How Indians engage with environment and its protection is best typified by this bizarre exampleDespite environmental awareness campaigns, India faces a disconnect between policy and practice, exemplified by 'Snow Yard' near Kishangarh...
04 Jun, 2025, 11.01 PM IST
Massive fire erupts near Noida City Centre; Fire officials fail to control blaze even after 18 hoursA massive fire has consumed Noida's horticulture dumping yard for over 18 hours, challenging firefighters amidst strong winds. Believed to ...
26 Mar, 2024, 03.51 PM IST
DGTR reviews need to continue anti-dumping duty on imported Chinese flax yarnGrasim Industries Ltd and Sintex Industries have filed an application before the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) for initiatio...
07 Apr, 2023, 02.15 PM IST
Fire breaks out Ghazipur landfill in east DelhiA fire had broken out at the Ghazipur dumping yard recently following which a huge cloud of smoke had enveloped the region and its neighbou...
20 Apr, 2022, 10.32 PM IST
Fire at Ghazipur landfill site, no casualty: OfficialsAam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Kuldeep Kumar posted a video purportedly of the fire incident on Twitter on Saturday. "Ghazipur's mountain of gar...
10 Apr, 2022, 12.54 PM IST
Firefighting operations going on at Ghazipur landfill siteChief Fire officer Atul Garg told PTI that the firefighting operations are still underway and it might take a few more hours to complete th...
29 Mar, 2022, 04.58 PM IST
Sasan UMPP's ash dump yard collapses in Madhya PradeshFive villagers and a worker at the site owned by Reliance Power were swept up in a flow of fly ash which travelled at least six kilometres,...
10 Apr, 2020, 11.13 PM IST
GHMC: Will generate power to curb stench from dumpThe liquid from 75,000 metric tonnes of the garbage is percolating and this liquid is causing the unbearable stench. “We are planning to ge...
28 Jan, 2020, 01.35 PM IST
Coimbatore civic body to open its second solar power plantThe plant, which consists of 3,168 solar panels with a capacity of 320watts each, has been set up across 5.5 acres within the premises of o...
02 Dec, 2019, 11.27 AM IST
Two-member Environment Ministry team to probe Deonar fire: Prakash JavadekarEnvironment Minister Prakash Javadekar today said that a two-member special team will be sent to investigate the Deonar fire incident.
21 Mar, 2016, 04.21 PM IST
Lift ban on construction around ammunition dump, demand tradersCity-based Fruit and Vegetable Merchants Union has urged Jaitley to lift ban on construction within the radius of 1000 yards.
19 Aug, 2014, 08.26 PM IST
- Pallikaranai to turn wildlife park
The Pallikaranai marsh, the last of the wetlands in the region and now a miasma of rotting trash, may soon go through a stunning transforma...
04 Jan, 2014, 06.32 AM IST
- National Human Rights Commission issues notice to Odisha on coal dump yard mishap
NHRC has issued notice to Odisha seeking a reply within 4 weeks on an application calling for an inquiry into the Kulda mine dump yard mish...
20 Aug, 2013, 10.26 PM IST
Coal mine crash toll mounts to 14The death toll in coal dump crash at an open cast site of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited in Odisha's Sundargarh district mounted to 14.
11 Aug, 2013, 02.28 PM IST
- Government plans crude oil from plastic
The PCB’s idea came from the experience of a private company called MK Aromatics which has been producing crude oil from plastic waste at i...
16 Dec, 2011, 03.48 AM IST
- Foreign vs Desi: Publishing cos fight to tap booming market
Demands periodically crop up from trade bodies to impose anti-dumping measures to ensure that the country does not become a dumping yard fo...
12 Oct, 2008, 01.39 PM IST
- India to press for stricter norms on ship-breaking
India refuses to be a dump yard for hazardous ships. During the forthcoming inter-sessional working group meeting at the International Mari...
07 May, 2007, 02.32 AM IST