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Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari voices concern over concretisation of Kolkata, says green cover rules were being ignoredWest Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari has launched a major tree plantation drive. The campaign aims to plant 1.10 crore trees across ...- Watch: Rahul Gandhi does scuba diving in Nicobar, claims PM Modi's project will destroy 1.5 crore treesRahul Gandhi criticized the Centre's Great Nicobar development project, alleging it prioritizes commercial interests over ecology and local...
- Great Nicobar project not about defence, transshipment port but aimed at helping one businessman: LoP Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi criticizes the Great Nicobar Island Project. He states the government's defense and transshipment port claims are false. Gandh...
- Tribal Affairs Minister should be concerned: Congress flags protests in Odisha against bauxite mining projectVillagers in Odisha's Koraput district are protesting bauxite mining by Kalinga Alumina Ltd. Congress alleges illegal diversion of forest l...
- Jairam Ramesh flags violation of FRA in clearance of Great Nicobar Island Project, urges action from Ministry of Tribal AffairsIn a letter addressed to Jual Oram, Ramesh argued that the project proceeds in direct violation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) and the righ...
- 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 ...
- Assam allows oil exploration near hoolock gibbon habitat, proposal sent to Centre for considerationThe Assam government has approved an oil exploration project by the Vedanta group near Hoollongapar Gibbon Wildlife Sanctuary. The proposal...
- NGT seeks report on plea alleging diversion of forest land in Gurugram to IOCLA bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice A K Goel directed the Deputy Commissioner, Gurugram and the Divisional Forest Officer to enforce ...
- Study of afforestation projects shows 70% floutedA new study on more than 2,000 compensatory afforestation plantations across the country has found that 70% of the projects violated guidel...
- Forest rights groups demand amendment in compensatory afforestation lawHighlighting discrepancies in carrying out compensatory afforestation across the country, leading forest rights groups and tribal organisat...
- Jayanthi Natarajan forest land case: CBI hands over records to I-T departmentA team of the CBI and I-T officials reached Jayanthi Natarajan's residence in Chennai and handed over the records to the taxmen, highly-pla...
- Encroachment of Neb Sarai forest land continues despite National Green Tribunal demolish ordersInstead of demolishing the illegally built houses on the forest land in the nearly six months since the green court passed its order, const...
- RPower's Sasan power project got undue favour from MoEF: CAGRPower's Sasan power project received undue favour from the environment ministry that gave forest clearance to the project in violation of ...
- Wildlife Society of Odisha demands action against Odisha Mining CorporationOMC is yet to obtain clearance for diversion of 249.96 hectares or 625 acres of forest land for mining infrastructure and township in Keonj...
- Indian forests face threat from illegal encroachment: GovtAccording to a new government document, nearly 1.25 million hectares of ecologically fragile areas have been illegally occupied by humans.
- Odisha identifies 111 mining companies violating green normsMining in Odisha has virtually come to a grinding halt with the state government limiting iron ore mining only for captive consumption.
- Orissa's green scanner now hits Jindal Steel projectEnvironment Ministry has issued notice for beginning work without forest clearance.
- Ministry directs Orissa govt to stop work at Posco siteSouth Korean steelmaker Posco’s wait just got longer with the Union environment ministry directing Orissa government to stop all work at th...
- Central team says land acquisition by govt for Posco 'illegal'The Orissa government today began land acquisition for the proposed Rs 51,000 crore Posco steel project in Jagathsinghpur district, even as...
- Orissa locks horns with Centre; says Vedanta projects within lawIn sharp contrast to the Centre's assertion that Vedanta Resources' proposed mining project in Orissa's Niyamgiri hills violated green and ...
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