Cops' campaign for crackerless Diwali
This Diwali don't get surprised if a cop knowcks at your door with a request to shun use of crackers. Following an order issued by the Spreme Court last year imposing restrictions on the use of
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SC checks decibels of crackers, but no solution to air pollution
This year fire crackers manufactured by major companies in Sivakasi would come with a notice saying that they comply with the Supreme Court guidelines and are below the 125 decibel level. However,
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MCD banks on Diwali smoke to check Dengue
With Diwali one day away, the babus at the Town Hall are keeping their fingers crossed. They are hoping that the smoke, which will emanate from the crackers' bursting, will decrease the dengue menace
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Watch this haze, there is some bad news breaking
For those all set to splurge on crackers this Diwali, a note of caution: This year the pollution levels are much worse than last year, and for some dangerous pollutants above dangerous levels.
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On pollution due to fire cracker on Delhi
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Injured leopard goes missing; local people blame it on witch-doctors
A full-grown leopard, which came from the Ripu Reserve Forest to No. 2 Panbai village under Kachugaon police outpost could not be saved despite the efforts of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel, forest guards and local people to catch it alive. In an interview to The Sentinel, DFO, Kachugaon, RN Boro said the full-grown leopard came to the Panbari area on Thursday morning. The leopard turned furious as it was chased by the people of the area, Boro said, adding that forest guards rushed to the spot immediately. The department made all efforts to catch the leopard alive and asked for tranquillizers from the Manas National Park (MNP) authority. He said the SSB personnel were also pressed into the rescue operation. Boro expressed that the Ripu Reserve Forest is the home for various endangered species but there is no tranquillizer with the forest department officials to catch the wild animals when they appear near human habitation. The tranquillizer, which was brought from Manas National Park to rescue the leopard had a only one bullet. There were chances that if the bullet missed the target, the shooter might have to face the wrath of the wild animal, Boro said adding, an SSB jawan who took the initiative to shoot from a close range was lucky enough as the leopard jumped over him and the other jawans chased it with lathis. The DFO said at least three persons of the locality were injured by the leopard. The forest department, finding it difficult to tranquillize it, rounded up the area with SSB personnel and local people and started to fire crackers to bring out the leopard from its hideout but it did not do so. Till the filing of the report, the forest guards were still guarding the area to check if it was still there. RN Boro told The Sentinel that the leopard never stayed at a same place but roamed around for food. He said the leopard might have gone back to the jungle at night as they did not get any evidence of its presence at Panbari during the check. On the other hand, the local people, when contacted by The Sentinel, said they heard three rounds of gunshots. Sources also added that some armed youths came after sunset and they killed the leopard and took it away somewhere. The sources, on condition of anonymity revealed that the leopard was a female and its organs were cut away by the miscreants as the people in remote areas believe that it stops unprecedented bleeding of women during childbirth. This kind of medical treatment has been prevalent throughout the rural areas due to the presence of witch-doctors and quacks, who allegedly claim to have the cures for all ailments. DFO (Social Forest) Sonali Ghosh was also present along with Rangers, Deputy Rangers on Thursday. It may be mentioned here that in 2006, another leopard was killed under the same range and even on earlier occasions, the villagers have killed two leopards.
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decibel control: The Supreme Court (SC) has told the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to submit a comprehensive list of measures to control noise pollution. On the basis of these
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Gail India to study Assam gas project
Even as the Assam gas cracker project of Reliance Assam Petrochemical Limited has been hanging fire for more than 17 years, the petroleum ministry has asked Gail India Limited to conduct the
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Gail asked to study Assam gas cracker
Even as the Assam gas cracker project of Reliance Assam Petrochemicals Ltd has been hanging fire for more than 17 years, the petroleum ministry has asked Gail to conduct the feasibility study of a
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Tribal bodies reject Lepetkatta site
The tribal Students' Federation, an umbrella organisation of 14 native students' unions on Thursday rejected the Lepetkatta site for the proposed Assam Gas Cracker complex. Their contention is that
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Hurdles in Gas Cracker Project cleared
In a welcome development all hurdles in the way of executing the Assam Gas Cracker Project by the Reliance Assam Petrochemicals Limited (RAPL) were closed at a high-level meeting held at the
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New site for Assam gas cracker project
The site for the proposed Rs. 3,600-crore Assam gas cracker project at Tengakhat in Dibrugarh district is to be altered, as there is strong objection from the Indian Air Force. The proposed site
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AASU sets deadline of 1 month for gas cracker
Expressing serious concern at the uncertainty over the Rs 36,00 crore Assam Gas Cracker project at Tengakhat in Dibrugath district, whose fate hangs in the balance due to the dilly-dallying tactics
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Haldia refinery to set up three new projects
The Haldia refinery of the Indian Oil Corporation will set up three new projects for upgrading quality of petro products. A Rs 2000 crore hydro cracker project will be installed around August this
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ONGC blames RIL for delay in Assam gas cracker project
The dilly-dallying attitude of Reliance Industries Ltd.(RIL) was delaying the commencement of work on the gas cracker project in Assam's Dibrugarh district, Subir Raha, chairman and managing
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ONGC agrees to supply LPG for Assam cracker
Uncertainty over the feasibility of $1-billion Reliance gas cracker complex at Lapetkata in Assam has ended. ONGC, whose refusal to supply associated gas as feedstock had put the project on hold for
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ONGC raps Reliance on gas cracker delay
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd blamed the Reliance Assam Petrochemicals Limited (RAPL) for the delay in setting up of the gas cracker project in Assam. The ONGC director, Mr R C Gourh, said
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IOC eyes Bangladesh, Indonesia for business
State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) is scouting opportunities in other countries, including Bangladesh and Indonesia, and would invest about Rs 7,000 crore in a naphtha cracker plant. "We are
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IOC plans to set up ethylene cracker at Paradip refinery
After it's failed attempt to acquire managerial stake in Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) plans to set up its own 8,00,000-tonne ethylene cracker at the proposed Paradip
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Govt picks Gail for Assam gas cracker project
The government has chosen state-run GAIL (India) Ltd over Reliance Industries in setting up a Rs 2,500 crore gas cracker project in Assam. "Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, in a meeting on