Court questions sealing relief law
Delhi to explain how the law is relevant to the Capital’s planned development
Agartala to be first LED-illuminated city in northeastern India
Switch to LED-based street lighting is expected to save city corporation at least Rs 2 crore
Bombay HC halts construction by Hiranandani Developers in Powai
Asks it to provide flats for economically weaker section of the society first
Court orders water supply scheme for Khurpatal
Growing construction in the hill station is drying up springs downhill
Delhi plans to remediate Okhla landfill by end of 2023. How will it do this?
CSE team found fresh waste continues to be disposed of at site; critical to use waste fractions recovered from landfill safely
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East Kolkata most vulnerable to climate change: World Bank
Study predicts loss of Rs 10,800 crore in the city by 2050 because of a one-in-100-years flood coupled with climate change impacts
Vilappil residents force police to retreat
Kerala village panchayat demands permanent closure of waste treatment plant
Delhi gets dial-an-autorickshaw service
Call 011-64444441 for G-Auto service. If it takes off, commuters all over Delhi would be able to travel by autorickshaws without haggling or …
Supreme Court upholds pollution levy on trucks entering Delhi
The apex court will give an order on Monday based on directions prepared by amicus curiae
Mystery fever stalks Surat
Three persons have died in the past three days; help sought from National Institute of Virology to identify disease
Private venture in Vadodara's public park
Stiff opposition from residents to laser fountain and allied projects in Sayaji Baug forces Vadodara municipal corporation to announce scrapping …
Shimla to levy green fee on private vehicles
Fund to be used to improve road infrastructure and promote ecological sensitivity among tourists
Signal, interrupted
By allowing high-rises around an advanced weather radar in Mumbai, IMD sets a bad example for the rest of the country
‘Government of MP has always tried to fudge data’
The Supreme Court, on May 3, asked the Bhopal Municipal Corporation to start supplying clean drinking water to those localities in the city that …
Last mile chaos
New Delhi struggles with a policy to regulate e-rickshaws
Spanner on Mumbai's free floor space project
Builders exploit civic administration's plan, make fortunes
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Ugly is the new beautiful
A group of anonymous citizens in Bengaluru is cleaning filthy streets and inspiring change across India
Parched capital
While Delhi struggles to make rainwater harvesting compulsory even after 13 years of amending byelaws, Chennai shows the way
Nagpur municipality falters over banning PoP idols
With Ganesh Chaturthi festival around the corner, civic body now proposes ban on immersion of idols in natural water bodies
Encroached green patch in Sarai Khwaja may be converted into biodiversity park
Faridabad municipality was planning to sell land teeming with diverse fauna to real estate developers
Jalandhar village opposes waste-to-energy plant
Project developer, Jindal Urban Infrastructure Limited, could not answer queries satisfactorily at public hearing
Maharashtra tax will hurt publishing
Printed books earlier exempted from octroi are now subject to local body tax