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 …
Mohali, October 13 Tussle within the Punjab Government has once again stalled the development and expansion of Nayagaon, comprising Karoran, Kansal and Nada villages in the periphery of Chandigarh. The forest department has objected to the development and expansion plans envisaged by the Department of Local Government in the Draft …
Integrated watershed management is aimed at minimizing the rate of sediment flow in the streams being harnessed for hydro power generation. The main aim of the Catchment Area Treatment Plan is to rejuvenate various potential and degraded ecosystems in the catchment area for longevity of the underground balancing reservoir storage …
Studies indicate an urgent need to map areas that have selenium-rich soil because the element has been linked to aridity there. A study published in the September issue of Journal of Environmental Management revealed that food grains from some arid regions in Northern India had high selenium. For the study, …
Shimla, September 28 Road network capacity being questioned as pvt sector given go-ahead to survey limestone deposits For the first time, Himachal Pradesh Government has opened its doors to the private sector to conduct a survey of limestone deposits in the state and find out prospects of setting up two …
The Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board (HPSEB) has invited fresh bids from leading companies manufacturing 0.85 power factor (PF) compact fluorescent bulbs under the Atal Bijli Bachat Yojana. HPSEB chairman R.K. Jain, confirming the move on CFL tenders, said the last date for submitting the tenders would be October 10 …
Striking a balance between the issue of public safety and preservation of forest cover, Himachal Pradesh High Court today allowed the state Government to fell only precariously dangerous trees in Shimla. The court also directed the government to ensure that cutting down of trees be suitably compensated by plantation of …
HIT BY CALAMITY: Debris of a house that collapsed due to heavy rain in Shimla on Saturday. Rescue work to unearth bodies is on. SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, while reviewing the situation that has risen after massive rains and landslides here on Sunday, confirmed that there …
AGRICLUTURE Real growth stems from real reforms, not inaction. The success of Mizoram and Himachal Pradesh validates the principle that sustained reforms and investment in health and infrastructure bring investments that create jobs and markets enabling prosperity. This year the State of the States study reviewed the performance of states …
Shimla: At least 44 people were feared dead in building collapses and landslides triggered by heavy rains across Himachal Pradesh on Saturday. Reports of inundated roads, stranded vehicles, disrupted water supply, power and communication lines poured in as vigorous monsoon continued to lash the state. According to the meteorological office, …
Shillong, September 20 Heavy landslides and uprooting of trees after incessant rain in the last 48 hours have resulted in the death of 42 people in Himachal Pradesh. Shimla district alone reported a toll of 38 deaths from the town and sub-divisions like Rohru,Theog and Chopal. One person was killed …
The decision of ruling Bhartiya Janta Party Government to implement the proposed master plan in Baddi- Barotiwala and Nalagarh industrial belt covering large number of villages may cast its shadow on the coming parliamentary elections. Protests by the public representatives, along with villagers, to concede their demand of excluding villages …
-Nano shell in the making TAPAS CHAKRABORTY The Nano: On course Pantnagar, Sept. 15: Amid efforts to ensure the Nano rollout from Bengal, a Tata Mo- tors team that had been engaged in Singur has been making up for lost time by working on the car
Today turned to be the most inconvenient day for commuters, tourists and general passengers here when they have experienced a lot of hardship when agitating farmers from this subdivision under the banner of the Kisan Vikas Sabha (KVS) blocked traffic at three different routes paralysing the whole traffic movement for …
Shimla, September 08 On the occasion of the 42nd anniversary of International Literacy Day, Governor Prabha Rau gave out a message to have a focused policy to educate adults under the Continuing Education Campaign. The CEC was the third phase of the Literacy Mission that was launched in the country …
Palampur, September 7 Chief Minister P.K. Dhumal said the state government would soon come out with a new tourism policy to attract more tourists to the state. He said the state had the potential for providing the best tourism facilities to the tourists. A press statement issued on behalf of …
Solan, September 02 A two-member team of the Central Bureau of Investigations on Tuesday, arrived in Rihun village, Solan sub-division, to probe the case where 18 people from Haryana, including Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge Nirmal Yadav, had purchased land allegedly in violation of the Himachal Pradesh Land Reforms …
Shivalik foothills in Himachal Pradesh are marked by frequent crop failures due to erratic rainfall, lack of irrigation facilities, serious soil erosion problem, unemployment and poverty. During the earlier days the villages of the region had their own ponds, which served the society. Over the period of time bond of …
