Maharashtra to send 50 leopards to Reliance Foundation's Vantara facility in Gujarat: SourcesThe Maharashtra government will transfer fifty leopards to the Vantara wildlife rescue and conservation centre in Jamnagar, Gujarat. This m...
06 Mar, 2026, 09.26 PM IST
Protests underway in Mumbai's Aarey, Goregaon against building of metro car shed in forestSoon after Eknath Shinde was sworn in as the new Maharashtra Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis as the Deputy Chief Minister, ...
10 Jul, 2022, 02.29 PM IST
Maharashtra constitutes panel to look into Medigadda barrage projectThe Medigadda project was being trumped as an example of interstate co-operation between two border states as Maharashtra allowed the Telan...
13 Jun, 2020, 11.36 PM IST
Tigress row: Sudhir Mungantiwar seeks Maneka Gandhi's resignationThe Women and Child Development Minister had slammed Mungantiwar over last week's killing of the "man-eater" tigress Avni in Yavatmal distr...
06 Nov, 2018, 09.36 PM IST
Order probe into killing of tigress Avni if you want: Maharashtra Forest minister to Maneka GandhiThe Union minister had said she is going to take up the matter "very strongly" with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
05 Nov, 2018, 12.34 PM IST
Tigress Avni shot after she attacked forest staff: Maharashtra Forest Minister Sudhir MungantiwarThe tigress, T1, as she was known officially, was shot Friday night by sharp-shooter Asgar Ali in compartment no 149 of Borati forest .
04 Nov, 2018, 03.14 PM IST
River conservation: Maharashtra to organize tree plantation conclave for awarenessMaharashtra govt will organize a tree-plantation conclave at Raj Bhavan on Sept 17, to highlight its mission of planting 50 crore saplings ...
16 Sep, 2017, 01.17 PM IST
Modi model or RSS, a catch-22 situation for Fadnavis government over 'Village Forest Rules'The Sangh Parivar has opposed the Devendra Fadnavis administration's attempt to take over control of forests and the lucrative trade of non...
28 Mar, 2016, 04.30 PM IST
Congress' Ahmed Patel accuses Jual Oram of putting adivasis at mercy of businessmmenIn his January 19 letter to the tribal ministry, Patel alleged the move, “amounts to nothing but a total dilution of the Forest Rights Act,...
22 Jan, 2016, 05.44 AM IST
Big B to launch 2 safari buses in new role as tiger ambassadorAmitabh Bachchan will make his first public appearance at Sanjay Gandhi National Park tomorrow in his new role as the tiger ambassador of M...
05 Oct, 2015, 10.04 PM IST
Amitabh Bachchan to be Maharashtra's tiger ambassadorBollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan has accepted the proposal of Maharashtra Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar to be the tiger ambassador ...
10 Aug, 2015, 08.01 PM IST
Maharashtra declares Thane creek area as 'Flamingo Sanctuary'Thane Creek will be known as 'Flamingo Sanctuary' as over 25,000 flamingo turned up at the stretch of 17 sq km of Creek," state Forest Mini...
07 Aug, 2015, 04.50 PM IST
Maharashtra requests Sachin Tendulkar, Amitabh Bachchan to help save tigersMaharashtra has five tiger reserves, MP has four tiger reserves, Chhattisgarh has three tiger reserves while Telangana has one tiger reserv...
03 Aug, 2015, 11.11 PM IST
Maharashtra Forest department to bring important services under RTS ActMaharashtra Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said his department will bring many key services under the ambit of the Right to Services Ac...
20 Jul, 2015, 08.40 PM IST
Jual Oram’s stand puts him at odds with Nitin Gadkari, Prakash JavadekarOram continues to be steadfast in his objection to the rules framed by the Maharashtra government, which seeks to undermine the rights of f...
13 Sep, 2014, 05.58 AM IST
- Government’s efforts to ensure economic empowerment of the tribal gets a fillip
The government resolution or order transfers all rights of minor forest produce and major timber to the gramsabha elected joint forest mana...
07 Jul, 2012, 09.14 AM IST
- Forest department’s error became residents’ terror
Thousands of residents around the Sanjay Gandhi National Park in Borivli and Thane are paying for a blunder committed by the forest departm...
19 Jul, 2006, 03.00 AM IST