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Noida launches projects for choking sewer lines in villages

Following a request from Noida MLA Pankaj Singh to ensure a permanent resolution of sewer overflow problems, and the damaged sewer lines at various locations, the Noida authority’s water department organised a foundation stone laying event of projects. (HT Photo)
Updated on May 15, 2026 03:04 am IST

Residents seek development of green spaces in Noida sectors 116–117

The demand comes amid rapid residential development in the surrounding sectors (HT)
Published on Mar 15, 2026 03:58 am IST

The national capital’s other pollution problem

Traffic is only one part of the soundscape. Delhi is also defined by a continuous cacophony of other sounds — hawkers, music, construction work, loudspeakers, generators, all competing for attention. (AFP)
Published on Mar 13, 2026 08:43 pm IST

'Bengaluru was not built for huge population': Karnataka Minister G Parameshwara

Karnataka minister G Parameshwara. (PTI)
Updated on Feb 22, 2025 11:06 am IST

India has big renewable potential but land conflict could hamper boost: Report

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Workers clean solar panels after sunset at the 100 MW solar power plants operated by Ayana Renewable Power Pvt. in Tuticorin, India on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg
Updated on Sept 12, 2024 06:02 pm IST

Traffic, unruly auto drivers, bad last-mile connectivity plague Malad

Despite earning the tag of a bustling business district, the traffic jams, an insufficient public transport system and infrastructure and poor last-mile connectivity has rendered working in Malad an unpleasant experience (Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times)
Updated on Mar 04, 2024 06:52 am IST

On reality of caste, Bihar holds a mirror

Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav, Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly Vijay Kumar Sinha and other leaders during all parties’ meeting on Bihar Caste Census at the CM Secretariat on Tuesday. (PTI)
Published on Oct 16, 2023 10:14 pm IST

Plans afoot for Noida-like development in Bundelkhand

There is a proposal for an airport in Bundelkhand, which would be close to Madhya Pradesh border. (Pic for representation)
Updated on Aug 05, 2023 03:06 am IST

Delhi govt plans to boost EV charging infra in city

The Delhi government earlier said that it aims to make 25% of all registered vehicles in Delhi an EV. (HT Photo)
Updated on Apr 17, 2023 05:38 am IST

State-level Himachal Day function at Kaza to connect with tribals, says CM Sukhu

Sukhu said that equitable and balanced development of scheduled areas and the welfare of tribal people is top priority of the Himachal Pradesh government. (HT File Photo)
Updated on Apr 14, 2023 10:57 pm IST

XBB 1.16 mild in nature, Pune experts call for elderly to take booster dose

Though the variant is mild in nature, it is highly infectious due to its ability to evade natural and vaccine-induced immunity. (REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE)
Updated on Apr 08, 2023 10:47 pm IST

1.4 billion, the whole and the parts: A tale told in puzzles, by Kabir Firaque

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If humans formed a queue in space, maintaining a safe distance of one metre between every two individuals, Indians (or Chinese) alone would be more than enough to get from Earth to the Moon (roughly 384 million metres away). (Pixabay)
Updated on Aug 03, 2023 01:54 pm IST

Home developers’ body submits memorandum in support of fourth floor

Gurugram, India-January 13, 2023: A view of Indra colony Wazirabad village; MCG has allowed the subdivision of 100 sq yards plots and allowed registration of upto 50 sq yards in areas under its jurisdiction, in Gurugram, India, on Friday, 13 January 2023. (Photo by Parveen Kumar)(Pic to go with Abhishek's story)
Updated on Apr 07, 2023 12:38 am IST

China's population dips 1st time since 1960s, India likely to overtake soon

In 2022, China's birth rate was 6.77 births per 1,000 people, down from a rate of 7.52 births in the previous year and as a result, marked the lowest birth rate on record, the NBS said. (REUTERS/Tingshu Wang)
Updated on Jan 17, 2023 10:47 am IST

India urban cities to see population explosion in coming decades: Report

In this photograph taken on October 22, 2022, people crowd at a market in the old quarters of New Delhi. - India is projected to see an explosion in its urban population in the coming decades, but its cities already cannot cope and climate change will make living conditions harsher still. (Photo by Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFP) / To go with 'India-Population-Climate-Health', FOCUS
Published on Nov 08, 2022 04:15 pm IST

Covid-19 is spreading both in terms of numbers and geography. Follow protocols

Labourers load grocery items on to a supply truck, Kolkata, July 24, 2020
Updated on Aug 31, 2020 12:27 am IST

Shifting of Ambala oil terminal gathers pace, truckers protest

The shifting of the 40-acre terminal has been pending for years
Updated on Aug 19, 2020 09:45 pm IST

Why social distancing is tough to implement

Social distancing has been recommended as a preventive measure against coronavirus.
Updated on Mar 18, 2020 03:07 am IST

Coronavirus in India: Are people safe or should they worry? | Analysis

India so far has managed to contain the infection, with three students from Wuhan diagnosed with Covid-19 in Kerala leaving quarantine after being cured.
Updated on Feb 29, 2020 05:24 pm IST

Delhi HC pulls up agency over East Kidwai Nagar project

The court said it does not appear that the project was designed to reduce population density and traffic.
Updated on May 21, 2019 09:25 am IST

Failing to acknowledge urbanisation undermines quality of life

Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) and Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) were designed to cater to the varying governance needs of urban and rural areas. But urbanisation has pushed cities beyond boundaries, rapidly populating the peripheries
Updated on Apr 16, 2019 11:39 pm IST

Mumbai civic body thinks of constructing eight link roads to smoothen commute

According to an official, once the missing links are constructed, the distance between select spots will be reduced to less than half the present distance
Updated on Jan 14, 2019 08:35 am IST

Air pollution: Reactive, band-aid solutions will not solve the problem

Farmers who burn crop residue in northern India do so knowingly and because they don’t have an alternate economical and viable option. As the first inhalers of that choking smoke, much before it gets into any city dwellers’ lungs, they’re also early sufferers
Updated on Nov 01, 2018 05:49 pm IST

Human-tiger conflict may rise in Corbett due to shrinking forests, settlements in buffer area: Study

An earlier Uttarakhand high court order stressed that Corbett corridor was the most significant habitat for wildlife, such as tigers, elephants, leopards, bears and around 600 bird species.
Published on Aug 25, 2018 02:06 am IST

Delhi high court restrains NBCC from handing over commercial space in East Kidwai Nagar

The application contended that the project would increase the population density at least by double and block traffic around two hospitals — AIIMS and Safdarjung.
Updated on Aug 22, 2018 01:46 am IST

SC raps govt for giving thermal plants more time to comply with emission norms

The court recalled that as per December 2015 notification the plants were to adhere to the emission regulations by December 2017 but a fresh government affidavit states that the deadline for plants to comply with the earlier directive has been extended till 2022.
Published on Jul 25, 2018 11:21 pm IST