NASHIK: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Western Zone, Pune, has ordered the respondents in the fly-ash case to comply with its orders within three weeks or else face consequences. The tribunal passed
May set up panel to review the Act establishing it, say sources The Ministry of Environment & Forests (MoEF) plans to amend the National Green Tribunal Act, which was passed during the United Progressive
The Prime Minister's Office has asked the environment ministry to relax the clauses in the relevant laws to speed up clearances for road projects. It also told the road ministry that the National Highways
The ashram of controversial self-styled godman Asaram Bapu in the ecologically sensitive central ridge of the capital has a "large number" of illegal constructions, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) was
This will be the American company's first project in India US-based First Solar Inc (FSLR), a thin film solar module manufacturer and developer of solar projects worldwide, plans to build a 45-Mw
Decision Taken After Protests By Model Colony Residents The proposal to cut down about 50 trees in the Model colony area will be scrapped following protests from the citizens. The decision was taken at
Noted ecologist and Western Ghats expert Madhav Gadgil said the usage of earthmoving machinery for creating terraces for cultivation must be avoided in ecologically sensitive areas like Malin. The Union
More than 100 people engaged in illegal mining of sand from a riverbed on the outskirts of Puducherry town threatened an environmental activist to withdraw a case filed by him with the National Green Tribunal
NAGPUR: In an attempt to encourage people to take up massive tree plantations outside natural forests, the ministry of environment, forests and climate change has called on states to liberalize felling
The city's water woes continues to affect people as steps initiated to streamline the supply have met with opposition from the interests that are supported by elected representatives, including corporators,
“We can make a breakthrough in the field of regeneration of organs” A research being conducted on the Manonmaniam Sundaranar University (MSU) campus here on the earthworm’s regenerative capacity and
The High Court on Tuesday directed the tahsildar, Bangalore South, to clear encroachments around Sarakki lake in Jaraganahalli, Sarakki and Puttenahalli villages within six weeks The High Court on Tuesday
Swollen tributaries of Ganga and Yamuna have raised flood fear in the city. People have already started shifting to safer places. Farmers of low-lying areas of Phaphamau, including Phaphamau village, Morhu,
Sambalpur/Jharsuguda/BALASORE: The flood situation in Sambalpur and Jharsuguda districts remained grim even as rain stopped towards the evening on Tuesday. Traffic between Sambalpur and Rourkela was
ERODE: More than 100 people including women and children fell ill with a mysterious fever in Kadambur, a forest hamlet in Sathyamangalam reserve forest in Erode district. According to villagers, they have
BEIJING: China's smog-plagued capital has announced plans to ban the use of coal by the end of 2020 as the country fights deadly levels of pollution, especially in major cities. Beijing's municipal
LONDON: Researchers believe that eating less meat would protect water resources in dry areas around the world. Reducing the use of animal products can have a considerable impact on areas suffering scarce
Despite Kaziranga National Park's mounting notoriety as a poaching haven, not a single poacher has been convicted since 2009. The unscientific way of collecting evidence, lack of coordination among security
INDORE: Alarmed with the depleting ground water level in Madhya Pradesh, the government has rolled in surface water-based group drinking water schemes. State Water Corporation is working towards giving
JAIPUR: There has been a slow but steady deforestation in the state converting areas categorised as moderately dense forest (MDF) into open forest (OF). Moderately dense forest is defined as areas where
