Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Dalhousie: In a recent news report it was revealed by the Statistics Department that Himachal Pradesh has achieved 84 per cent literacy rate. Literacy rate technically means the proportion of population above the age of 15 that can read or write. How much of this data is statistical jugglery, remains …
Kullu: The Himalayan Environment Protection Society, an NGO, has written to the Chief Justice of the Himachal Pradesh High Court expressing concern over permission to the Border Roads Organisation to cut 450 green trees, including 181 old devdar trees, for a dumping site for Rohtang tunnel project. Abhishek Rai, president …
Dharamsala: People carrying out construction work in the Dharamsala area are throwing rules to the winds so far as dumping of debris is concerned. A number of construction works are on in McLeodganj and Bhagsunag. A survey in the area revealed that people fill debris in cement bags and dump …
HIMACHAL Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (HPTDC) would construct poly houses on experimental basis starting from its complexes at Hotel Chail Palace and Barog in Solan district and cultivate vegetables and other crops for its in-house consumption. State chief minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said that demand for organic farm produce was …
Even as industrialists are running out of time to avail of the special tax holidays granted under the Central industrial package, which is ending this month, country
Hero Honda scouting for land in Himachal for fourth plant Hero Honda, the largest two-wheeler manufacturer worldwide, may look to set up its fourth plant in the hill State of Himachal Pradesh. Sources in the Himachal Pradesh Government told Business Line that in the last one month a team from …
The state government is not averse to setting up of a joint committee with the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), which could meet frequently to solve the problems faced by entrepreneurs. This was stated by Chief Minister PK Kumar Dhumal while addressing captains of industries at a seminar organised by …
Raising serious doubts over techno-economic feasibility of the Renuka Dam and pointing out glaring infirmities in its environment impact assessment (EIA), the report of the People
MANISH ANAND In a fresh bid to revive the dying Yamuna, the Delhi government has come up with a novel proposal. It wants the upper riparian states -Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh -to ensure that the 22-km-long stretch of the river flowing through Delhi remains pollution-free. It has …
NEW DELHI, March 14: In a fresh bid to revive the dying river Yamuna in the capital, Delhi government has now come up with a somewhat unprecedented proposal. It wants the upper riparian states too to take responsibility for ensuring that the 22-km long stretch of the river flowing through …
The Himachal Pradesh government will conduct a multi-faceted scientific study to find out the reason of dwindling birds in the region, said to be affected by radiation from mobile towers in residential areas. "The study would ascertain impact of radiation from mobile towers on human, animals and environment," Additional Chief …
New Delhi: Two low-intensity earthquakes measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale hit Himachal-Punjab border and the Nicobar islands on Sunday but no damage to property or life was reported. The first quake shook the Nicobar Islands at 8-13 a.m. with its epicentre at a latitude of 8.6 degrees north and …
SHIMLA: Himachal Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal on Thursday presented the Economic Survey 2009-10 for the State in the Vidhan Sabha. It projects a growth rate of 7.5 per cent for the current financial year whereas the corresponding growth rate for the same period at the national level was 7.2 …
Shimla: The hydropower developers will not be able to shift the sites of dam and power house as per the new project allotment policy, under which boundaries will be marked on the ground. They will be required to provide more free power to the government as royalty in case the …
The Centre has approved a sum of Rs 72 crore for remodelling and augmentation of water supply scheme in the state capital for replacing old pipes under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). Giving this information in reply to a query about the grants received under JNNURM, Urban Development …
Despite being a major food producer India is lagging far behind in food processing with a global share of just 1.3 per cent, according to JP Maurya, industrial adviser to the union ministry of food processing.
Shimla: The report of the 13th Finance Commission has brought to fore a harsh reality that Himachal Pradesh has been lagging far behind in protecting green cover in comparison to other Himalayan states. It is quite embarrassing that the state, which has been projecting itself as a leader in preserving …
