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 quality of ground water across the Bareilly city has been determined by analyzing different physico-chemical parameters. Alkalinity and hardness of groundwater is beyond the WHO limits. Water quality index of different sites is also calculated.
India's Mahalisagar barrage, sited in Siddharthnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, has become a cause for woe for Nepal. The structure, which has 15 sluice gates, will inundate 150 hectares (ha) of cultivable land in Nepal in normal times. During the monsoon
Jaggery traders in Andhra Pradesh's Anakapalli market ended 2003 on an unexpectedly high note. After mid-December, prices shot up Rs 95-Rs 110 per 10 kg of jaggery, fuelled by a shortfall of stocks and huge demand from Orissa. Traders in the market were actually expecting prices to fall to Rs …
Back in the 20th century, when India had villages, there were several popular films that showed villages in a contemporary light. Well, somewhat. While Indian cinema was urban from its very beginning, there were several films of immense popularity that were, in many ways, a statement of the presence of …
cancer drug letrozole is at the centre of a controversy over its being promoted as a fertility enhancer. The Union government has issued notices in this regard to Mumbai-based Sun Pharmaceuticals and Uttar Pradesh-based Dabur India Limited. While the latter has removed Foliripe
The much-hyped sewage treatment plants (stps) installed in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, under the Ganga Action Plan (gap) are proving to be ineffective. A report released in October states that the irrigation water supplied from these stps to villages located in the area is contaminated with toxic heavy metals. What’s more, …
Aligarh, an industrial town of Uttar Pradesh, is spread over an area of about 40 square kilometres and has a population in a little in excess of six lakhs. The city has two distinct parts
The retreating monsoon is leaving a trail of death and destruction across much of India. Floods have submerged three states in misery, while a severe drought has left two others high and dry. The toll: around 10 million people affected in the past month alone. The Union and state governments …
recent cases, such as the one in Uttar Pradesh in which an hiv-positive woman was denied treatment during pregnancy, or that of the woman who was killed in Andhra Pradesh on the mere suspicion that she had contracted the disease, have underscored the need for corrective action. Now, the groundwork …
Panchayats, Democracy and Development . By Vinod Vyasulu . Rawat Publications, Jaipur and New Delhi, 2003 . 195 pages . Rs 395 In 1992 the Indian Parliament approved of the 73rd constitutional amendment, which made it mandatory for state governments to devolve powers to local bodies. More than a decade …
uttar Pradesh is incurring huge losses because of environmental degradation, indicates a recent assessment. The analysis will play a crucial role in determining the fate of the state's environment
UTTAR Pradesh (UP) chief minister Mayawati has resigned. She's ended, as a newspaper put it, her "third honeymoon' with the Bharatiya Janata Party, a coalition partner. It is being said the Taj corridor stink (see: "Sold down the river", July 31, 2003) is partly responsible for this fresh round of …
Animal parts strewn all over the place; dogs and vultures preying over these wretched remains; dirt festering all around; horrible stench that makes your innards wrench with revulsion. Check out the meat you eat. For such horrific features are common to most slaughterhouses in the country. Most abattoirs across the …
Karanda is a versatile but under-exploited plant found throughout the dry regions of India. It is cultivated for its edible fruits in Rajasthan, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh. A number of karanda variants are commonly found; according to taxonomists, they all belong to two species
• He served the Indian Army in his heydays. Today he cannot stand straight and can barely walk without a walking stick. Hands, which used to wield artillery, cannot hold a glass of water or button his shirt. D V Singh, a 66-year-old retired army officer, is suffering from central …
arun Kumar, a jaggery trader of Muzaffarnagar Gur Mandi in Uttar Pradesh (up), has fallen upon hard times. "During the past decade, the gur (jaggery) business has slumped by two-thirds,' he laments. His brother, Roshan Lal, who is the secretary of the mandi union too feels the situation is hopeless: …
