Vedanta Aluminium's plan to mine the bauxite-rich Niyamgiri mountains in Kalahandi district in Orissa suffered a major jolt after the the Supreme Court on Thursday said that consent must be taken from the Gram Sabha first. ...
08:59 PM, Apr 18, 2013
New Delhi: Vedanta will be allowed to mine in the Niyamgiri Hills in Kalahandi district of Odisha only if the Gram Sabha allows, said the Supreme Court on Thursday, adding the final decision on the project would be taken by the Ministry of Environment and Forests in consultation with the Gram Sabha. The Gram Sabhas of Rayagada and Kalahandi districts of Odisha will decide in three months on issues arising...
10:45 AM, Apr 18, 2013
Jorhat: Green warrior Jadab Payeng never forgot the devastating Assam floods of 1979. For three decades, Jadab Payeng has been instrumental in planting trees nurturing a 1,000 hectare forest in a Brahmaputra sand bar. For the past thirty three years of his life, he has been crossing this river, walking along the sand bars and planting trees and even talking to them like there was no tomorrow. Three decades of...
03:12 PM, Apr 12, 2013
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has come down heavily on poachers. State Forest Minister Patangrao Kadam has issued 'shoot-at-sight' orders to the forest guards if they saw any poacher hunting or laying traps in tiger reserves. The orders have been in place for the past 10 years but the field staff have been reluctant to implement them as some forest guards were being booked for violating human rights despite the government...
08:27 AM, May 23, 2012
A tiger death raises a million eye brows. An investigation is immediately sought. Conservationists make a hue and cry demanding the arrest of the poacher. But they don't show same intensity of concern when an elephant dies due to poaching or electrocution. Invariably the blame is thrust on elephants for crop-raiding. Farmers who illegally draw power from electric lines and trigger-happy poachers get away scot free. Like the critically endangered...
01:25 PM, May 21, 2012
Bangalore: An FIR has been filed against Karnataka Forests Minister CP Yogeshwara on a complaint by Nandi Engineering Limited that he allegedly cheated the firm of Rs two crore in lieu of promising to give land for construction of Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project. The Vidhana Soudha (state secretariat) police on Thursday lodged FIR after Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Kumar assured the State Assembly that he would look...
01:52 AM, Mar 30, 2012
New Delhi: Deforestation in some states has remained a serious concern, according to the the Environment Ministry's India forest report. The report says India's forest cover is down by 367 square kilometre as compared to the last survey in 2009. This came despite the fact that 15 states have increased their forest cover in this period. The forest cover in 12 states has decreased considerably. The maximum loss of forest...
08:51 PM, Feb 07, 2012
Purulia: Bodies of two Maoists killed in an encounter with joint forces on Monday night were found in the deep forests of Ghatbera in Balarampur area of Purulia district on Tuesday. IG, Western Range, Gangeswar Singh said the two were shot dead in the encounter which took place after the killing of two Trinamool Congress (TC) workers by the ultras on Monday. Two joint force personnel were injured in the...
11:05 AM, Nov 15, 2011
Mumbai: Giving a last chance, Bombay High Court (HC) on Friday directed the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to pass the final order on regularisation application of the Lavasa Corporation, with regard to constructions at township project near Pune, in three weeks. "The union ministry has been given time for long to pass order and today again it has sought three weeks' time. Considering the gravity and public...
06:56 PM, Sep 23, 2011
New Delhi: The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) on Tuesday informed the Supreme Court that the controversial cement plant of Nirma Industries in Bhavnagar district of Gujarat is situated in an environmentally sensitive wetland area and has to be relocated. The MoEF told the apex court through an affidavit that the plant was constructed in Azone, which is the source of a sweet water body. The MoEF further submitted...
12:04 PM, May 10, 2011
Adilabad: Another officer paid for his honesty with his life. A forest officer was beaten to death by the sandalwood mafia in Andhra Pradesh. Forest officer P Satyanarayana, was beaten to death allegedly by sandalwood smugglers in the forests in Adilabad in Andhra Pradesh late on Tuesday night. Satyanarayana had reached the area with three other villagers after he got a tip-off that sandalwood was being smuggled. The incident comes...
05:00 PM, Mar 31, 2011
An elephant calf is beaten to death by villagers for encroaching on their paddy fields in Morigaon district, Assam. ...
03:21 PM, Oct 27, 2010
New Delhi: The Indian Ministry for Environment and Forests has put mining giant Vedanta’s expansion plans on hold citing environmental violations. The ministry has refused to grant permission for the company’s expansion saying that while the mining major can continue its operations, further expansion won’t be allowed. Vedanta Aluminium Ltd., the Indian unit of the London-based metals conglomerate Vedanta Resources PLC, had plans of increasing the production capacity of its...
05:12 PM, Oct 21, 2010
New Delhi: Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has agreed to be the national green ambassador to initiate eco-friendly campaigns in India, Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh announced Monday. "I have been talking to Priyanka about how she can be a part of environment friendly campaigns nationally and be involved with projects such as tiger conservation and river cleaning, especially the Ganga river. I have said that this would be like...
10:12 PM, Aug 09, 2010
The injured animal has managed to escape and has in the meantime taken refuge in a nearby forest. ...
04:04 PM, Jul 06, 2010
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They allegedly came under heavy gunfire from militants in the dense forests of Rajawar in North Kashmir. ...
12:00 PM, Apr 08, 2010
IPCC did not research the claim, merely lifting it from World Wildlife Fund. ...
08:17 AM, Jan 27, 2010
Experts in Copenhagen are mapping out a climate change strategy. ...
11:17 AM, Dec 08, 2009
Environmentalists allege the ship contains 200 tonnes of toxic asbestos. ...
10:35 PM, Oct 24, 2009
