Back from brink: India's vultures stage comeback as captive-breeding, release efforts gather paceVultures are making a comeback in India after a two-decade decline, with over 700 birds bred in captivity and released into protected tiger...
31 May, 2026, 09.25 AM IST
Classroom by day, cowshed by night: No toilets, drinking water in 19 schools near India's millennium city GurugramIn Haryana's Nuh, numerous government primary schools lack buildings, forcing children to learn in cattle sheds, open fields, and village c...
06 May, 2026, 02.47 PM IST
Maharashtra clears 83,904-acre govt land transfer to MMRDA for infrastructure pushMaharashtra has transferred 33,954 hectares of government land to MMRDA, enabling financial closure for its FY27 project pipeline. This str...
25 Mar, 2026, 11.57 PM IST
Maharashtra to send 50 leopards to Reliance Foundation's Vantara facility in Gujarat: SourcesThe Maharashtra government will transfer fifty leopards to the Vantara wildlife rescue and conservation centre in Jamnagar, Gujarat. This m...
06 Mar, 2026, 09.26 PM IST
IAS officer removed as Yogi Adityanath focuses on Mahakumbha 2025Manoj Singh, an IAS officer nearing retirement, was removed from his position as head of Uttar Pradesh's forest, environment, and climate c...
12 Nov, 2024, 11.45 PM IST
ED arrests former Punjab forest minister S S Dharamsot in money laundering caseThe investigation pertains to charges of "bribery" in the state forest department against the issuance of permits for tree felling and for ...
15 Jan, 2024, 08.39 PM IST
ED raids 2 ex-Punjab ministers; seizes documents, mobile phonesThe raids were conducted on November 30 in Punjab, Haryana and Delhi at the residential premises of Dharamsot, Giljian, their associates, f...
02 Dec, 2023, 01.52 PM IST
CIDCO transfers over 2,000 acres mangrove land to Maharashtra forest departmentOut of the total land parcels, nearly 690 acres of land is in the possession of CIDCO, and it has given no objection to the balance of 1,55...
28 May, 2022, 10.56 PM IST
CIDCO transfers 2,244-acre mangrove land to Maharashtra Forest DepartmentOut of the total land parcels, nearly 690 acres of land is in the possession of CIDCO and it has given no objection for the balance of 1,55...
25 May, 2022, 01.41 AM IST
NGT notice to HRD ministry, J&K govt over IIT campus in JammuThe transfer of 159 hectares of land to establish an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Jammu district has come under the scanner of N...
28 Mar, 2016, 03.29 PM IST
Rs 7.4 crore plan to relocate people 'trapped' in Kozhikode's forestsIn a first in the conservation history of the state, tribal development funds amounting to Rs 7.4 crore will be transferred to the forest d...
08 Jun, 2015, 04.14 AM IST
JKNPP accuses forest department of violating transfer policy normsJKNPP today accused the forest department of blatantly violating all norms of transfer policy formulated by the state government.
07 Jun, 2015, 05.39 PM IST
Maharashtra government to develop forests to increase revenue: Devendra FadnavisDevendra Fadnavis said government will focus on the development of forests to boost revenue income from the current Rs 150 crore to Rs 200 ...
21 Nov, 2014, 10.24 PM IST
- Compensate for Kutch Desert Wildlife Sanctuary land: Experts
The proposal for diverting sanctuary land for the canal project will be taken up at the first meeting of the newly-formed standing committe...
12 Aug, 2014, 12.30 PM IST
- Sariska Field Director transferred
After taking action against two officials of the forest and wildlife department of Sariska following the death of a relocated tiger, the Ra...
22 Nov, 2010, 02.08 PM IST
- Tribal councils, NGOs resolve to protect wildlife sanctary
A day-long consultation between forest officials and representatives of various Naga tribal councils and NGOs resolved to protect and conse...
29 Apr, 2008, 03.37 PM IST
- State fails to meet HC deadline on mangrove mapping
The Maharashtra government is all set to cut a sorry figure before the Bombay High Court for its failure to complete satellite mapping of m...
07 Aug, 2006, 12.58 AM IST