Environment vs Development: Cost-benefit audit to get stricter
June 25th, 2012 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) With development projects taking a toll on the country's green cover, the environment ministry is tightening the audit process that would evaluate environmental losses against ... Read more...
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Firm fined Rs.100 crore in Himachal, files review petition
June 1st, 2012 - 6:10 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 1 (IANS) Just about a month after the Himachal Pradesh High Court directed a private firm to dismantle a thermal power plant in Solan district over green concerns, ... Read more...
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Blame game over Himachal power plant ordered to be razed
May 20th, 2012 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, May 20 (IANS) A Himachal Pradesh High Court direction to dismantle a private firm's thermal power plant in Solan district over green concerns appears to have given political ... Read more...
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Congress extended favours to Jaiprakash Associates: Dhumal
May 7th, 2012 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, May 7 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal Monday charged the previous Congress government in the state with extending favours to Jaiprakash Associates Ltd. (JAL), which has ... Read more...
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Action only after studying court judgment: Jaiprakash Associates
May 5th, 2012 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) Infrastructure major Jaiprakash Associates Saturday said that it is studying the Himachal Pradesh High Court judgement penalising the company for setting up a thermal power ... Read more...
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Firm fined Rs.100 crore for violating environmental laws
May 4th, 2012 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, May 4 (IANS) In a landmark judgment, the green bench of the Himachal Pradesh High Court Friday imposed Rs.100 crore in damages on Jaiprakash Associates Ltd. (JAL), a subsidiary ... Read more...
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‘Rohtang’s ecology needs preservation’
November 27th, 2011 - 2:35 pm ICT by IANS
Manali (Himachal Pradesh), Nov 27 (IANS) Human interference disturbing the fragile ecology of a high Himalayan mountain pass overlooking this tourist resort has caught the attention of the Himachal Pradesh ... Read more...
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Court comes down hard on Himachal government
August 15th, 2011 - 12:37 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Aug 15 (IANS) Corruption, environmental degradation, vacancies in hospitals, lack of help for the physically challenged... the Himachal Pradesh government has been pulled up by the state high ... Read more...
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Court asks Jagson to stop work on Shimla ropeway
April 29th, 2011 - 4:47 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, April 29 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court has restrained Jagson Ropeways Company from carrying out any further construction activity of the ropeway tower, taking a serious view of ... Read more...
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Suspend new hydro projects in Himachal: Environmentalists
September 12th, 2010 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Sep 12 (IANS) Taking note of a report on the fallout of hydropower projects in Himachal Pradesh, environmentalists have shot off a letter to the central government demanding a temporary moratorium ... Read more...
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Hydro projects could make Ravi river stretch disappear
August 13th, 2010 - 4:24 pm ICT by IANS
By Vishal Gulati
Shimla, Aug 13 (IANS) It meanders through the country's history and hills, but Himachal Pradesh's prominent Ravi river may soon lose some of its glory. A 67-km long stretch will ... Read more...
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Mayawati’s park project at cost of trees: Apex court told
July 23rd, 2010 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court was told Friday that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's ambitious NOIDA park project dedicated to BSP and Dalit icons was being set up on ... Read more...
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Asiad Tower restaurant, banquet hall to remain sealed (Lead)
June 25th, 2010 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 25 (IANS) The Jhankar banquet hall and restaurant in the Asiad Tower at the Asian Village Complex would continued to be sealed as the vacation bench of the Supreme ... Read more...
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Himachal Pradesh to recycle plastic pouches
June 23rd, 2010 - 6:47 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 23 (IANS) In a bid to minimise littering of plastic waste in the hills of Himachal Pradesh, the government has asked consumers to return empty edible oil pouches to the ... Read more...
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Himachal high court gets ‘green bench’
February 20th, 2010 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Feb 20 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh High Court Saturday announced the setting up of an exclusive 'green bench' to deal with cases related to environmental issues.
"The high court receives plenty of ... Read more...
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Kerala High Court to set up green bench
October 31st, 2009 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, Oct 31 (IANS) The Kerala High Court Saturday announced the setting up of a green bench which will hear all environment-related cases every Friday and also decided to stop the tradition ... Read more...
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Apex court halts work in Noida park (Lead)
October 9th, 2009 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 9 (IANS) In a setback to the Mayawati government, the Supreme Court Friday ordered stoppage of all construction and masonry work in a Noida park being developed as a ... Read more...
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Environment activist plans to launch India’s Green Party
August 30th, 2009 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 30 (IANS) An environmental activist plans to set up India's first Green Party on the lines of similar outfits in Germany, Australia, the US and Britain and is leaving for ... Read more...
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Chandigarh judges rally for oil, water conservation
April 2nd, 2009 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 2 (IANS) Senior judges and lawyers here Thursday rallied for oil and water conservation and joined a cycle march to encourage young environment activists.
Eighteen judges and 200 advocates of the ... Read more...
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