SC forms high-powered expert panel to re-examine Aravalli definitionThe Supreme Court has formed a high-powered committee to review the Centre's report on the Aravalli hills. This panel will conduct an indep...
03 Jun, 2026, 11.24 AM IST
Jairam Ramesh flags violation of FRA in clearance of Great Nicobar Island Project, urges action from Ministry of Tribal AffairsIn a letter addressed to Jual Oram, Ramesh argued that the project proceeds in direct violation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) and the righ...
27 May, 2026, 11.13 AM IST
Nearly 5.49 lakh candidates appeared in civil services preliminary exam: UPSCNearly 5.49 lakh candidates appeared for the civil services preliminary examination, which saw the successful implementation of real-time f...
24 May, 2026, 07.23 PM IST
Who gets what in Vijay’s Tamil Nadu Cabinet as Congress, VCK, IUML join power tableTamil Nadu's political landscape has shifted with Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay forming a 35-member coalition ministry. This new government...
22 May, 2026, 12.07 PM IST
Tamil Nadu Cabinet Expansion: CM Vijay adds 23 more ministers to TVK-led govt, shuffles some portfoliosT.N. Cabinet Expansion Updates: Tamil Nadu's new government has expanded its cabinet. Twenty-three more MLAs joined the State Cabinet. This...
21 May, 2026, 03.40 PM IST
'Insult to science, make a mockery of EIA process': Jairam Ramesh on Great Nicobar projectSenior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has written to the Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupinder Yadav over escal...
10 May, 2026, 10.26 PM IST
Government aims to be better with 60 ideasAs a follow-up of the September 18 interaction of the prime minister with secretaries of all union ministries and departments, 60 ideas and...
19 Oct, 2021, 09.48 AM IST
417 coal blocks fall in inviolate forest area and can endanger fresh water sourcesAccording to the activist firm, last year, the Forest Survey of India (FSI) assessed 825 coal blocks based on the draft parameters for iden...
05 May, 2016, 06.07 PM IST
Environment ministry launches GIS based online support mechanismEnvironment Minister Prakash Javadekar said the GIS-based "Decision Support System" will fast track the process of regulatory forest cleara...
11 Nov, 2014, 03.21 PM IST
MoEF working on policy to protect river banks: Government tells Bombay High CourtThe Government said in an affidavit that construction within 50 metres of the sea coast was banned as it fell within the Coastal Regulation...
22 Aug, 2014, 07.22 PM IST
Process under way for clearances to NTPC Odisha projectThe process for obtaining regulatory clearances for state-run NTPC's proposed 1,600 MW thermal power plant in Odisha is under way.
13 Aug, 2013, 04.29 PM IST
Niyamgiri drill: Tribal affairs ministry asks state to inform villagers about Supreme Court orderOn April 18, the Supreme Court ruled that the gram sabhas of the Kalahandi and Raygada districts were the crucial decision-making bodies on...
06 May, 2013, 04.30 AM IST
Issue advertisements to inform villagers about SC order on mining : Tribal ministry asks Odisha govtSC ruled that the gram sabhas of districts were the crucial decision-making bodies on whether mining should be allowed in the hills.
04 May, 2013, 09.33 AM IST
- Place all panel reports on website: CIC to Environment Ministry
The Central Information Commission has directed the Environment Ministry to publish reports of all commissions on its website.
10 Apr, 2012, 03.32 PM IST
- 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...
06 Oct, 2011, 04.33 AM IST
- Ministry directs Orissa govt to stop work at Posco site
South Korean steelmaker Posco’s wait just got longer with the Union environment ministry directing Orissa government to stop all work at th...
07 Aug, 2010, 02.23 AM IST
- Env Ministry blank on domestic visits of its ministers
The Ministry of Environment had no information to give in response to an RTI application seeking details of Minister visits to forest belts...
27 Apr, 2008, 12.56 PM IST