Assam eyes multiple world records with plantation driveAssam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that around 1.46 crore seedlings of 53 commercially valuable species have been mobilized of w...
06 Sep, 2023, 11.31 PM IST
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma assures of co-operation to Deputy CommissionersSarma took stock of the progresses of various ongoing and upcoming policies such as Amrit Brikkha Andolan, Khel Maharan, Assam Sanskritic M...
27 Aug, 2023, 09.31 PM IST
State govts, oil palm firms launch mega drive till Aug 12 to increase oil palm cultivationOil palm cultivation is being promoted under the central scheme National Mission for Edible Oils- Oil Palm which was launched in August 202...
30 Jul, 2023, 08.39 PM IST
Assam CM seeks govt help for procuring 1 cr saplings for plantation under PM's LiFE MissionAssam Chief Minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma met with Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav to seek help ...
15 Jul, 2023, 05.58 PM IST
Chhattisgarh: Cops launch mega plantation drive in Naxal-hit Bastar 'to connect with nature, locals'The nine-day long plantation drive named 'Pothla Uraskana', which means 'plantation festival' in Gondi dialect, was rolled out on Sunday, a...
01 Aug, 2021, 10.08 PM IST
Assam govt to undertake drone surveys for verifying authenticity of tree plantation programmesAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma attended the mega plantation programme synchronising with 72nd Van Mahotsav week organised by Envi...
08 Jul, 2021, 01.22 AM IST
Delhi govt to celebrate 'Van Mahotsav' from June 26-July 11: Gopal RaiUrging Delhiites to join the drive, Environment minister Rai said, "The government under the leadership of Chief Minister Arvind Kehriwal h...
05 Jun, 2021, 04.22 PM IST
India at good position in Covid-19 battle: Amit Shah"The world is seeing that if a successful battle has been fought anywhere across the globe against the coronavirus it is India under the le...
12 Jul, 2020, 01.23 PM IST
Delhi govt will work with neighbouring states to deal with air pollution problem in winters: RaiThe plantation drive is expected to increase the city's green cover from 325 square kilometres at present to 350 sq km by 2021, which will ...
10 Jul, 2020, 03.15 PM IST
Government in huddle as fragrance of Chinese agarbattis spreads far and wideHigh-level meeting to chart revival path for indigenous industry.
29 Aug, 2019, 08.14 AM IST
Kejriwal launches mega drive to plant 5 lakh saplings in a dayOfficials said around one lakh students and residents are participating in the campaign at 600 locations across the city to fight air pollu...
08 Sep, 2018, 01.45 PM IST
No politics, tweets for Digvijaya Singh for next six monthsAccording to sources in Congress, Digvijaya Singh is undertaking this arduous exercise on the advice of the Shankaracharya.
30 Sep, 2017, 09.43 PM IST
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis makes conciliatory gesture towards Shiv SenaOn the occasion, Fadnavis said that he has put soil and water to the tree planted by Thackeray and this will convey the "right message".
02 Jul, 2016, 01.17 PM IST
- A fragrant solution to Shahdara's stench?
For the first time in India, an IIT has been asked to conduct a study on how greenery affects stench and toxic fumes emanating from effluen...
17 Jul, 2015, 02.33 AM IST
Govt to kick off mega plantation driveWith Rs 38,000 crore set to be unlocked under a proposed law for increasing India’s green cover over the next few years, the Centre is plan...
25 May, 2015, 04.24 AM IST
Green initiative: Pune township takes up 'urban agriculture'A unique concept of "urban agriculture" is taking shape on a massive stretch of land in a mega township which is part of the burgeoning met...
08 Jun, 2013, 11.02 AM IST
Government not to acquire land for Posco from Patana villageOdisha government has decided not to acquire any area for now at Patana village where three anti-Posco activists died while allegedly makin...
06 Mar, 2013, 03.59 PM IST