Karnataka's Minister of Environment has halted the handover of a forest area to a mining company, citing concerns over the felling of over ...

Arlekar said that though new dumps would not be allowed in the forest and protected areas, the state government is studying the amended MMD...

The FSI has, at the request of the ministry, conducted an assessment to determine how much of the forests should be kept out of bounds of m...

The environment ministry has already taken a slew of measures for coal production, the mainstay of India’s energy basket.

The Mahaan Sangharsh Samiti was formed to fight for the protection of the forest rights of people living in five villages of Amilia, Bandho...

The government's efforts to counter Maoists not withstanding, a key environment ministry panel has been proactive in recommending that mini...

The Forest Advisory Committee in its February meeting, recommended the diversion of 242 hectares of forest land in the Jhillingburu forest ...

Saranda is a sensitive area, which was under Maoist control for a decade before paramilitary forces seized control in 2011.

The work on the assessment of the forest areas where mining will not be allowed will only be taken up once the methodology suggested by the...

The Supreme Court allowed French cement giant Lafarge to mine limestone in the forests of the East Khasi hills in Meghalaya.

Coal mining will be allowed in Tara, Parsa East and Kante Basin blocks in Chhattisgarh.

SC allowed their firm, OMC, to resume mining operations.

Centre reminded K'taka govt in reserved forests, it has the last word.

The coal and the environment ministries have brought out a six-point agenda to make the process of forest and environment clearances faster...

Vedanta Aluminium and Korea’s Posco got a major reprieve on Friday after the Supreme Court cleared the decks for their mega projects in Ori...

An Indonesian conservation group said that the government should be ashamed for approving a decree allowing mining companies operating in t...

Companies, barred from exploiting forest land because of the government ban on deforestation, now have a window of opportunity.