An encounter broke out between Army troops and terrorists in the forest area along the LoC in the Macchil sector of Kupwara on Saturday, Defence officials said.
"Every month, we are evicting people who are residing illegally in the forest area. Already, we have cleared an area as big as Chandigarh but we will not stop here. Assam will be made free of such encroachment," Hazarika told ANI.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has directed an SIT investigation into the case of illegal occupation by some persons in the Upper Kosi Reserved Forest Area under Terai Western Forest Division Ramnagar Forest Division, and occupation of government land by buying and selling la
An encounter broke out between a Maharashtra Police C-60 team and Maoist insurgents in the forest area between Chhindbhatti and PV 82 in the border area of Kanker on Wednesday.
The Supreme Court on Friday while hearing a case relating to the felling of trees in Southern Delhi's ridge forest area, directed the Delhi government to inform it as to how it will compensate illegal cutting of trees.
An encounter broke out between militants and security forces in the Sezan forest area of Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district on Tuesday evening, even as the Army, police and CRPF launched a search operation to track down militants involved in the attack on an Army convoy on July 8.
Delhi ministers Saurabh Bharadwaj, Atishi, and Imran Hussain inspected the site, where trees were cut without Supreme Court permission to build a road from the Satbari forest area to SAARC Chowk.
After the Supreme Court reprimanded the Delhi government over the illegal felling of 1,100 trees in South Delhi's Reserve Forest Area without permission, Delhi's government has taken a firm stand on the issue. In response to the illegal felling of 1,100 trees in South Delhi's Reserve Forest
In line with the instructions of the Chief Minister, Additional Chief Forest Conservator, Forest Fire and Disaster Management has directed the Regional Divisional Forest Officer, Almora, Champawat, Garhwal, Bageshwar, Mussoorie, Lansdowne, Nainital, Civil Almora, Uttarkashi, Tehri, Tons, Pit
The development comes after Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Steel HD Kumaraswamy gave his consent to start mining in the Devadari forest area to the company.