Agra: Pravesh Kumar, a resident of Mazra Nagla Gadaria village in Uttar Pradesh's Etah district, could not believe his eyes when a hand pump near his house suddenly started spewing a black coloured

Agra: Suffering decades of government apathy and embarrassment due to open defecation, hundreds of women from the Kanjara community staged a massive protest outside a local police station at Bah on

AGRA: Regional transport office (RTO) has levied fines on owners of more than 11,000 vehicles, in their bid to tighten noose on vehicles flouting norms laid down to minimize pollution levels in the

AGRA: The Kuberpur solid waste disposal plant, located within a 10-km radius of the Taj Mahal, may not be functioning at present but it continues to emit harmful gases as garbage heaped at the site

To deal with water scarcity problem in Trans-Yamuna area of the city, the state government has given its nod for deep boring wells even in critical areas where groundwater level has depleted to ala

In order to keep continuously monitoring and maintaining an accurate record of depleting levels of groundwater, the government is going to install automatic water-level recorders (AWLR) in the stat

An RTI filed by a Greater Noida-based NGO, Social Action for Environment and Forest (SAFE), revealed that more than 27,000 trees would be axed for the construction of the 302.22 km Agra-Lucknow Gre

Agra: Taking cognizance of the deteriorating condition of the environment around the Kuberpur garbage dumpsite, the Uttar Pradesh pollution control board has sent a notice to the Agra municipal cor

LUCKNOW: The groundwater level of Lucknow continues to deplete at an alarming rate due to unregulated and excessive extraction and relentless concretization of green zones.

LUCKNOW: Quality of life in the city has taken a severe beating from noise pollution, subjecting citizens to risks of disturbed sleep patterns and high blood pressure.