Bijnor: At a time when the Union government has revealed its plans to electrify each household in the country by 2018, as many as 427 villages in Bijnor alone – which were to be electrified by 2015

A total of 55 new stations were supposed to be set up by the end of 2017.

Chhath is also about cleanliness and caring for rivers ponds, lakes and canals where the prayers are offered.

NOIDA: Over 100 protesters gathered outside the district collectorate in Surajpur and at MLA Pankaj Singh's office in Noida on Monday in protest against the newly designated spot for waste plant in

Furnace oil and pet-coke are the dirtiest by-products from the refinery process and use of these fuels was banned in Delhi in 1996.

The bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta also fined the MoEF Rs 2 lakh for delay in drawing up pollution emission standards for industries using pet coke and furnace oil in NCR.

The latest Global Burden of Disease study lists ailments that are triggering most deaths and disabilities in India.

The Rockfeller Foundation, which has committed USD 50 million for mini power grids in India, is looking for public private partnerships to facilitate setting up of such projects, according to a sen