Delhi-NCR has entered Stage 1 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) as air quality dropped to the 'poor' category with an AQI of 208. T...

The National Green Tribunal has sought responses from the Centre and other bodies concerning the danger posed by hanging glaciers in the ce...

The Jan Vishwas Bill aims to decriminalize minor offenses. Jail terms for first-time road safety and pollution violations will be replaced ...

The NGT passed the order after a committee recommended to impose environmental compensation for one year for all pharma formulation industr...

ET gathers that the CAQM has pointed out to the Centre that it is short of powers necessary to check the violation of pollution norms and h...

The Environment Protection Act of 1986 is the umbrella legislation for addressing all environmental issues in India. A fine only up to a la...

Hotspot areas are being kept under constant surveillance and monitored by the officials of the Building Department of the South Zone, offic...

The minister, who was on a visit to inspect demolition sites at Netaji Nagar and Kasturba Nagar, noticed uncovered mounds of dust at the si...

Rs 31.86 crore were received in 2017-18 and Rs 227.94 crore in 2018-19 as penalties, the CPCB had said in a response to the query made unde...

Similar notices have also been served to authorities involved in upgradation of nearly half a dozen roads in the state capital, the officia...

Aiming to bring in better adherence to environmental pollution norms, the Prakash Javadekar-led Environment ministry now plans to use real ...

According to a senior government official, the penalty that has been served to around 38 construction projects is of Rs 50,000 each.

The AAP government has prepared a proposal and asked DSIIDC to develop a technology to execute the project.

Noida Management Association has written to Central Pollution Control Board asking it to revise pollution norms in the state which were fix...

With Iran still detaining its tanker citing environmental concerns, India asserted that the vessel has not violated any pollution norms.

The board took action as the factory was violating pollution control norms, officials said here.

Twenty one textile dyeing and processing units in Erode were sealed by Pollution Control Board and revenue officials for alleged violation ...