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 …
The state Forest Corporation will undertake eco-tourism activities on a large-scale to generate additional income. Stating this while presiding over the meeting of the board of directors of the corporation here today, Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, who is also the chairman of the corporation, said the scenic landscape and …
Taking a step further on the proposed strategic Bilaspur-Manali-Leh railway line, the Union Railway Ministry has sought approval of the Planing Commission of India for the project after examining its feasibility report. In a letter to Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal, Union Minister of State for Railways E Ahamed communicated …
Despite the allegations of obstinacy he faces from either side of the spectrum, the environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh is planning to take his war against polluters in general and SUVs in particular to the next level. He wants a new tax which penalises bad environmental behavior and a …
Shimla: Decks have been cleared for the execution of the Kishau Dam project, which has been hanging fire for the past over four decades, as a joint venture by Uttrakhand and Himachal. The nod from the Centre to two states implementing the joint venture, already declared a national project, was …
The Health and Family Welfare Department of the state government has said that the deaths of infants in Kullu and Hamirpur districts did not occur due to administration of DPT vaccine. Director Health Services Dr. Vinod Pathak, however, said, as a precautionary measure, the batch of vaccines of DPT numbered …
Back to 'Something's Cooking' Tangy Turnip by Rohit Pathania Generally cooked in Himachal Pradesh, the recipe is rich in vitamin C. The green leaves of the turnip top (turnip greens) are a good source of vitamin A, folate, vitamin C, vitamin K and calcium. Ingredients: • 6-7 turnips with leaves …
After two children reportedly died in Hamirpur and Kullu districts on receiving DPT vaccine injections, the state health department has sealed the batch of the vaccine and sent it for examination to Central Research Institute, Kasauli. Director Health Services Dr Vinod Pathak said batch number 14037B09 of the vaccine has …
With the Renuka Dam project in abeyance following cancellation of clearance by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) in August this year, Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited
The decision of the Union environment ministry to allow parts of the Ganga’s tributaries to flow freely in Uttarakhand, indicates there is finally some recognition of the environmental impacts of hydel projects, long hyped as clean energy producers. Dams in Uttarakhand and the Northeast have been at the centre of …
It's a forum where new parameters for leadership are calibrated as governance comes up for scrutiny. The Eighth India Today State of the States Conclave featured eight chief ministers, one deputy chief minister and three state ministers. They came to debate-and celebrate-critical development issues. (From Left) Sushil Kumar Modi, V.S.Achuthanandan, …
The CFL scheme launched by Himachal government under which 15 lakh families were supplied CFL bulbs free of cost helped in saving energy to the tune of Rs 100 crore while the total cost of CFL was Rs 63.32 crore, CM PK Dhumal said on Wednesday. Making a suo moto …
Himachal Pradesh suffered a loss of Rs 2,068 crore due to damage caused by excessive rains during this year and had demanded Rs 1,824 crore from the Centre but nothing had so far been received, state revenue minister Gulab Singh told the vidhan sabha on Wednesday. Replying to a question, …
Kalimpong, Dec. 2: Around 300 Buddhists began a 23-day-long padayatra from a monastery in Darjeeling today to spread a message on clean and green Himalayas. Attired in traditional maroon gowns, nuns and monks of the Drukpa lineage chanted Buddhist hymns as they, and their followers, walked in single file through …
Shimla: The bio-carbon project, which had run into rough weather following suspension of licence of the independent validator, TUEV SUED Industrie Service (TUV SUD), by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), has cleared all hurdles paving the way for registration under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). With …
As we hurtle headlong into the twenty-first century creating technologies, breathing development, and grabbing land and resources, most of us will readily acknowledge that we may be harming the natural world by our actions and that we must do what we can to correct this. Judging from the enthusiastic response …
