Amended noise action plan of Goa
Goa government has notified the ‘Amended Noise Action Plan’ to purportedly streamline the processes related to curbing noise pollution in the state, as specified before the High Court on April 30. The
Noise Pollution
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Camp fire, loud music close to eco-sensitive zones banned
BENGALURU: The Karnataka government has banned camp fires, loud music and plastic in resorts, homestays and hotels located near eco-sensitive zones. The state's forest, ecology and environment department
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Hyderabad: Ganesh Chaturthi has no impact on noise level
The police said that total number of cases related to noise pollution stood at 35 cases in the north zone in August. Hyderabad: Five days into Ganesh Chaturthi and the city seems to know how to celebrate
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Bias charge against Justice Oka: Bombay HC accepts Maharashtra’s unconditional apology
Advocate General A Kumbhakoni submitted an affidavit, stating that the state government was “withdrawing the allegations made against Justice Oka,” and that it was tendering an “unconditional apology”
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States have to declare silence zones: Centre
MUMBAI: The Centre on Tuesday told the Bombay High Court it supports silence zones but it is for state governments to declare them in view of the recent amendment to Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control)
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Noise pollution case: 'Allegations hurt Bombay HC reputation, state shows no remorse'
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government was chastised by the Bombay high court on Monday for playing with its dignity and misleading the Chief Justice when the hearing against sound pollution resumed before
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Lawyers' body claims full bench headed by Justice Oka will hear noise pollution case
MUMBAI: Three days after the noise pollution case was withdrawn from senior Bombay high court judge Justice Abhay Oka after the state government alleged he was "harbouring serious bias" against it, he
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Ganesh Chaturthi: Day 1 of Visarjan makes loud noised
Decibel levels on the first day of immersions found to be higher than last year's, say activists of Awaaz Foundation Anti-noise pollution activists measuring noise levels across Mumbai on the first
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Noise pollution rules: State government yet to notify silent zones in city
HYDERABAD: It may be a sheer coincidence. The ten-day long Ganesh festivities are around the corner, and the Central government has amended earlier this month the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control)
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HC unplugs silence zones in Mumbai till Monday
With Ganesh Chaturthi beginning today, organisers will be able to play music in silence zones that spread in a 100-metre radius around hospitals, educational institutes and courts. On Thursday, Justice
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Bombay HC refuses to accept Maharashtra government’s stand on silence zones
Rejecting the Maharashtra government's stand that silence zones do not exist in the state as of now, the Bombay High Court today said its 2016 order declaring areas near hospitals, schools, colleges and