85-year-old woman cries bitterly as tree she cared for 20 years is illegally cut, even Kiren Rijiju shares the "heart-wrenching" videoAn elderly woman's sorrow over a peepal tree she nurtured for two decades has sparked outrage. The tree was illegally cut down in Sara Gond...
12 Oct, 2025, 08.08 PM IST
India's real Pushpa? SC slaps man with Rs 4.54 crore fine for illegal cutting over 400 treesThe Supreme Court has fined a man Rs 4.57 crore for illegally cutting down 454 trees in the protected Taj Trapezium Zone. The court emphasi...
26 Mar, 2025, 09.46 AM IST
AAP's Saurabh Bhardwaj accuses Delhi LG of visiting ridge forest area where illegal cutting of trees happenedAAP leader Saurabh Bhardwaj claimed Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena visited sites where trees were illegally felled and gave instructio...
26 Aug, 2024, 11.34 AM IST
Should've been told on first day LG gave order to cut trees: SC on tree felling in ridgeThe Supreme Court expressed concern over attempts to conceal the involvement of Delhi LG V K Saxena in the felling of trees in the ridge ar...
12 Jul, 2024, 06.51 PM IST
"Delhi Govt takes firm stand," says Environment Ministry after SC reprimands over illegal trees cutAfter the Supreme Court reprimanded the Delhi government for the illegal felling of 1,100 trees in South Delhi's Reserve Forest Area withou...
27 Jun, 2024, 07.01 AM IST
SC directs Delhi govt, civic agencies to convene meet to discuss ways to increase city's green coverThe Supreme Court closely monitors tree felling in Delhi, demanding accountability and tree planting for unauthorized actions, emphasizing ...
26 Jun, 2024, 03.47 PM IST
ED issues fresh summons to Uttarakhand Congress leader Harak Singh RawatHarak Singh Rawat, former Uttarakhand minister, summoned by ED for a money laundering case linked to illegal forest land occupation in Corb...
28 Mar, 2024, 09.33 AM IST
Delhi Metro: 44,186 trees felled, 7,923 transplanted since Phase 1 work began in 1998During the construction of Phase 1, which commenced in 1998 and concluded in 2005, the DMRC cut down 13,858 trees and transplanted 3,584 tr...
25 Jul, 2023, 07.01 PM IST
Three trees cut every hour in past three years, Delhi HC toldJustice Najmi Waziri, who was hearing a contempt case concerning the preservation of trees in the city, was informed that as per an affidav...
11 Jul, 2022, 06.09 PM IST
At least 3 trees felled every hour in Delhi in last 3 years: Government dataOfficials allowed agencies to cut or transplant 29,946 trees under section 9 of the Delhi Preservation of Trees Act (DPTA) and 47,474 trees...
06 Jun, 2022, 05.01 PM IST
NGT asks builder to pay Rs 40 lakh for 'environmental damage'It asked the municipal council to restore the destroyed recreation ground and hill side at the Vikas Valley housing society at Khandala nea...
03 Mar, 2017, 12.48 PM IST
Pune NGT asks builder to pay Rs 40 lakh for 'environmental damage'03 Mar, 2017, 12.16 PM IST
NGT raps Delhi government over unauthorised constructions in South DelhiThe National Green Tribunal has rapped Delhi government, including the Public Works Department, over unauthorised constructions being carri...
13 Mar, 2015, 04.50 PM IST
- Green tribunal stays tree-cutting in eco-sensitive Western Ghats
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has stayed the further cutting of trees and called for a halt on illegal mining on a 32-acre plot of land...
25 Feb, 2014, 06.42 AM IST
- 33 proposals for nod to cut 137 trees
Of the 60-odd proposals to be discussed at the Thane Municipal Corporation's general body meeting on Monday, 33 want the sanction to cut tr...
17 Aug, 2013, 02.05 AM IST
- Government to review pending cases of illegal tree cutting
The forest department is reviewing all pending cases regarding illegal tree felling in Goa in a bid to expedite these and the department is...
25 Apr, 2013, 03.32 AM IST
- Maharashtra forests lose 13 lakh trees in 8 years
Over 13 lakh trees have been illegally cut in state-owned forests since 2005, depriving Maharashtra of its precious forest wealth.
14 Apr, 2013, 03.59 AM IST