MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Monday ordered the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) and the collector of Raigad to conduct an inquiry on the pollution problem near the new state-of-the-art jail in Taloja.

Hearing a petition filed by Malegaon blast accused, former army officer Major Ramesh Upadhyay (59), about pollution causing health problems for inmates, a division bench of Justice

Plant to treat 7 lakh litres of toxic effluents discharged by 91 units

Two other 500-MW units have already been shut in state
The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is planning to shut down two more units of 500 MW each in Orissa.

TALCHER: The NTPC authorities at Kaniha have shut down one of the four 500 MW units of the 3000 MW power plant following a closure notice by the Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB).

The board, on June 28, had ordered for closure of NTPC

The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) will launch a massive campaign against use of plastic carry bags of thickness below 40 microns. The campaign will be launched at Gariahat market of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) by the state environment minister, Dr Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar, on 1 July.

New Delhi: A trial court has slapped a fine of Rs 35,000 on an industrialist, convicted for discharging huge quantity of untreated water from his factory into a drain after he pleaded guilty for the offence.

Metropolitan Magistrate Sandeep Garg passed the order on a complaint by Delhi Pollution Control Board, which accused Paradise Foam Industries' proprietor A K Jain of discharging 700 to

Environment minister Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar paid a surprise visit to the Shibpur botanical garden on Thursday and asked police to take