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 …
There is a ray of hope for Pong Dam oustees from Himachal Pradesh who have been fighting the Rajasthan government for over 50 years to get land allotted to them in lieu of their land acquired for the construction of Pong Dam and its reservoir. The special leave petition of …
Stage is set for the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) here on Thursday for setting up a 1320MW (2x660MW) thermal power plant at Chausa in Buxar district. The signatories for the joint venture project would be Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited (BSPHCL), Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited …
Only two riparian states-Bihar and Himachal Pradesh-have responded to the Ganga Flood Control Commission (GFCC) recommendations made around two years ago. Whereas all states were asked to send action-taken report on recommendations in May 2011, Water Resources Minister Harish Rawat told a meeting of the board today that only Bihar …
A Rs 2.53 crore project for improving power supply in the town has been sanctioned, which will be implemented by October 31. This was stated by Bilaspur Sadar MLA Bambar Thakur while talking to mediapersons here today. Bambar said 10 new transformers would be installed and three transformers would be …
The Union Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned Rs 2.43 crore to the state under the scheme “Hunar Se Rojgar Tak” for skill development. Director, Tourism, Subhashish Panda said the amount would be used for imparting training in driving skills to 3,900 youth of the state. The state government would soon …
The Forest Department will launch a special drive to increase green cover and eradicate lantana weed in the hill state. Forest Minister Thakur Singh Bharmauri today said the drive would initially start from Rampur and Chamba forest circles and later be extended to other parts of the state. The department …
The Himachal Pradesh High Court (HC) has banned the packing of food items in non-biodegradable material from April 1. The HC passed the order on a public interest litigation. Passing the directions, the HC observed, “A balance has to be struck between the economy, the need to provide essential items …
Airlines, hotels and tour operators likely to see a boom in business activities The ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela in Allahabad is projected to generate about Rs 12,000 crore of revenues and create over 6 lakh job opportunities. Airlines, hotels and tour operators are likely to witness a boom period in …
Delhi-based biotechnology company Panacea Biotec is awaiting a nod from the World Health Organization (WHO) to resume supplying vaccines for the world immunisation programme from its units at Lalru (Haryana) and Baddi (Himachal Pradesh). Speaking to Business Standard, a senior company official said, “We expect WHO officials to visit our …
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has directed the state government to ban sale of ‘junk food’ in non bio-degradable packs from April 1 but exempted essential items like edible oil and milk from the ban. A Division Bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjay Karool directed that the list of …
JSW Energy has received forest clearance for its planned 240 MW hydropower project in Himachal Pradesh, making way for the company to start construction of the project. The project, being set up at an estimated cost of about . 2,000 crore, was awarded to the company in 2007 but has …
Airlines, hotels, tour operators and Uttar Pradesh in general are likely to reap a windfall during the Maha Kumbh Mela in the state with the government likely to see its coffers swelling by Rs 12,000 crore, according to an industry body. ASSOCHAM's paper 'Maha Kumbh Mela 2013- Possible Revenue Generation …
India will soon revise its malaria mortality figures, with the new estimates expected to be at least 20 times more than what the health ministry portrays at present. A 16-member committee of the Indian Council of Medical Research, headed by its former director general Dr Padam Singh Pradhan, has found …
The state government has decided to provide a financial bailout package to Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Limited (HPSEBL). Sources here said the Cabinet decided to provide the HPSEBL a package till March 31 of about Rs 650 crore to allow it take the benefit of the financial restructuring plan …
To test the response of disaster management agencies and also generate public awareness, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) will conduct a large-scale exercise in the tricity of Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula as well as Shimla on February 13. This will be the first-ever disaster management initiative in the country …
The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to carry out four-laning of the Parwanoo-Shimla section of the NH-22 under a single project, instead of two separate projects as planned earlier. As per the decision, the Rs 808 crore project for the Parwanoo-Solan section and Rs 1,800 crore project …
Plummeting mercury, coupled with a thick fog cover, threw normal life out of gear in the entire North India on Monday, with 24 more people succumbing to the chill in various parts of the region. While 20 more people died in Uttar Pradesh, four persons lost their lives in Uttarakhand, …
The cold wave condition intensified with the minimum temperature plummeting sharply, throwing normal life out of gear in many places of the North. According to weather office, the lowest minimum temperature of minus 3.0 degree Celsius was recorded at Narnaul (Haryana) in the plains of the country. With cold wave …
To decongest Shimla’s traffic, the Himachal Pradesh government has come up with an ambitious monorail project proposal for the hill station. Himachal’s Urban Development Minister Sudhir Sharma said he, along with Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, met the Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath over the issue. “Kamal Nath has asked …
‘State not fully prepared to meet disasters’ With scientists across the globe warning of massive earthquakes of magnitude 8.5 in the Himalayas, the hilly Jammu and Kashmir, which lies in seismic zone IV and V, may witness the worst ever tremors that could cause “immeasurable destruction” owing to “faulty planning” …
