'Dilli Chalo' march suspended for the day after eight farmers injured because of tear gas fired by policeFarmer protests are set to resume with a 'Delhi Chalo' march on Sunday, sparking security concerns and police barricades. Farmers are deman...
08 Dec, 2024, 05.25 PM IST
Panel on farm fires for 'red entry' in recordsIt is also readying to ask central ministries to consolidate and converge various schemes to ensure a more robust stubble supply chain mana...
06 Dec, 2023, 08.45 AM IST
Stubble burning: NGT directs Punjab, Haryana to prepare time-bound action plan for 2024Acknowledging that farm fire incidents were now on the wane, the bench, in an order passed on Wednesday, said according to the report, ther...
01 Dec, 2023, 04.41 PM IST
NGT issues notice to Punjab CS, CPCB on air pollution caused by stubble burningThe green panel also took on record a report by the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) in the National Capital Region (NCR) and a...
21 Oct, 2023, 04.21 PM IST
Machines, bio decomposers used less in Punjab: central pollution studyThe assessments said there were successful field experiences with bio-decomposers in UP, Haryana and even Delhi, but "no efforts were made ...
02 Nov, 2022, 11.24 PM IST
'Severe' air pollution chokes Delhi as farm fires rage in PunjabThe Commission for Air Quality Management, a statutory body established in 2021 to combat air pollution in Delhi-NCR, stated last week that...
01 Nov, 2022, 09.49 PM IST
Farm fire incidents down 25 pc compared to last year, one-tenth of Punjab: Haryana CM KhattarManohar Lal Khattar also said an expert committee has been formed to look into the proposition of buying paddy straw from farmers at minimu...
31 Oct, 2022, 07.27 PM IST
51% cut in stubble burning this season against corresponding period last year: Air quality panelIncidents of stubble burning have come down by over 51 per cent this season so far compared to the corresponding period last year, accordin...
03 Nov, 2021, 04.00 PM IST
51% cut in stubble burning this season against corresponding period last year: Air quality panelThe panel said enforcement agencies have inspected 8,575 sites in Punjab, Haryana and NCR districts of Uttar Pradesh and an environmental c...
03 Nov, 2021, 03.51 PM IST
Government open for discussions: FM Sitharaman on farmer agitationThousands of farmers are protesting on key entry points to the national capital for over two months, demanding the repeal of the three farm...
01 Feb, 2021, 08.03 PM IST
Air quality panel talks farm fires with PunjabThis is set to be followed up by city-specific action plans for all major cities and towns in areas adjoining Delhi-NCR. CAQM came up with ...
13 Nov, 2020, 12.03 AM IST
Air pollution may lead to faster spread of COVID-19 infections, officials tell Parliamentary panelThe agenda of the meeting was to deliberate upon "steps taken for prevention of air pollution special emphasis on finding permanent solutio...
06 Nov, 2020, 07.18 PM IST
Parliamentary panel raps UD Ministry for 'lopsided allocation' of fundsThe Committee noted that 52.61 per cent of the total budget estimate (2017-18) or Rs 18,000 crore of Rs 34,211.84 crore of Urban Developmen...
17 Mar, 2017, 11.37 PM IST
- Coca-Cola India unit asked to pay Rs 216-crore damages
Coca Cola, the world's largest beverages maker, to pay Rs 216 crore as compensation for pollution and depleting groundwater, a Kerala gover...
23 Mar, 2010, 05.56 AM IST
- PM promises prices will stabilise soon
In a bid to quell the price rise fires, PM Manmohan Singh on Saturday set up a panel of CMs, which he will head to consider measures to cur...
07 Feb, 2010, 05.15 AM IST
- 'Farm land for SEZs won't hit food security'
Even as land acquisition for Special Economic Zones (SEZs) faces fire, the Planning Commission has said that limited acquisition of farm la...
14 May, 2007, 01.45 AM IST
- Cabinet to take final call on farm insurance scheme
Farmer-unfriendly SEZs may not be the only issue for policymakers in the UPA to worry about in the agriculture sector.
28 Mar, 2007, 02.26 AM IST