Don't take Bangladeshi infiltrators to courts, send them to BSF instead: Suvendu to Bengal policeWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has introduced a new policy. Detained Bangladeshi infiltrators will now be directly handed over...
21 May, 2026, 07.45 PM IST
As Delhi turns up the heat, MCD orders citywide cooling measuresThe Municipal Corporation of Delhi has issued an advisory for the upcoming summer season. Departments are directed to take precautionary me...
30 Apr, 2026, 03.24 PM IST
GRAP Stage 1 enforced across Delhi-NCR amid poor air qualityAir quality in Delhi-NCR has dropped to a poor category. The Commission for Air Quality Management has activated Stage 1 of the Graded Resp...
16 Apr, 2026, 07.19 PM IST
Turn Kitchen Scraps Into Rich Garden Soil: Easy Composting Tips That Cut Your TrashAmericans discard significant food waste annually. Composting offers a simple, science-based solution to convert these scraps into valuable...
10 Apr, 2026, 01.49 PM IST
AAP to burn effigies of Ravan made of garbage across Delhi on TuesdayWhen pointed out that the open burning of garbage is illegal and such a protest would add to air pollution, Rajinder Nagar MLA Durgesh Path...
03 Oct, 2022, 07.55 PM IST
A housing complex in Pune is using leftover food to light its parksThe biggest benefit of biogas plants - which are becoming increasingly popular around the world as a way to create climate-smart energy - i...
04 Sep, 2021, 06.12 PM IST
75% of municipal garbage in India dumped without processingAccording to the Delhi-based CSE, cities are now running out of land on which to dump their waste and have begun throwing it in the 'backya...
30 Jul, 2018, 10.27 AM IST
Delhi High Court disapproves of dumping garbage on roads as mark of protestsReferring to the incident, the high court said,"This is no way of protesting. It is completely intolerable. It is also a public health issu...
29 May, 2018, 11.34 AM IST
Funds crunch, failure to transport & segregate wasteOfficials from Centre, state, municipalities and the private sector that TOI spoke to summarised these aspects as key challenges that city ...
30 Sep, 2017, 11.37 AM IST
AAP government's special drive to clean the city a photo-op: BJPAlleging "corruption" in government's exercise to lift garbage, BJP claimed the strike-hit EDMC and NDMC did more than the staff deployed b...
01 Feb, 2016, 04.20 PM IST
BJP workers join strike by sanitation workersYesterday, a group of workers and municipal corporation employees staged a protest outside Transport Minister Gopal Rai's office in Babarpu...
30 Jan, 2016, 03.54 PM IST
Sanitation workers protest outside Gopal Rai's residence, officeA group of workers and municipal corporation employees staged a protest outside Rai's office in Babarpur in east Delhi and dumped garbage t...
29 Jan, 2016, 05.18 PM IST
Swachh Delhi Abhiyan extended by 10 more daysThe Mayor of South Delhi Municipal Corporation Subhash Arya too emphasised on the need of extending days of the campaign for cleaning up ga...
01 Dec, 2015, 11.10 PM IST
NGT restrains disposal of waste in river bed in AlandiThe National Green Tribunal's western region bench has passed an order restraining the Alandi municipal council from discharging municipal ...
19 Jul, 2015, 03.53 AM IST
Garbage on streets: National Green Tribunal notice to Delhi government, EDMCAmid the looming 'garbage crisis' in the capital, the NGT sought the Delhi government's response on dumping of municipal waste on the stree...
12 Jun, 2015, 09.23 PM IST
NGT directs Kejriwal government to ensure garbage is not dumped on roadsNGT’s direction came a day after environment minister Javadekar made it clear that keeping Delhi clean was the responsibility of the state ...
02 Apr, 2015, 10.26 AM IST
Growth vs garbage: Can we have efficient disposal mechanismEconomic growth produces prosperity as well as garbage.The faster the economy grows, the more its people consume, and the more garbage they...
26 Apr, 2012, 09.26 AM IST