Centre grants in-principle approval to oil and gas exploration in Assam's hoolock gibbon sanctuaryThe Union environment ministry has approved the diversion of 4.50 hectares of forest land in Assam for oil and gas exploration by Vedanta G...
14 Sep, 2024, 06.36 PM IST
Critical firing range off Galwan gets green nod; First drill heldAfter over a year-long pause, the Centre has finally given the green signal for the renotification of the critical Mandal Thang Field Firin...
21 Aug, 2023, 11.50 PM IST
SC restrains construction within core areas in tiger reserves, national parks, wildlife sanctuariesA bench of Justices B R Gavai and Vikram Nath asked the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) to file a response explaining the nece...
08 Feb, 2023, 06.44 PM IST
SC panel asks Centre to amend, withdraw guidelines allowing tiger safaris, zoos in wildlife habitatsReprimanding the NTCA, the panel said the emphasis of its guidelines on the establishment of tiger safaris is "more on the promotion of tou...
07 Feb, 2023, 01.41 PM IST
Wildlife board nod to border roads in Ladakh, near DokalamThe clearance will expedite border infrastructure at Demchok and Dungti, which have seen clashes between troops of the Indian Army and Chin...
25 Aug, 2021, 08.13 AM IST
Green ministry plans exempting strategic projects from long-drawn clearance process"The key point is that strategic and defence projects should not be held up for procedural reasons. While we have relaxed norms for defence...
25 Jun, 2020, 11.38 AM IST
Narendra Modi’s bullet train fails to get green signal from state wildlife boardProposal submitted too late, say members; other projects including tunnel beneath SGNP cleared.
06 Dec, 2018, 01.15 PM IST
Tighter monitoring as projects in green zones flout normsField visits conducted by teams under the NBW standing committee have revealed that the conditions laid down by the board while sanctioning...
14 Feb, 2018, 11.16 PM IST
- MP to notify Ratapani as wildlife division15 Mar, 2016, 06.37 PM IST
Neyveli Lignite gets nod to set up thermal power plant in Tamil NaduThe Tuticorin project, being set up through NMDC Tamil Nadu Power Ltd formed in joint venture with TANGEDCO, is in advanced stage of comple...
23 Jan, 2015, 04.57 PM IST
Government to bring amendments to 5 green laws in Budget SessionThe government will bring amendments to five key environment laws enacted between 1971 and 1986 in the Budget Session of Parliament, Enviro...
31 Dec, 2014, 08.13 PM IST
Panel nod for building Tato-Taliha road in Arunachal Pradesh for defence purposeA key green panel has proposed diversion of 57 hectares of forestland for construction of the Tato-Taliha road in Arunachal Pradesh.
18 Oct, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Navi Mumbai airport work delays as forest advisory committee seeks details about forest diversionDelay in taking up the proposal for diverting 250 hectares of forest land for the project is on account the developer, CIDCO.
23 Apr, 2013, 05.00 AM IST
- Tribal villages oppose tiger reserve in Sathyamangalam
The Tamil Nadu forest department’s push to get Sathyamangalam Wildlife Sanctuary declared a tiger reserve suffered a setback on Wednesday w...
03 May, 2012, 04.15 AM IST
- Parks, sanctuaries on mining no-go list soon
A panel set up to review norms for no-go areas that will protect certain areas from commercial activity is likely to recommend mining shoul...
13 Apr, 2012, 01.29 AM IST
- Panel likely to suggest for bar in mining in national parks, wildlife sanctuaries
A panel set up to review norms for no-go areas that will protect certain areas from commercial activity is likely to recommend mining shoul...
10 Apr, 2012, 05.06 AM IST
- UP sets up steering committee to oversee tiger conservation
Three years after the National Tiger Conservation Authority proposed setting up steering committees in states to oversee conservation effor...
22 Jul, 2009, 05.39 PM IST