Sheikh Abdullah didn't ban liquor in J&K in 70's despite Morarji Desai's advice: Farooq Abdullah of National ConferencePolitical parties in Jammu and Kashmir are clashing over alcohol sales. The National Conference argues against a ban, citing revenue loss a...
13 May, 2026, 10.26 AM IST
SC reviews GST on costs paid to municipal bodiesThe Supreme Court will review if GST applies to companies paying municipal bodies for road restoration after utility work. This follows a G...
08 May, 2026, 12.58 AM IST
Possible to clean Yamuna to bathing standards by 2025: ExpertsThe Yamuna can be considered fit for bathing if biological oxygen demand (BOD) is less than 3 milligram per litre and dissolved oxygen (DO)...
11 May, 2022, 08.03 PM IST
Review 1994 water pact to revive Yamuna: ExpertsThey suggest that the central government should review the MoU to leave at least some fresh water to the river which can help revive life i...
24 Mar, 2015, 11.40 AM IST
Review 1994 water pact to revive Yamuna: ExpertsThe Centre may have assured the Yamuna Muktikaran Abhiyan protesters that the “ecological flow” in the river will be restored in Delhi, but...
24 Mar, 2015, 04.59 AM IST
Build special ghats for religious items: National Green TribunalA bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar, in a recent judgement, prohibited individuals from throwing pooja material.
16 Jan, 2015, 02.07 PM IST
National Green Tribunal bars vegetable farming on Yamuna floodplainsThe Tribunal, however, has allowed restricted activities of floriculture and silviculture subject to specific permissions and restrictions.
15 Jan, 2015, 07.13 PM IST
- Rs 5,000 fine for throwing puja items into Yamuna
Throwing puja offerings into the Yamuna, a ritual for many Delhiites, will now invite a fine of Rs 5,000. Dumping construction debris on th...
14 Jan, 2015, 04.17 AM IST
Citizens' charter votes against linking riversDrafted recently by about 158 non-government experts representing almost every state, the declaration aims to provide the current governmen...
07 Jan, 2015, 11.47 AM IST
Cleaning river Ganga is not about ridding it of pollutants, it needs strong restoration driveWithin its first 100 days in office, the government has made a start in this direction. It has formed a new ministry of river development a...
28 Aug, 2014, 05.01 AM IST
Lok Sabha elections: Party manifestos mum on pollution in riversAbout Rs 6,500 crore has been spent on the river in the past 19 years, according to Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan.
09 Apr, 2014, 12.26 PM IST
Delhi govt decides to shift millenium bus depotThe Aam Aadmi party government decided to shift to a new location the DTC millennium bus depot built on the Yamuna river bed at a cost of R...
15 Jan, 2014, 10.22 PM IST
Revise free water quota: Experts to Arvind KejriwalDelhi's new chief minister has received some sound advice on providing 700 litres of free water per household.
30 Dec, 2013, 11.31 AM IST
IIT against storm drain coversScientists from Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi working on city’s drainage master plan don’t think it’s a good idea to cover storm wat...
17 Dec, 2013, 04.32 AM IST
- DDA courts disaster, plans to cut Yamuna zone by 40%
In a move environmentalists have called disastrous, the Delhi Development Authority has issued a public notice seeking to reduce the city’s...
30 Sep, 2013, 03.49 AM IST
- Death of a river: Delhi's debris & nurseries eat into Yamuna
YJA has been raising the matter with the LG’s office since November 2011 but no action has yet been taken against the offenders.
13 Jan, 2012, 09.50 AM IST
Yamuna may be Kosi in making: ExpertsExactly two decades ago, the apology of a river that flows through Delhi had inundated it, leaving 20 people dead...
29 Aug, 2008, 08.24 AM IST