Top forest official asks State to challenge MoEF report

The Congress government in Haryana is contemplating taking the Centre to court for recommending CBI investigation against officials and politicians named in an Environment Ministry inquiry report on forestry scams highlighted by whistleblower-IFS officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi.

The Haryana Government has expanded the scope of health services for the children in Haryana by implementing the Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram (RBSK).

A major hurdle in the way of setting up of a nuclear power plant at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad is over as the Environment Ministry has finally granted a conditional green clearance to the project.

A nuclear power plant proposed to be set up in Haryana is one step short of getting the green clearance with a high-level panel of the environment ministry giving conditional nod.

The decision to recommend green clearance to the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) proposal for setting up a Rs 23,502 crore nuclear power plant in Fatehabad district was taken at a recent meeting of expert appraisal committee on environmental appraisal of nuclear power projects, official sources said.

Activists Send GPS Readings Of Cleared Patches & Photos As Proof, Suspect Developers

New Delhi:Hundreds of trees have been reportedly felled in Mangar, a part of the Aravalis off the Gurgaon-Faridabad highway, over the past month. Though some trees are cut for fuelwood every winter, this year there has been large-scale felling even in dense parts of the forest. In a complaint to the Haryana forest department on Tuesday, activists have alleged that logs are being transported out for commercial purposes and property owners are helping in clearing the trees to free up the areas for real estate.

All drinking water samples taken here by the Health Department last month have failed. All 275 samples of potable water sent for a laboratory test have been found to be below safety parameters.

For checking misuse of groundwater for construction purposes, the Haryana Government is all set to implement the provisions of the “Draft Model Bill for Conservation, Protection and Regulation of G

The Centre today approved upgrade of over 1,010 km of rural road and 19 bridges in the state at a cost of Rs 960 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Gramin Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)-II.

Tension prevailed at Umri village today when villagers objected to the move of the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) to acquire about 70 acres of land.

The Supreme Court has fixed Rs 770 per square yard as the compensation for the land acquired in Fatehabad district in 2002 for godowns and rice mills at Tohana by the Haryana State Cooperative Supp