Teesta water sharing pact hasty: Expert
September 6th, 2011 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Sep 6 (IANS) The draft Indo-Bangla Teesta water sharing agreement, which has irked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, was "hastily authored" and not in tune with the ... Read more...
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Apex court seeks green tips on smelting unit (Lead)
August 25th, 2011 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday asked the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to recommend ways to overcome environment-related deficiencies in Sterlite Industries' copper smelting plant at ... Read more...
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Coal giant looks at huge losses amid closure orders
August 24th, 2011 - 6:49 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Aug 24 (IANS) Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL) stands to lose production of around 40,000 tonnes of coal each day following orders from the Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board ... Read more...
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Sunken ship spewing less oil, say maritime authorities
August 9th, 2011 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) Oil spill from the sunken cargo ship, M.V. Rak Carrier has reduced though oil patches have been noticed on Mumbai beaches and further down on Alibag ... Read more...
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Mumbai oil spill decreasing: Defence ministry
August 8th, 2011 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) Indian defence and maritime authorities Monday said the oil flow from the sunken ship Rak Carrier has decreased, compared to a day earlier.According to a statement ... Read more...
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Cargo ship sinks off Mumbai, probe ordered (Third Lead)
August 4th, 2011 - 9:12 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) The ill-fated Panamanian flagged cargo ship M.V. Rak Carrier, that was stuck off Mumbai harbour Thursday morning, sank around 3 p.m., raising apprehensions about an ecological ... Read more...
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30 rescued from sinking cargo ship off Mumbai (Second Lead)
August 4th, 2011 - 4:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 4 (IANS) Indian shipping authorities ordered an inquiry into the sinking cargo ship M.V. Rak Carrier with an international crew that was struck off the Mumbai coast in ... Read more...
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Goa’s illegally operated mines asked to shut down
August 3rd, 2011 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Aug 3 (IANS) Nineteen out of the 100 odd operational mines in Goa have been ordered to be shut down by the state's top pollution control authority for ... Read more...
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Ruia asked to submit Dunlop revival plan
August 1st, 2011 - 11:57 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Aug 1 (IANS) The West Bengal government Monday asked Ruia Group chairman Pawan Kumar Ruia to submit within seven days a detailed revival plan on re-opening the Sahagunj unit ... Read more...
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Orchid Chemicals to invest Rs.200 crore this fiscal
July 29th, 2011 - 10:59 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 29 (IANS) Cephalosporin bulk drug major Orchid Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Ltd is planning to foray into formulations in niche therapeutic segments this fiscal at an outlay of around ... Read more...
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Sterlite plant: Tamil Nadu asked to reply on environment report
July 18th, 2011 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the Tamil Nadu government and the state pollution control board to respond to an environment impact assessment of Vedanta group ... Read more...
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Orchid Chemicals’ plant shut on pollution concerns
July 11th, 2011 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 11 (IANS) Bulk drug maker Orchid Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd Monday announced the closure of a factory here after an order of Tamil Nadu's pollution control agency ... Read more...
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54 hospitals get pollution notices in Punjab
July 10th, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, July 10 (IANS) Notices have been issued to 54 hospitals across Punjab for causing pollution through improper disposal of bio-medical waste in the state, an official said Sunday.Punjab Pollution ... Read more...
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Bengal to support eco-friendly industries: Minister
July 8th, 2011 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) Urging industries to make greater use of environment friendly technology, the West Bengal government Friday said it would extend all support to eco-friendly projects but come ... Read more...
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Kribhco plant gets closure notice over buffalo deaths
July 7th, 2011 - 1:25 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, July 6 (IANS) The Gujarat Pollution Control Board has issued a 15-day closure notice on Krishak Bharti Cooperative Ltd (KRIBHCO) after it failed to explain the deaths of a ... Read more...
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Goa water unsafe for bathing and fishing
June 30th, 2011 - 10:35 am ICT by IANS
Panaji, June 30 (IANS) Here's a note of caution for all those tourists who head to Goa annually for a bit of sun and a splash in the sea - ... Read more...
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Oil spill feared off Kutch coast
June 21st, 2011 - 4:52 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, June 21 (IANS) An oil spill has been reported Tuesday at the Adani port in Mundra in Gujarat's Kutch following a rupture in the pipeline of a ship. The ... Read more...
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Ghaziabad’s water highly toxic, claims NGO
June 13th, 2011 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, June 13 (IANS) There is a high amount of toxic chemicals, especially chromium compounds, in Ghaziabad's ground water, the only source of drinking water in the township, an NGO ... Read more...
