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2025 landslide in Shimla Act of God, NHAI tells NGT, rejects compensation claimThe National Highways Authority of India has told the National Green Tribunal that it is not liable for compensation for agricultural land ...22 May, 2026, 03.12 PM IST- A hidden city grid is emerging beneath tropical forests as laser scans expose roads, terraces, and ancient platformsDense jungles conceal ancient cities. LiDAR, an airborne laser mapping technique, now unveils these hidden urban layouts. It penetrates fol...12 May, 2026, 07.04 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
- India highway sector sees 7-year low in construction and new project awards2025-26 marked a pivotal moment in India’s transport landscape as highway development and new project allocations sank to levels unseen in ...08 Apr, 2026, 05.26 PM IST
- Govt mulls scrapping requirement of forest clearance for exploration of blocksReconnaissance Permit (RP) is granted for preliminary prospecting of a mineral through regional, aerial, geophysical or geochemical surveys...26 May, 2022, 04.43 PM IST
- Need for forest clearance hindrance to development works: Raghubar DasDas, however, said several programmes were pending due to requirement of forest clearance, an official release said here.11 Jan, 2015, 03.11 PM IST
- NMDC moves Project Monitoring Group for clearances to projectsBoth the projects are located in Chhattisgarh and are crucial in NMDC's scheme of things as it is planning to expand iron ore production09 Mar, 2014, 12.09 PM IST
- Green ministry lays out norms for clearance & monitoring of forestsThe system also relies on third-party monitoring by the accredited institutions and experts, as well as the use of remote sensing satellite...17 Jun, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- Road projects can start without forest clearance: Environment ministryOn Thursday, the environment ministry appeared to dilute its stand for forest clearance as stipulated in its March 2011 guidelines.08 Mar, 2013, 04.41 AM IST
- Simpler forest approval norms for mining, miners will now have to seek forest clearanceThe ministry said mine developers would have to seek forest clearance for the entire lease area instead of the current practice of seeking ...08 Feb, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- PMO helps bury NHAI-MoEF hatchet over green clearancesThe face-off between the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) over green clearanc...07 Feb, 2013, 02.54 AM IST
- Mining companies may have to seek green nod for full lease area at one goThe environment ministry plans to change forest clearance norms for mining projects to make them simpler and discourage firms from acquirin...31 Jan, 2013, 03.11 PM IST
- 50% dip in forest clearances during Jayanthi’s regimeUnion environment and forests minister Jayanthi Natarajan gave more than 1,126 forest and 209 environment clearances to various projects be...13 Oct, 2012, 01.13 AM IST
- 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...07 Oct, 2012, 01.39 AM IST
- Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan relaxes environmental clearance norms for projects requiring forest landThis move reverses Jairam Ramesh's decision to tighten guidelines in an effort to reduce the diversion of forests by making it a last resor...13 Sep, 2011, 03.28 AM IST
- Forest clearance must for mining projectsMining projects will not get environmental clearance without the mandatory forest clearance, the environment ministry has decided.05 Aug, 2011, 12.57 AM IST
- Orissa's green scanner now hits Jindal Steel projectEnvironment Ministry has issued notice for beginning work without forest clearance.27 Nov, 2010, 04.25 AM IST
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