Tata Housing Development Company today agreed in the Supreme Court not to go ahead with its high-rise buildings project near Chandigarh’s Sukhna Lake till further orders as the SC sought its respon

CIL and its subsidiary coal companies are reporting negative coal balance, therefore there is no scope for issue of any new LoA, says Coal Ministry

The Coal Ministry has rejected the Power Ministry's request to grant linkages for GVK Power's 540 MW plant in Punjab saying that state-owned CIL has a "negative coal balance".

To ascertain the exact count of farmer suicides in the state, the government has finally decided to conduct the second round of survey, which would reveal the number of farm suicides from 2010 up t

The court had last year imposed a ban on mining

State Advocate-General today informed the Punjab and Haryana High Court that the government has decided to withdraw the notifications on auction of mining without environment clearance from the state environment impact assessment authority (SEIAA) in operational quarries of up to five hectares.

Several farmers of the area today sat on a dharna and blocked the traffic on the Ludhiana-Chandigarh road.

The number of cancer cases is on the rise in Muktsar district.

With the Central Government issuing numerous instructions with regard to the implementation of the National Food Security Programme under the provisions of the National Food Security Act, it will n

Fake sand weighing slips seized

The police crackdown on the sand mafia operating in Moga and Ferozepur has failed to achieve its goal as the illegal activity continues unabated in these districts. Over the last few weeks, more than 50 criminal cases have been registered against those indulging in illegal sand mining in the area.

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Neelam Kalia Vs Union of India & Others dated 24/09/2013 which states that National Green Tribunal (NGT) has jurisdiction only to entertain such cases connected or arising from implementation of the statutes stated in Schedule – I of the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 (for short ‘NGT Act”), and Wild Life (Protection) Act, does not find mention in the Schedule –I of the NGT Act.

Many lapses on the part of the industry have come to the fore during inspections by the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) in the last few days.

Pages