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Bengaluru: 1,143 kg red sandalwood worth ₹1 crore seized; one arrested, th
Updated : 5 months, 4 weeks ago IST
According to police, the case began on November 7 when officers of Hulimavu Police Station received a complaint from a Bhatmidhar stating that a car was parked illegally near Gottigere Lake on Bannerghatta Main Road. Acting on the information, police rushed to the spot, raided the locatio
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Himachal CM seeks Union govt's aid for land, forest act relaxation for dis
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Saturday urged the Union government to provide at least one bigha of land to families whose homes and farmlands have been washed away in the ongoing monsoon disaster, and to relax provisions of the Forest Conservation Act, 1980, to ma
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Two-day workshop to promote bamboo as alternative material to be held in D
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A two-day workshop on the development of the bamboo-based industry will commence on Thursday here in the national capital, in which various innovative, modern and traditional utilities of bamboo will be up for display.
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Several initiatives taken to secure forests, government tells Rajya Sabha
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The Ministry has also launched National Transit Pass System on a pilot basis for the issue of online transit permits.
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Azure Power's 90 MW solar power project in Assam, largest in the state, in
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 20 (ANI/PRNewswire): Azure Power (NYSE: AZRE), a leading sustainable energy solutions provider and renewable power producer in India, announced that its 90 MW solar power project in Assam, the largest solar power project in the state, was inaugurated by Himanta Biswa
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Red sanders worth Rs 5 lakhs seized in AP's Kadapa
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh) [India], December 18 (ANI): Forest department officials of the Kadapa district have seized 66 logs of red sanders worth Rs 5 lakh at Jallakona area near Rollamadugu beat in Rajampet Mandal, Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh.
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Govt has withdrawn draft of amendment of Forest Act: Prakash Javadekar
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 15 (ANI): Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday said that the government has withdrawn the draft of the amendment of the Forest Act to remove any misgivings about taking away the rights of the tribals and forest dwellers.
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Centre promulgates Indian forest ordinance to encourage bamboo cultivation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): The Centre on Thursday promulgated the Indian Forest (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017, to exempt bamboo grown in non-forest areas from definition of tree, thereby dispensing with the requirement of felling/transit permit for its economic use.
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