Gauhati High Court (GHC) Chief Justice AK Goel and Justice NK Singh has asked the Kamrup (metro) Deputy Commissioner, Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and
The Cabinet approved the proposed Meghalaya Forest Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2012 to have clarity on the definition of the areas which would be considered as Forest. “We have decided to bring this
Nasa plans to send a new rover to Mars in 2020 as it prepares for a manned mission to the Red Planet, said the US space agency. The announcement came yesterday a day after Nasa released the results
At least 50 Great Cormorant migrant birds (file photo) have been found dead inside the Kaziranga National Park (KNP), a world heritage site, following which a probe has been ordered. The birds were
A traders’ group of Dergaon town in the adjoining Golaghat district has launched a campaign to keep the town clean and has started the same by procuring dustbins from a company at an affordable price to
The Union cabinet is likely to allow work on the 1,980MW NTPC power plant at North Karanpura to proceed after years of uncertainty over its fate. Work on the project in Hazaribagh district, first envisaged
After a gap of four years, roads in rural areas of the state will get a facelift under the Pradhan Mantri Grameen Sadak Yojna (PMGSY). Centre has sanctioned more than Rs 3,000 crore for construction of
The 3-judge Green Bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Aftab Alam is not sitting on Friday to take up the Goa mining matters, notwithstanding its ordering on Monday to list a writ petition of Sesa
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has been pulled up by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for "casually" granting environmental clearance for a mining project in reserved forest area
The forest and environment department of the Odisha government has asked Sterlite Energy (SEL), a Vedanta group company, to immediately deposit its contribution towards Odisha Environment Management Fund
China will spend 350 billion yuan ($56 billion) by 2015 to curb air pollution in major cities, the environmental watchdog said on Wednesday. Local governments will fund most of the programmes aimed
With the Parliament debate on foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail keeping the government on its toes, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan will give the global climate talks at Doha.
Developing countries have guarded interests of small farmers and concerns of food security by successfully resisting moves by the industrialised world to turn to agriculture for reducing emissions at the
India faces the risk of devastating drought as monsoon rains are likely to have a shortfall of 70% in the years ahead, as climate change shakes up global weather phenomena, recent research and experts
US, EU Refuse To Discuss How $100Bn Aid Will Be Provided An overnight diplomatic slugfest ended in a logjam as the US and EU refused to even discuss how they shall provide the promised $100 billion
The Union environment and forests minister Jayanthi Natarajan may not come to the climate talks but the Indian delegation here led by special secretary M Mehrishi has got the nod from the cabinet to draw
India should walk out of the Doha negotiations if equity is not made a part of the deal, says Sunita Narain in Doha. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and Ministry of Environment and Forests
Chief minister Akhilesh Yadav held a meeting of his cabinet colleagues on Tuesday to deliberate upon the proposals for approval related to government contribution to boost the handicraft industry, renaming
At least 43 villagers and soldiers drowned in a southern Philippine town today when torrents of water dumped by a powerful typhoon cascaded down a mountain, engulfing emergency shelters and an army truck,
The days when the gigantic Indian rivers — the Ganges, Indus and Brahmaputra — roar freely down the steep slopes of the Himalayas may be numbered.
