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 …
SHILLONG: “Meghalaya is one of the States in India which falls under vulnerable Zone-V of high seismicity and bamboo can play a vital role in appropriate housing and construction to its suitability and availability”, according to Kankana Narayan Dev of Bambu-N-Man, a bamboo design consultancy of Guwahati, Assam. Talking to …
The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet on Wednesday approved amendments to Rule 38-A (a)(2) of the Himachal Pradesh Tenancy and Land Reforms Rules, 1975, which provides that any non-agriculturist seeking to acquire land in the hill State would need an essentiality certificate from the concerned department. An official spokesman said the amendments …
Rainfall activity picked up in parts of North India on Thursday, including the Capital, even as three persons died in the region in various rain-related mishaps. The weatherman has predicted light to moderate showers over the next 24 hours at several places in the region. Though rain brought down the …
Report in the matter of: Writ Petition (Civil No.196 OF 2001) People's Union for Civil Liberties vs. Union of India & Ors on public distribution system.
The canal is expected to mitigate Capital's water problems After years of dithering and disagreeing, Haryana has agreed to complete the long-pending work on the Munak Canal. Delhi and Haryana have been at loggerheads over the construction of the canal that is expected to mitigate the Capital's water woes. The …
JAIPUR: Rajasthan has asked the Centre to take management of the inter-state rivers and canals in its hand to resolve the long-pending water sharing disputes among the states. The state has also asked the Centre to hand over control of the Tajewala and Okhla headworks to the Upper Yamuna River …
JAMMU: The State Government has geared itself up to secure a handsome amount under 12th five year plan, starting from next year, as the Central Government including the Finance Ministry and the Planning Commission have started convening meetings of different States to discuss their priority areas and quantum of the …
Flooded rivulets inundate fields, damage crops Heavy rain wreaked havoc in Una district today with swollen rivulets inundating fields and other properties of villagers. Many villagers blamed the company given the task of constructing bridges on Una-Amb and Una-Bangana roads for mishaps. Farmers in Jhalera village alleged that the company …
The temperature rose on Sunday after rains eluded most places in the northern region including the National Capital, while heavy downpour in Uttar Pradesh led to river Sharda crossing the danger mark. In Uttar Pradesh, Birdghat (Gorakhpur) received 102 mm of rain and Siddhartha Nagar had 96.6 mm during the …
The present study endeavors to identify the groundwater contamination problems in Baddi-Barotiwala Industrial Belt of District Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The dense unplanned industrial establishments have negatively affected the groundwater quality in the study area. Groundwater samples from 44 different locations and sources were collected and subjected to standard analytical techniques …
Approach to conserve biodiversity for sustainable development should be targeted at different levels, from improving living standards to changing the attitude of people. If Himalayan medicinal plants are to continue to serve the needs of the people without being reduced to a dangerously unstable resource base, they have to be …
The Himachal Pradesh Government on Monday exempted kerosene from value added tax and reduced the tax on diesel to 9.70 per cent from the present 14 per cent to provide relief to people from the recent hike in prices of petroleum products. There would be zero VAT on kerosene, a …
The Delhi Cabinet on Monday decided to make the LPG cylinder cheaper by `40 for the BPL and Antyodaya card holders. It also decided to make diesel 37 paise cheaper in the city. However, the city government's decision would not ease the hardships of non-BPL, non Antyodaya card holders. The …
Rain kept the mercury below normal levels on Thursday in most parts of North India and triggered landslides in Himachal Pradesh, disrupting traffic on highways and link roads in the hill State. The maximum temperatures stayed below normal at most places in Punjab and Haryana after rain lashed the two …
Himachal Pradesh has become the first State in the country to initiate concrete steps towards reducing carbon emissions, with its decision to sign an agreement on Emission Reduction Purchase with the World Bank . A Clean Development Mechanism sub-project of the Mid-Himalayan Watershed Development Project, the agreement promises long term …
As many as 41 pine trees were found chopped off at the Kothi unprotected forest area in Kunihaar forest division last evening. The case came to light when villagers of Kothi spotted 41 4-5 feet tall trees chopped off and the wood lying on the spot. ACF Hitender Sharma said …
Despite several meetings with the Planning Commission, the Punjab Government is yet to give its response to the inter-state project to tame the Ghaggar. Himachal Pradesh and Haryana have already assured the Centre that they will participate in the project. In April, the Union Government has offered to help Punjab, …
Under the project, besides targetting 24-hour water supply in town, municipal corporation will entrust the job of revenue collections to private promoters The city
