Experts warn Aravali's 100-metre rule risks dismantling its landscape, biodiversity and groundwater systemsA new government definition classifying hills over 100 meters as "Aravalis" has sparked expert warnings that significant portions of the vi...
05 Dec, 2025, 05.01 PM IST
Need to take forest cover seriouslyThe Haryana Forest Department has sent notices to more than a dozen people for encroachment on 35 acres of protected Aravali forest land, a...
18 May, 2023, 11.10 PM IST
Grand Canyon-esque terrain, greenery & sparkling rivers: Rohit Kapoor on cycling from Manali to LehIndia and South Asia CEO of OYO Hotels and Homes shares interesting stories from the road.
15 Feb, 2020, 05.51 PM IST
Government plans 1,400km long 'Great Green Wall’ of IndiaThe project intends to counter climate change and desertification and is inspired by Africa's “Great Green Wall” from Dakar to Djibouti.
09 Oct, 2019, 10.50 AM IST
Centre to help for scheme for beautification of AravalisUnion minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday assured that the central government will extend all possible support to any scheme for enhancing t...
18 Jun, 2017, 01.21 PM IST
Panel favours 'expansion' of Aravalis in the entire NCRIn the past, real estate players allegedly tried to influence the Haryana government to push for more non-forest activities in the Aravalis...
20 Sep, 2016, 11.20 AM IST
NTPC snaps supply to BSES discoms over duesWhile BSES Rajdhani gets 372MW, Yamuna gets 73MW. BSES Rajdhani owes APCPL Rs 695.25 crore and Yamuna Rs 266.33 crore.
06 Sep, 2016, 10.43 AM IST
Stakeholders to determine what constitutes AravalisThey claimed this was a tactic to delay demarcation of natural conservation zones, to reduce the area falling under such zones in order to ...
18 Jun, 2016, 11.53 AM IST
Aravali foothills may be opened to real estateAdministration wants to define foothills as an area of 1 km from the base of the hills, though a final decision is likely to be taken at a ...
14 Dec, 2015, 11.17 AM IST
‘Experimental’ Aravalli Biodiversity Park opens todayTen years after the first plantations began in a mining-ravaged stretch of the Aravali range in Delhi, a forest is in bloom.
22 Apr, 2015, 12.37 PM IST
Aravali not a forest, says Haryana forest department orderThe order implies that vast tracts of forests, including most parts of the sacred Mangarbani grove, would now be recorded as 'not forest'.
16 Apr, 2015, 11.22 AM IST
MoEF’s 1992 notification paves way for real estate players in Faridabad AravalisA 1992 notification of the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has proved spoiler in the protection of Aravalis in Faridabad and has...
06 Apr, 2014, 01.38 AM IST
- Sariska mining leases to stay
Rajasthan govt has refused to cancel new mining leases in the Sariska range despite Union forests minister Jairam Ramesh asking CM Ashok Ge...
25 Oct, 2010, 07.39 AM IST
- Sariska mining leases to stay
The Rajasthan govt has refused to cancel new mining leases in the Sariska range despite environment minister Jairam Ramesh asking CM Ashok ...
25 Oct, 2010, 12.17 AM IST
- Builders hope greenery, better ambience will boost mkt
Contrary to the general perception, the Supreme Court’s judgment to ban mining in the Aravali range in Haryana will help real estate develo...
10 May, 2009, 09.58 AM IST
- Havoc in Aravalis as SC norms are ignored
TOI uncovers a disturbing story of savage exploitation of environment and labour just 36 km from Delhi
04 Sep, 2008, 03.11 AM IST
Leopard caught near GurgaonForest department officials caught a four-year-old male leopard which seems to have strayed from the Ranthambore sanctuary.
09 Mar, 2008, 01.27 PM IST