Domestic migrants in New Delhi are considering leaving the city due to soaring black market prices for cooking gas, exacerbated by Middle E...

Chairing a review meeting at Cachar Deputy Commissioner's conference hall with MLAs, Suklabaidya said strict vigil must be kept on forest l...

The Vantangiya community comprises people brought from Myanmar during the colonial rule to plant trees for afforestation.

The chief minister distributed sweets, fruits and textbooks to the children and wheelchairs to the differently- abled Vantangiyas.

The CAF Act, which was passed by the Parliament in July 2016, approved the release of more than Rs 42,000 crore to be spent on afforestatio...

FRA recognises the rights of forest dwellers, including Scheduled Tribes and others, to use, protect and manage forest resources where they...

The Sangh Parivar has opposed the Devendra Fadnavis administration's attempt to take over control of forests and the lucrative trade of non...

In a bizarre incident that involves ecological concerns, a group of villagers killed a panther and fought over sharing its meat. As the fig...

Oram continues to be steadfast in his objection to the rules framed by the Maharashtra government, which seeks to undermine the rights of f...

On April 18, the Supreme Court ruled that the gram sabhas of the Kalahandi and Raygada districts were the crucial decision-making bodies on...

SC ruled that the gram sabhas of districts were the crucial decision-making bodies on whether mining should be allowed in the hills.

Naxals have launched a campaign against the Mendha Lekha model which allows tribals to exercise rights to harvest bamboo under the Forest R...

Villagers, most of them belonging to the mountadan chetty community, have been waiting to be relocated for the past over five years.

The compensation paid to some villagers was considered low, prompting many earlier supporters of the project to rise against the project.

The environment and forests ministry took half a step towards ending the monopoly of the forest department over the Rs 10,000 crore annual ...

The Union environment and forests ministry may have withdrawn the green clearance to Vedanta's Aluminium mining project in Orissa but the s...

Sasan town in Junagadh district, famous for Gir Wildlife Sanctuary, on Wednesday observed a half day bandh to protest against forest deparm...