19 more water bodies waiting to join list of 25 notified wetlands in state | Goa News

19 more water bodies waiting to join list of 25 notified wetlands in state | Goa News

Panaji: In the Goa budget for 2025, chief minister Pramod Sawant announced that the Goa State Wetland Authority will constitute lake management committees through people’s participation to prepare integrated management plans for the protection of notified wetlands.Official data shows that the total number of wetlands identified in Goa now stands at 44. Of these, 25 … Read more

Year-round plan in works to tackle air, water pollution: Delhi CM Rekha Gupta | India News

Year-round plan in works to tackle air, water pollution: Delhi CM Rekha Gupta | India News

NEW DELHI: Chief minister Rekha Gupta told TOI in an exclusive interview on Friday, just over 30 hours after being sworn in, that dealing with pollution has to be a year-round activity and her govt will have a 365-day plan.The BJP govt, sworn in on Thursday, has already indicated its resolve to clean the Yamuna … Read more

Delhi portfolios: CM Rekha keeps finance; Verma gets water, Mishra law | India News

Delhi portfolios: CM Rekha keeps finance; Verma gets water, Mishra law | India News

NEW DELHI: Delhi’s newly appointed chief minister Rekha Gupta unveiled the portfolios of her six cabinet ministers following her swearing-in ceremony on Thursday. Gupta, who assumed office with a commitment to fulfilling the BJP’s promises, wasted no time in outlining her cabinet’s responsibilities as she set her sights on realising the “Viksit Delhi” mission.Gupta, who … Read more

GBS outbreak fuels fears of water quality in Pune | India News

GBS outbreak fuels fears of water quality in Pune | India News

PUNE: For hours, the Chavans didn’t know what had gone wrong with their son. He had been unwell for a few days, down with a bout of diarrhoea, but on January 12, seven-year-old Sai Chavan suddenly fell to the ground, and stopped moving. Mother Noor Jahan and father Suraj rushed him to hospital where doctors … Read more

FIR lodged against Arvind Kejriwal over Yamuna water remarks, allegations against Haryana govt | India News

FIR lodged against Arvind Kejriwal over Yamuna water remarks, allegations against Haryana govt | India News

NEW DELHI: An FIR has been registered against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal over his statements regarding the Yamuna river water and allegations against the Haryana government.Following a court order, hours before the Delhi elections, FIR was lodged at Shahabad Police Station in Kurukshetra, Haryana, against Kejriwal … Read more

‘Water most contaminated in Maha Kumbh right now’: Jaya Bachchan says ‘bodies thrown in river’ during stampede | India News

‘Water most contaminated in Maha Kumbh right now’: Jaya Bachchan says ‘bodies thrown in river’ during stampede | India News

NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party MP Jaya Bachchan launched an attack on the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government over the Maha Kumbh stampede case in Prayagraj and said the water is most contaminated there as “bodies were thrown in the River.” In a conversation with reporters outside the Parliament over the discussion on Jal Shakti during Zero … Read more

‘Urgent, alarming public health crisis’: Arvind Kejriwal responds to EC over ‘poisonous Yamuna Water from Haryana’ claims | India News

‘Urgent, alarming public health crisis’: Arvind Kejriwal responds to EC over ‘poisonous Yamuna Water from Haryana’ claims | India News

Arvind Kejriwal (File photo) NEW DELHI: AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday responded to the Election Commission over the allegations he made against BJP government in Haryana of ‘mixing poison in Yamuna water’. EC on Tuesday had served notice to Kejriwal, asking him to prove his claim to avoid legal troubles that could lead … Read more

‘Politics can’t get dirtier’: Amit Shah takes shot at AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal over ‘poisoned’ water claim | India News

‘Politics can’t get dirtier’: Amit Shah takes shot at AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal over ‘poisoned’ water claim | India News

NEW DELHI: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on AAP convenor and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal during a rally, accusing him of corruption, failed governance, and misleading the public on key issues.Responding to Kejriwal’s recent allegation that the Haryana government had mixed poison into the Yamuna River, which … Read more