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Ethnic aspirations define political loyalty in Bengal's Junglemahal ahead of Assembly elections 2026West Bengal elections 2026: Political contests in West Bengal's Junglemahal are influenced by ethnic identity struggles. The Kudmi-Mahato c...
NHPC gets government nod for land diversion at Dibang power projectThe project will come up on Dibang River in Lower Dibang and the company has already received techno-economic clearance for the project.
- Forest Advisory Committe recommends diversion of 570 hectares of forest land for army
Forest Advisory Committee, has suggested allowing the diversion of nearly 570 hectares of forest land for the Indian Army's use in Arunacha...
Part of Manipur's forests may be diverted for hydel projectThe environment ministry will consider clearing a whopping 300 sq km of forests for projects in the next meeting of its Forest Advisory Com...
- Forest Advisory Committee recommends mining in the Saranda Forests
The Forest Advisory Committee in its February meeting, recommended the diversion of 242 hectares of forest land in the Jhillingburu forest ...
KP Nyati quits Forest Advisory CommitteeIn the face of mounting pressure from environmental activists, KP Nyati, appointed independent member to the reconstituted Forest Advisory ...
- MoEF crackdown on corrupt babus for green nods
An inspector-general of forests, C D Singh, has been transferred out of the Forest Advisory Committee and a vigilance inquiry instituted ag...
- Nalco gets forest clearance for renewal of Bauxite mining lease
National Aluminium Company (Nalco) has received Stage-II (final) forest clearance for renewal of its bauxite mining lease for the Panchpatm...
- Environment ministry clears 6 mining proposals in Orissa
Softening its stance on mining in heavily-forested areas, the environment ministry gave its nod for clearing six coal blocks, including fiv...
- Environment ministry refuses nod to three U’khand power projects
The environment ministry’s Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) — the statutory body for forest clearances — has recommended that no forest land...
- Orissa won't give up, challenges Centre on Posco
The Union environment and forests ministry may have withdrawn the green clearance to Vedanta's Aluminium mining project in Orissa but the s...
- Withdraw forest nod to Posco: Environment panel
After more than three weeks of dithering over it, Forest Advisory Committee of environment ministry on signed on the minutes recommending t...
- Withdraw forest nod to Posco: Environment panel
After more than three weeks of dithering, the Forest Advisory Committee of the environment ministry has recommended temporary withdrawal of...
- Revoke forest clearance for Posco: FAC
Alarm bells sounded for Posco’s Rs 54,000 crore Orissa project after the forest advisory committee recommended that forest clearance be “te...
- MoEF rumblings: Posco set for round II at FAC?
24 hours after the Forest Advisory Committee concluded that it would recommend withdrawal of forest clearance to Posco, senior forest offic...
- Won’t implement forest act again, says Orissa
South Korean steel maker Posco’s Rs 12,000-crore project in Orissa appears to be in for the long haul.
- Meena Gupta’s Posco report on Monday
Meena Gupta committee was constituted to investigate status of implementation of Forest Rights Act, and the implementation of rehabilitatio...