October 30th, 2008 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) The capital recorded lower noise and air pollution levels during Diwali celebrations this year than in 2007, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) said Wednesday."The air pollution ...
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October 29th, 2008 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Diwali was greener in the nation's capital this year. The economic squeeze helped the growing environmental awareness cut down the amount of fireworks set off this year, ...
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October 29th, 2008 - 5:01 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Oct 29 (ANI): The morning after Diwali, a festival of lights was less hazy in national capital as people used lesser firecrackers to celebrate festival night after an appeal ...
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October 21st, 2008 - 9:58 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Oct 21(IANS) Recommending financial and functional autonomy for the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), a parliamentary panel Tuesday criticised the trend of IAS officer and bureaucrats holding key posts in ...
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September 18th, 2008 - 4:14 pm ICT by ANI
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Varanasi, Sept 18 (ANI): Children of seers'' families in Varanasi along with school children took to the banks of river Ganga today to save the river.
On the call of the yoga ...
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August 9th, 2008 - 11:01 am ICT by IANS
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By Rafat Quadri
Ahmedabad, Aug 9 (IANS) Thanks to compressed natural gas (CNG), Gujarat's commercial capital is now the 50th most polluted city in India, down from fourth. Just a couple of years ...
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August 7th, 2008 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Thursday banned the use of plastic bags by shops in the national capital and asked the city government to enforce the ban at ...
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June 22nd, 2008 - 12:47 am ICT by IANS
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Dehradun, June 21 (IANS) Noted environmentalist G.D. Agarwal and fellow activists, on a hunger strike since June 13 to protest construction of dams on the river Ganga, had to wind up their ...
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June 20th, 2008 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
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Dehradun, June 20 (IANS) Yielding to pressure from septugenarian environmentalist G.D. Agarwal, who is on hunger strike against the damming of the Ganga, the Uttaranchal government said it would not construct two ...
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June 14th, 2008 - 7:49 pm ICT by IANS
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Lucknow, June 14 (IANS) G.D. Agarwal, an environmentalist who has taken a vow of silence and is on a hunger strike in Uttarakhand to object to dams being built on the Ganga, ...
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June 8th, 2008 - 9:28 am ICT by IANS
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By Brij Khandelwal
Agra, June 8 (IANS) Agra's main sewer line, located close to two World Heritage monuments - the Agra Fort and the Taj Mahal, - has been flowing untreated into the ...
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May 29th, 2008 - 7:57 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) Talcher, a coalmine hub in Orissa, is the most polluted place in the country, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) said Thursday. The ministry of environment and forests ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 2:28 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, May 15 (ANI): The Supreme Court today issued a notice to the Centre on a petition filed by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati seeking to quash the Central Bureau ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 11:51 am ICT by admin
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Agra, May 13 (IANS) Pained at the way the Ganges has turned into a trickle at some places due to damns built along the river, a former IIT professor has decided to ...
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March 20th, 2008 - 7:27 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The Indian capital contributes 79 percent of pollutants flowing in the Yamuna and the 23-km stretch of the river in the city carries only wastewater during non-monsoon ...
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March 15th, 2008 - 1:41 pm ICT by admin
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Varanasi (UP), Mar 15 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh surprised environmentalists on Friday by attending evening prayers on the banks of the River Ganges.
Dr. Singh was accompanied by his wife Gursharan ...
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February 22nd, 2008 - 7:55 pm ICT by admin
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Rishikesh (Uttarakhand), Feb 22 (ANI): With a three-pronged objective of saving the Himalayas from ecological disaster, cleansing the River Ganges of pollutants and also saving the cow, 5000 volunteers who have embarked ...
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February 20th, 2008 - 1:53 pm ICT by admin
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Varanasi, Feb 20 (ANI): A campaign to clean the River Ganges has been restarted with vigour by activists of 146 organisations. The campaigners said they wanted people to join the effort to ...
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January 22nd, 2008 - 3:02 pm ICT by admin
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By Ravinder Singh Robin
Amritsar Jan 21 (ANI): A team comprising of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) officials visited the Golden Temple complex here recently to monitor ...
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November 14th, 2007 - 1:58 am ICT by admin
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