Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Abhishek Panwar Vs Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board & Others dated 20/05/2025. The miscellaneous application was registered on the basis of the report of the joint committee dated July 20, 2024 filed by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) …
BHUBANESWAR: A day after talks with officials failed, anti-Posco agitators today demanded direct discussions with Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on their opposition to the site identified for the Rs 52,000 crore mega steel project near Paradip. Leaders of Posco Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) also sought immediate halt to the …
New Delhi: As an GoM meets on Tuesday to decide the fate of 600-mw Loharinag Pala hydel power project in Uttarakhand, the Centre has said the state would be adequately compensated in case the project is scrapped.
OVER 25 years after the Bhopal gas tragedy when the verdict in the case is to be pronounced on Monday, the victims want capital punishment for the accused, but are not too hopeful of getting full justice. They feel the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has already
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Thursday granted compensation to all the children who had taken ill or feared illness after having a mid-day meal at a Delhi Government middle school for girls at Hauz Quazi near Ajmeri Gate here this past month. A Division Bench of the Court …
Charanjit Ahuja Chandigarh: Last week's hailstorm in many parts of Himachal Pradesh has damaged apple crop in large tracts of land. According to input received from apple growers, scientists and horticulture officials, the hail storm not only damaged fruit but also apple tree leaves and spur. Over 50% of apple …
A report by MoEF on the environmental impact of Phata-Byung & Singoli-Bhatwari hydro power projects, the Run of the River (RoR) projects on the river Mandakini. Says that fairly large portion of the works have been taken up and it may not be worth to abandon the project and have …
Ongole, May 31: Cyclone Laila victims staged protests on Mo-nday at Tangutur and Nagulappadu mandals, alleging anomalies in distribution of cyclone compensation. At B. Nidamanuru village of Nagulappadu mandal, protesters squatted on the Chirala-Ongole road, due to which vehicular traffic was stalled for several hours. The village revenue officer (VRO), …
The Left in India seems to be in complete disarray. It does not look as if it can reinvent itself and make significant contributions to natio-nal politics. At the heart of the problem is its ‘success’ in West Bengal, where it has ‘ruled’ for over three decades. The most distinctive …
In orissa more than 100 people died of sunstroke in March and April, according to media reports. The official figure is 17. As relatives of those who died run from pillar to post to claim the Rs 10,000 compensation from the state government, summer in the state has peaked—Talcher in …
Families that lost 60 per cent or more land to canal construction for the Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar dam projects in Khandwa and Khargone districts of Madhya Pradesh should be given cultivable land as compensation, the Supreme Court has ordered. In doing so, the court acknowledged the rights of families …
In several regions in India farmers are switching crops—some are even abandoning farming. Their choices are not dictated by the agriculture market. They are doing so because they are too close to forests. And wild animals attack their crops and cattle so often that they cannot go on like before. …
Shama Sunder Polluted water has caused loss of paddy crop, say people of Kokkanaghatta village Expert eye: A team of scientists, accompanied by farmers, examining crops at Kokkanaghatta village near Hassan. HASSAN: Kokkanaghatta village on the outskirts of Hassan city, is situated on the banks of a tank, with the …
Pune The district rehabilitation office has begun the process of reaching a solution to rehabilitate those affected by Tata Dam constructed in 1900s. As the Maharashtra Resettlement of Projects Displaced Persons Act, 1976, is not applicable to them (the dam was constructed before the Act) a workable solution between displaced …
DHENKANAL:A Bid by Bhusan Steel Limited (BSL) to construct an ash pond is mired in controversy after the district administration, the Rehabilitation and Peripheral Development Advisory Committee (RPDAC) rejected it on the grounds of stiff resistance from villagers. The Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) too refused permission for its …
PARADIP: The socio-economic survey for Posco steel project was hampered in Noliasahi village under Gadakujang panchayat today due to protests by some villagers. As a result, 30 families of the village had to be left out of the survey by revenue officials. Out of 165 households in the village, survey …
The Chief Secretary, Mr P. Prabhakaran, has been asked to inquire into the circumstances surrounding the reported remark by another top Government official expressing regret over the fate of the Coca-Cola unit at Plachimada in Palakkad. This was announced by the Chief Minister, Mr V. S. Achuthanandan, while briefing newspersons …
Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: In move to put the 6,000 MW nuclear power plant on fast track, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has asked Gujarat government to quickly go in for acquiring 780 hectares (ha) of land on southern Saurashtra coast to kickstart work for the ambitious …
Dilip Bisoi Bhubaneswar: Orissa chief minister Naveen Patnaik may have initiated a political process to solve the Posco crisis, but party MLAs are playing spoilsport. While the state government has entrusted CPI, MP from Jagatsinghpur, Bibhu Prasad Tarai, to negotiate with anti-Posco groups to come to the talks table with …
