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Govt eases import norms for raw, calcined pet cokeThe government has eased import norms for raw and calcined pet coke, allowing shipments to cater to the domestic needs of aluminium and oth...
Centre eases export ban norms for Odisha to ship 810 tonnes of red sanders wood in log formAccording to a notification of the directorate general of foreign trade (DGFT), the state's forest, environment and climate change departme...
Red sanders smuggling comes down in Andhra PradeshIn the last 15 years, red sanders worth about Rs 25,000 crores was smuggled to foreign countries, it added.
Jayalalithaa announces government jobs for kin of woodcutters gunned down in APShe gave away appointment orders to next of kin of 20 persons hailing from the state who were gunned down by Andhra Pradesh security agenci...
Andhra Pradesh encounter: Vaiko to decide on next course of actionHe would decide to inquire into the incident of gunning down of 20 workers from the state by Andhra Pradesh police in the Seshachalam forest
Andhra Pradesh government eyes Rs 1,000 crore from 2nd round of red sanders auctionThe sale of seized red sanders in log form, cut by smugglers in Seshachalam forests, will be conducted for four days from June 17.
Hyderabad HC asks SIT to investigate Chittoor deaths in 60 daysOpposing counsel had pointed out that the head of the SIT was an encounter specialist IPS officer and another member was involved in the de...
NHRC strongly favours judicial enquiry into Chittoor firingAn NHRC team would visit the scene where 20 people were killed in the police firing in Seshachalam forest near Tirupati in an operation sai...
Andhra Pradesh to amend Forest Act to clamp down on red sanders smugglingThe state cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu here, today decided to amend the Forest Act.
Chittoor firing: Andhra submits re-postmortem report to HCAndhra Pradesh submitted to Hyderabad High Court the 're-postmortem' reports of six out of the 20 people who were killed in police firing i...
Government submits first autopsy report on Chittoor firing to Hyderabad High CourtThe HC was also informed that the "re-postmortem" of six of the victims was also conducted in TN. However, reports of the same were awaited.
Chittoor firing: Doctors to conduct fresh postmortemA 3 member team of doctors arrived in Chennai to conduct fresh postmortem of 5 of the victims of the police firing in Seshachalam forests.
Janata Dal (United) condemns killing of 20 wood cutters in Andhra PradeshJanata Dal (United)`s Puducherry unit on Monday, condemned the gunning down of 20 woodcutters in the Seshachalam forest range.
Andhra Pradesh's u-turn: Lift ban on red sander trees fellingThe state government has written to the Union forests ministry for removing red sanders from the endangered list, a move that has attracted...
Chittoor incident: Chandrababu Naidu assures Tamil Nadu CM of speedy probeNaidu said in a letter that to ascertain the facts, apart from ordering autopsies of the bodies, the AP government had ordered a magisteria...
Andhra Pradesh encounter: Bodies to be preserved till April 17, says High CourtMadras High Court extended the time for preserving the bodies of six persons, gunned down in an encounter in the Seshachalam forests of And...
20 shot dead for alleged smuggling of red sanders in Andhra PradeshIn a separate incident in Telangana, police killed five suspected Students Islamic Movement of India (Simi) terrorists when they allegedly ...
- Andhra Pradesh government to promote red-sanders plantation; tightens vigil
Red sanders is endemic to the forests of Seshachalam, Veliganda, Lankamala and Palakonda hill ranges distributed in districts of Kadapa and...
- Forest fires may force animals to come to human habitations
More than the forest fire it is the subsequent loss of natural habit that will severely affect endemic, rare, and critically endangered ani...
- Andhra Pradesh may log Rs 500 cr from smugglers’ loot
Andhra Pradesh may sell about 3,000 tonne of red sandalwood through a global auction, earning Rs 500 cr, seized from smugglers.