Amid the uproar over the suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday took judicial note of the environmental threat due to indiscriminate sand mining

The National Green Tribunal today restrained sand mining without any licence or environmental clearance from river beds across the country on a plea alleging that such activities were going on in U

Not just in Gautam Budh Nagar, where former SDM Durga Shakti Nagpal is believed to have been suspended for taking on the sand mafia, illegal mining activities have shot up across UP with no fresh l

Nationwide stay on sand mining comes on plea following Nagpal suspension

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday ordered a nationwide stay on sand mining on river beds without Environment Ministry clearance. The interim order came on a petition filed by the NGT Bar Association as a reaction to the suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal, who had been overseeing a drive against illegal sand mining in Gautam Budh Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

While the controversy over the suspension of IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal — who took on the sand mafia in Greater Noida — still brews, Noida police continue the crackdown in her absence.

The doctors at a private hospital recently diagnosed a 23-day-old child with life-threatening ‘blue baby syndrome’ caused by consumption of contaminated water.

They found that the baby, from Dhamori Khurd village in Gautam Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, was being fed packagedformula milk mixed in water from the borewell, which had high nitrate content, as clean drinking water was not available.

Noida: The Gautam Budh Nagar district forest department has issued notices to many developers for undertaking construction work within a 10km radius of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary without obtaining ne

A minor magic how is going on in the mud-paved courtyard of Satvir Singh’s house in Kureb, a small village set in the middle of sugarcane fields, in Gautam Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh.

The land acquisition row in Greater Noida is set for another revival with farmers from 20-25 villages of the region moving the Supreme Court to get their land back.

The Noida Authority has increased the budget allocation of the Horticulture Department to ensure that existing parks and green belts are adequately maintained in Gautam Budh Nagar.