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"Extremely hateful, condemnable act": Gaurav Gogoi on arson incident at Mo
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Gogoi stated, "The news that miscreants have set fire to and destroyed a part of the forest known as Molai Kathoni, which has been painstakingly developed through personal initiative by globally acclaimed Forest Man Jadav Payeng and his daughter Munmuni Payeng, has shocked every conscious
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Protests over Foreset survey of land leased privately in Rishikesh, reside
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
A resident said, "We request not to be troubled. Boards shouldn't be placed outside our plots. We have spent our life savings to purchase these homes. Where will we take our children? Has the government been asleep till now? Did the municipal council officers not know that houses were being
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Uttarakhand: Protest turns violent in Rishikesh as locals block railway tr
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Despite repeated requests by the police and Forest Department officials, the protesters refused to clear the highway and railway tracks. Given the sensitivity of the situation, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Dehradun, Ajay Singh, visited the site late at night to assess the situati
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Tamil Nadu: Wetland Bird Census conducted across 20 wetlands in Trichy Dis
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The census was carried out under the direction of Dr R Kanchana, IFS, Conservator of Forests, Trichy Circle, and the guidance of Tmt S Krithiga, IFS, District Forest Officer, Trichy, with the support of I Kadhar Basha, Assistant Conservator of Forests.
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Jairam Ramesh questions Environment Minister over Aravalli Hills redefinit
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh on Sunday raised questions over the re-definition of the Aravalli Hills, citing Forest Survey of India's (FSI) 2010 definition and objection to the re-definition of the mountain range.
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Telangana Govt initiative: A 'Metropolitan Exposure' for isolated Adivasi
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a significant move to bridge the vast socio-economic divide between indigenous communities and the modern world, the Minister for Tourism, Culture, and Archaeology, and Adilabad District In-charge, Jupally Krishna Rao, has announced an "Education and Exposure Tour" for the Adivasis of
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Training workshop on SOPs related to felling of dangerous trees and prunin
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
According to a press release from the Department of Forests & Wildlife, the workshop was convened to sensitise and build the capacity of officials from around 18 concerned Government Departments and land-owning agencies regarding the effective implementation of the recently notified S
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"Government is helpless or lacks intent": Congress' Sachin Pilot on Araval
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Amid the Aravalli hills row, Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Friday accused the government of failing to protect the ecologically sensitive hills and warned that inaction could cause irreversible environmental damage.
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Congress' Jairam Ramesh criticises Govt's new definition of Aravalli, BJP'
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a major step towards conservation and protection of the entire Aravalli Range stretching from Delhi to Gujarat from illegal mining, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has issued directions to the States for a complete Ban on the Grant of any New
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"No legal demarcation, notified boundary": Congress' Pawan Khera criticise
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"Yesterday's notification of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change claims that it has issued directions to the states for a 'complete ban on the grant of any new mining leases in the Aravallis'. It is also claimed that 'This prohibition applies uniformly across the entir
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"Will take action": BJP MP Dr Rabindra Narayan Behera on BJD's 51 Mahindra
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Speaking with ANI, the BJP MP said, "This is a small example of the corruption that is going on in the forest department from the last government... We will take action based on the reports from the inquiry."
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Environment Ministry writes to states on prohibited zones, sustainable min
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change on Wednesday wrote a letter to the Chief Secretary to the Government of Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat regarding the "ban on grant of new Mining leases and strict regulation of ongoing mining activity in the Aravalli Hills in compliance
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