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SC pulls up U'khand CM Dhami for his decision to appoint an IFS as director of Rajaji Tiger ReserveThe Supreme Court criticized Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Dhami for appointing Rahul, an officer previously removed for illegal tree cutting, as ...
SC orders creation of panel to go into ecological damage in Corbett Tiger ReserveThe Supreme Court has ordered the formation of a committee to address the damage caused by illegal construction and tree felling in the Cor...
SC: Can Uttarakhand hydel projects be shifted to non-eco fragile zones?The suggestion of relocation did not go down well with senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, who was appearing for GMR Badrinath Hydro Power Gener...
Opposition set to make tribal eviction poll issueMP and Chhattisgarh govts to review claims from tribals rejected by previous BJP government.
Government to push Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill in Rajya SabhaThe proposed law is expected to create over 15 crore man-days of direct employment, most of it in the tribal and backward areas of the coun...
Ensure 24-hour power supply in area around Taj Mahal: Parliamentary panelTTZ is a defined area of 10,400 sq km around the Taj Mahal to protect the 17th Century marble monument from pollution.
Even under Narendra Modi government, it is still environment vs developmentMid-sized polluting industries can now operate within 5 km of national parks and sanctuaries — as opposed to the 10 km limit imposed by the...
Gujarat objects to tiger experts on panel to shift Gir lionsThe Gujarat government has written to the minister of environment and forests (MoEF) raising objections over the composition of the 12-memb...
NHAI moves Supreme Court over environment clearance delaysNHAI moved the SC on Wednesday seeking relief for delinking of forest and environment clearance for highway projects and to get exemption f...
Investment board faces SC orders, green hurdlesA clutch of Supreme Court rulings and stiff existing environment regulations could prevent the proposed National Investment Board from emer...
- Naveen to push Vedanta with PM today
Patnaik is expected to discuss with the PM not only Vedanta but Posco's integrated steel plant as well, work on which had been ordered shut...
- CJI's parting verdict gives relief to Reddys
SC allowed their firm, OMC, to resume mining operations.
- Environ min powers usurped by empowered panels: Cong MP
Minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh came in for criticism from members for 'allowing' the judiciary to 'encroach' o...
- Ministry bosses in panel to review own decisions
The senior most forest officer in the country will now be sitting as a member of an SC-appointed committee, reviewing the very decisions he...
- SC forest panel has heard 2,000 cases till date
The environment ministry replied in 2002 that till the time the government constituted such a committee, another one could be created to mo...
- Wildlife lobby seeks fresh review of Act
Some powerful wildlife NGOs and conservationists have written to the Prime Minister against the government implementing the Forest Rights A...
- PIL challenges validity of Forest Act
A plea challenging the constitutional validity of the Forest Rights Act aimed at giving land rights to traditional forest dwellers, has bee...