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Kerala cancels licence to endosulfan factory
May 27th, 2011 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 27 (IANS) The Kerala government Friday cancelled the licence given to Kochi-based central government-run Hindustan Insecticides Limited (HIL) to manufacture pesticide endosulfan, blamed for almost 500 deaths in ... Read more...
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639 polluting industrial units closed in Haryana
May 26th, 2011 - 2:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 26 (IANS) Cracking the whip, the Haryana government ordered the closure of 639 industrial units in 2010-11 for violation of water and air pollution norms, a minister said ... Read more...
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Badal tells officials to monitor effluents
May 20th, 2011 - 2:11 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, May 20 (IANS) A day after environmentalist Balbir Singh Seechewal and his supporters blocked a drain near Jalandhar as it was carrying toxic effluents into a river, Punjab Chief ... Read more...
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Ruling NCP leaders’ role in illegal mining worries Goa BJP
May 9th, 2011 - 8:16 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 9 (IANS) The Goa Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday expressed concern at several office bearers of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), a junior partner in the Congress-led ... Read more...
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Moratorium on polluting industrial projects extended
April 28th, 2011 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) The environment ministry Thursday extended the moratorium on developmental projects in 23 critically polluting industrial clusters.The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) had identified 43 industrial ... Read more...
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Tamil Nadu cracks down on polluting dyeing factories
April 24th, 2011 - 11:40 am ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 24 (IANS) With the Madras High Court ordering closure of over 700 dyeing units in Tiruppur a couple of months ago for pollution, the Tamil Nadu government has ... Read more...
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Ships from Japan not allowed to de-ballast in Goa ports
April 22nd, 2011 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 22 (IANS) Fearing transmission of radiation, ships coming in from Japan at the Mormugao port in Goa have been asked not to de-ballast water from its holds, a ... Read more...
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Freeze on setting up factories in Faridabad, Panipat lifted
April 10th, 2011 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, April 10 (IANS) The Central Pollution Control Board and the ministry of environment and forests have lifted the moratorium on setting up of new industries in Faridabad and Panipat ... Read more...
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Allahabad farmers take out rally to spread river pollution awareness
April 2nd, 2011 - 9:24 pm ICT by ANI
Agra, Apr 2(ANI): Farmers of Allahabad, who are carrying out a rally to spread awareness about increasing pollution in River Yamuna, reached Agra on Saturday.The rally will culminate in the national capital."We ... Read more...
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Hundreds of sadhus march to Delhi for clean Yamuna
April 2nd, 2011 - 8:19 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, April 2 (IANS) Hundreds of sadhus, on a march to demand release of water into the drying and polluted Yamuna and cleaning of the river, left for the ... Read more...
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Jharkhand Vigilance Bureau files fresh chargesheet against Koda
April 2nd, 2011 - 12:13 pm ICT by ANI
Ranchi, Apr 2 (ANI): Jharkhand Vigilance Bureau has filed a chargesheet against former Chief Minister Madhu Koda, alleging that he took Rs. 90 lakh from two of his associates to contest the ... Read more...
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PETA’s ‘open offer’ to model who wants to bare all
April 1st, 2011 - 3:42 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 1 (IANS) The People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Friday made an 'open offer' to model Poonam Pandey - who has expressed her intention to bare all ... Read more...
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Jairam visits energy plant in Delhi after protests
March 31st, 2011 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh Thursday visited an under-construction waste-to-energy plant in Okhla area of south Delhi following protests by some residents that the project will ... Read more...
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Cleaning Yamuna to miss 2015 target: Jairam
March 27th, 2011 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Even as Delhi misses one deadline after another for treating sewage entering the Yamuna, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said Sunday the treatment of all sewage ... Read more...
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Ramesh to meet CMs of Haryana, Delhi to check river Yamuna pollution
March 27th, 2011 - 7:48 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 27 (ANI): Expressing concern over the growing pollution, Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said that he would hold a joint meeting with the ... Read more...
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Noise monitoring network launched
March 24th, 2011 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) Delhi and six other cities in the country will now have real-time ambient noise monitoring stations as a national network for mapping noise pollution was ... Read more...
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MOEF gets Rs. 200 crores under bioremediation for first time
March 23rd, 2011 - 10:07 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 23 (ANI): Informing about special allocation of Rs. 200 crore under environmental remediation for the ministry in this year's Budget, Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh ... Read more...
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