Mega nursery in J&K near Pakistan border all set to cater to local fruit growers this monsoonAhead of monsoon, a mega nursery of fruit plants set up by the Jammu and Kashmir horticulture department near the India-Pakistan border fen...
04 Jun, 2023, 03.36 PM IST
Amit Shah calls to make Ahmedabad world's greenest cityUnion Home Minister Amit Shah planted tree saplings in Ahmedabad and appealed to citizens to make it the city with the largest green cover ...
22 Jun, 2021, 01.23 PM IST
Over 1.89 lakh trees cut for Bundelkhand expresswayThe 296-km long four-lane road will connect Etawah to Chitrakoot and Uttar Pradesh districts to the National Capital Region via the Yamuna ...
23 Dec, 2020, 11.29 AM IST
Delhi government issues advisory in view of possible locust attackAgriculture Department Joint Director A P Saini in an advisory issued on Wednesday asked the authorities to organise awareness programmes f...
29 May, 2020, 05.24 PM IST
PM’s scientific advisor to prepare plan to assess Jal Shakti AbhiyanPrincipal scientific advisor to the PM, Dr Vijay Raghavan will help develop clear measurable indices and parameters for four desired outcom...
03 Aug, 2019, 07.39 AM IST
BSF plants 4 lakh saplings in a day, aims to enter LIMCA book of recordsBSF today made a daunting second-time effort to enter record books by planting four lakh saplings across the country in a single day.
11 Jul, 2018, 05.15 PM IST
Plant saplings on environment day, wake up a year laterThe Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP), which claims to have planted 1.20 lakh saplings last year, has no proper data on the species...
11 Jun, 2018, 08.03 PM IST
Rajasthan to launch country's first indigenous olive oil brand"The state will be launching its olive oil under the brand 'Raj Olive Oil' at the Global Rajasthan Agri-tech Meet (GRAM)," state Agricultur...
23 Oct, 2016, 11.04 AM IST
CM Chandrababu Naidu launches 'Mission Harita Andhra Pradesh'The state government would also establish a tree bank and come out with a white paper and an action plan for implementation of the Mission ...
29 Jul, 2016, 01.46 PM IST
Tiruppur in TN plants 1.25 lakh saplings in 100 days to fight global warmingIn an attempt to reduce global warming, residents of Tiruppur have planted 1.25 lakh saplings in 100 days. Vetry — a non-governmental organ...
13 Dec, 2015, 06.57 PM IST
Jayalalithaa turns 67While special prayers at religious places were conducted, mass marriages and welfare activities also marked the day.
24 Feb, 2015, 05.01 PM IST
- Tree helpline back soon in new avatar
The defunct tree helpline will now give way to a more holistic green helpline. The government is pondering changes to the existing set-up t...
22 May, 2013, 02.27 AM IST
- Students in Kochi to plant four lakh seedlings on Environment Day
The district social forestry division will plant four lakh seedlings of 15 different tree species with the help of students in the city to ...
05 Jun, 2012, 09.34 AM IST
- Lucknow set for a greener look
Come July and the city is set to get greener. The Lucknow Municipal Corporation in association with Sahara India Parivar will plant four la...
03 Jul, 2011, 06.56 AM IST
- Kerala Social forestry gets UN recognition
A host of afforestation programmes taken up by the Kerala government in the last four years has received United Nations' recognition.
04 Dec, 2010, 05.31 PM IST
- Over 5 lakh saplings to be planted in Bangalore this year
The Karnataka government proposed to plant five lakh saplings in and around Bangalore this year to mitigate the effects of rapid urbanizati...
20 May, 2010, 04.03 PM IST
- SBI to provide assistance of Rs 100 crore to Dhunseri group
The country's largest public sector bank will provide Rs 100 crore financial assistance to the project, which will create 7,000-odd jobs wh...
19 Jan, 2009, 07.07 PM IST