Margao: South Goa collector Egna Cleetus has directed civic and health authorities to intensify surveillance, clear garbage blackspots regularly and undertake bioremediation of legacy waste dumps while reviewing implementation of the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016, and the 2026 amendment.She also ordered operationalisation of Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs), improved waste collection and awareness drives on…
Gandhinagar: In a move aimed at cutting procedural delays in govt land allotment, the Gujarat govt on Tuesday enhanced the financial approval powers of district collectors and district development officers (DDOs).The state govt said the decision was expected to accelerate allotment of govt land for public infrastructure, industrial, social welfare and rural development projects while…
Mohali: The Punjab mines and geology department has detected over 12.79 lakh cubic feet of suspected illegally excavated material at six sites in Mohali during a month-long crackdown against illegal mining.Officials said the unauthorised excavation may have caused substantial loss to the govt exchequer. The revenue department has been asked to demarcate the sites and…
Mahanand Rajya Sahakari Dudh Mahasangh Maryadit plant at Varvand Pune: Cooperative milk federation Mahanand Rajya Sahakari Dudh Mahasangh Maryadit (Mahanand) has informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) that it has temporarily shut operations at its milk processing facility in Varvand village to upgrade its smoke exhaust equipment.The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has been appointed…
Guwahati: Two major projects will bolster Guwahati’s defences against urban flooding, with over Rs 4,400 crore earmarked for the initiatives, housing and urban affairs minister Kaushik Rai told the assembly on Tuesday.Responding to MLA Bikan Chandra Deka, Rai said the Centre approved the Rs 2,213-crore rejuvenation and bioremediation of Silsako Beel under the Pradhan Mantri…
Lucknow: Congress’s Uttar Pradesh in charge, Rajendra Pal Gautam, alleged that the state govt’s actions against Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar University amounted to an assault on education, democratic values and the legacy of the freedom struggle.Gautam on Tuesday met the university’s vice chancellor, Prof Zahiruddin, and reiterated his party’s opposition to the proposed demolition of…
Delegation of govt employees’ association meet education minister Madan Dilawar Tuesday Jaipur: A day after govt employees demanded his resignation, School Education Minister Madan Dilawar Tuesday said issues raised by teachers would be resolved through dialogue, adding that there was no impasse between the education department and teachers but only a communication gap.“I invited a…
Centre proposes over 56,000 sq km ESA across 6 states NEW DELHI: Unable to bring states on board for demarcating ecologically sensitive area (ESA) in the Western Ghats despite six draft notifications since 2014, the Centre released the seventh one proposing the earmarking of 56,825 sq km across states as sensitive zone to prohibit/regulate environmentally…
French police seals affixed to the door of an apartment, after the bodies of five deceased infants were discovered. (Source: AFP) French prosecutors have opened a murder investigation after the skeletal remains of four infants and the decomposed body of a newborn were discovered at a couple’s apartment in the historic centre of Orange, in…
Tom Holland‘s ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ is all set to swing into theatres on July 30, and the early reviews pouring in are overwhelmingly positive.Following its world premiere, the film has opened to glowing early reactions with fans and critics hailing the film as one of the ‘strongest’ and ‘BEST’ Spider-Man films ever made. The…
