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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Organisation for Civil Rights Protection Kerala has urged the Chief Secretary, the Director-General of Police and the Transport Commissioner to intervene to check the violation of noise pollution [...]

Byline: Ron Barnett Visitors to the Charleston, S.C., suburb of Sullivan's Island are invited to have a good time eating, drinking and making merry in the seven restaurants that constitute [...]

CHENNAI: Noise levels at major traffic junctions in the city, including Ashok Pillar, Koyambedu, Vadapalani, Saidapet, Anna Salai near LIC building, Anna Nagar roundabout and Madras Medical College are well [...]

CHENNAI: Noise levels at major traffic junctions in the city, including Ashok Pillar, Koyambedu, Vadapalani, Saidapet, Anna Salai near LIC building, Anna Nagar roundabout and Madras Medical College are well [...]

Byline: Raina Assainar Nerul police have registered a case against Indian Premier League (IPL) authorities for allegedly violating the noise pollution norms during the semi-final matches played at the DY [...]

NAGPUR: The city police will soon start a drive to ensure that noise pollution is kept under check. As per laws, the sound level while playing loudspeakers and bursting of [...]

NEW DELHI: With the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) seeking stricter penalties and punishment for those flouting noise pollution norms, Delhi Police on Friday said it was ready to step [...]

After more than three years, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) has finally released its Environmental Noise Guideline, Stationary and Transportation Sources - Approval and Planning (NPC-300). The Guideline, posted to [...]

KRISHNAGIRI: Adherence to rules and regulations stipulated by the Government from time to time can reduce noise pollution, said Audiologists from Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai, here on Saturday. Dr. [...]

NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE Residents win noise battle but the roar goes on For years, rattled residents of Niagara-on-the-Lake struggled to be heard over the roaring jet boats that use the town dock [...]

Byline: KIRK MAKIN; JUSTICE REPORTER Polluters can be successfully sued for emitting annoying odours, dust or noise - even if they are in compliance with government regulations, the Supreme Court [...]

Byline: CATHRYN ATKINSON; Special to The Globe and Mail Powerful speedboats that emit engine sounds of up to 120 decibels while idling - the same noise a jet makes taxing [...]

Byline: KENYON WALLACE The new managers of a popular waterfront entertainment complex that was once the site of all-night raves and weekend-long parties is assuring nearby residents that noise complaints [...]

With his Mister Softee ice cream truck parked in a familiar spot, its presence announced by a sprightly metallic jingle, Costas Vamvakas was having a good day on Wednesday, the […]

The 1 a.m. din was as loud as ever outside several Lower East Side nightclubs. At a busy East Harlem intersection, salsa music almost drowned out the traffic in the […]

Given the cacophony that afflicts any Cairo street the braying donkeys, the caterwauling vegetable vendors, the constant honking of car horns -- it might seem a particularly daunting task to […]

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg vetoed two City Council actions yesterday, a bill that would have made it unlawful to sell or install certain audible car alarms and a resolution that […]

For nearly half a century, the Mister Softee jingle has been janglingly familiar: part music box, part merry-go-round and all kids-screaming-for-ice-cream summer mania. Love it or hate it, the city's […]

The Ontario Ministry of the Environment ('MOE') published on October 21, 2013 a new noise guideline which consolidates and replaces the previous guidelines dealing with both land use planning and [...]

Ontario's updated Noise Guideline, NPC 300, mentioned in yesterday's post, is not identical to the draft posted for comments in 2010. For example, there will be no Class 5 areas. [...]

FIONA BAYLY, a Manhattan tenant, recently sent a letter to the Real Estate Q. & A. column asking whether a 'late-night, heavy-drinking, music-blaring party' between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. […]

THE European Union is coming down hard on Beethoven, Berlioz, Strauss and all those other symphonic loudmouths. Politicians think it's high time. The trumpets in Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, the big […]

ST. THOMAS, VI -- The following information was released by the office of the Governor of the Virgin Islands: Governor John P. de Jongh, Jr. on Tuesday called on the [...]