, minister for health V S
INDORE: A day after Madhya Pradesh Rural Road Development Authority (MPRRDA) announced its plan to construct hundreds of kilometers of roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) by using plastic
INDORE: At least 270 people have died of diarrhoea and 13.14 lakh people have been affected due to diarrhoea in the last three years in Madhya Pradesh. Data obtained from Directorate General of Health
PORVORIM: Not a village, not a ward in Goa, is left untouched by HIV, though HIV infections in Goa have reduced in recent years, health minister Laxmikant Parsekar told the Goa legislative assembly on
COIMBATORE: From Monday evening, passengers flying into the city from Sharjah and Singapore will be screened for the Ebola virus. This move comes a day after a man landed in Chennai from Guinea, giving
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday stayed the Haryana government's transport policy, notified in August 2013, after hearing a petition alleging that the policy has given the government
BHOPAL: National Green Tribunal (NGT) served notices on secretary, ministry of environment and forests, government of India among others for labeling coal as mineral instead of a bio-resource product.
Madhya Pradesh government has issued an alert for dreaded Ebola virus here on Monday. However, with no well-laid procedure, health officials in Bhopal are clueless on how to diagnose or even collect samples
BHOPAL: Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) has been directed to carry out a tree census on its campus by National Green Tribunal (NGT). Institute has to complete census within two weeks
The dreaded “silent killer” —- encephalitis —- has once again struck Uttar Pradesh in a hard way with the state recording a 26.5 per cent rise in the cases so far compared to last year. To take stock of
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the authorities to ensure that no municipal solid waste (MSW) is thrown into Kishore Sagar Lake in Chhattarpur district of Madhya Pradesh. The
Says samples of leading brands tested contain unacceptable levels of dangerous chemicals; govt's Tea Board denies charges The Indian arm of Greenpeace, a global pressure group for the environment, alleged
