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PoGB leaders express concern over wrongdoings of government in land leasin
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Opposition leaders in Gilgit City of Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) this week organised a press conference raising their concerns over the wrongdoings of the ruling party and the matter of leasing guest houses and forest lands to private entities in PoGB
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Protests erupt in PoGB after administration leases out governmental land f
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
Hundreds of residents from Skardu in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) organised a major protest over the administration's recent decision to lease several government guest houses and forest land to private business owners from the Punjab Province, a local news outlet from PoGB, Skar
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PoGB leaders organize conference to oppose forest land leases to Punjab bu
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
Leaders from Awami Action Committee (AAC) belonging to Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) on Thursday organized a conference at the Gilgit Press Club, criticizing the local government for leasing forest lands of PoGB to private business owners of Punjab Province, local news outlet fro
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PoGB politician raises concern over sale of forest land to Punjab industri
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
The opposition parliamentary members of the Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB) assembly on Thursday raised their voices against the administrational misconduct of the PoGB ruling party. The assembly members blamed the ruling party for selling land pieces and guest houses built in the
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"Forest fires cannot be controlled without increasing humidity," Congress
Updated : 2 years ago IST
As several regions in Uttarakhand are grappling with forest fires, destroying hectares of forest land, former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and Congress leader Harish Rawat said that forest fires cannot be controlled without increasing the humidity in the forest areas, and in 2015-16 they had c
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Over 35 sq km forest land encroached in Tripura
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
A total of 36.21 square kilometres of forest land is encroached on in Tripura, officials said.
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PM Modi makes false allegations against Congress government, does not talk
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge hit out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday in poll-bound Chhattisgarh and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi makes false allegations of "corruption" against the state government and does not talk of "jal, jangal and zameen (water, forest, land)
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"No one will be harassed during anti-encroachment drive": CM Dhami vows ac
Updated : 2 years, 8 months ago IST
The CM also vowed strict action against people who had created illegal structures in the name of land jihad on the forest land.
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Centre likely to issue guidelines for use of forest land for non-forest pu
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
"We are working on a set of guidelines that will be out soon to ensure there is no misuse of these exemptions. The exemptions have been made for strategically important projects to make the approval process less cumbersome," the official, on the condition of anonymity, told ANI.
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Odisha: 10 poachers held for murdering forester at Similipal National Park
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Giving details of the murder of the forester, SP Batula said, "On the intervening night of June 16 and June 17, the accused entered the forest land for the purpose of hunting. After the patrolling team spotted them and asked them to surrender, the poachers opened fire on them during which th
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Assam: CM Sarma urges officials to make 'tree-based economy' in state
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday held a meeting at Janata Bhawan with the Divisional Forest Officers and other officials of the Forest Department to take stock of the departmental activities like protection of forest land, revenue generation and building a tree-based econ
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90 sq km of forest land reclaimed in last two years: Assam CM
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday tweeted a video informing that 90 square kilometres of forest land were reclaimed over the last two years.
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