Shillong: Meghalaya Forest Department on Sunday blamed the depletion of forest cover for the increasing man-elephant conflict in the state and in Garo and Khasi hill regions of the bordering Assam. At least 15 people have been killed by marauding elephants in the State alone in the last five years.
An awareness camp on orchid plantation was organised on recently at Hahara, Sonapur under Dimoria Development Block by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi, under the Women Scientist Programme and Department of Bio-Technology of Gauhati University in association with Emergent Development Society, an NGO.
DIBRUGARH, April 26: The loud calls of a hoolock gibbon break the silence that sits heavily on the surroundings. Holding on to a tree branch with one long arm, the animal reaches out for a peeled orange offered by a child, who is visiting the Singpho Ecolodge with his parents, and goes on to eat it neatly.
ONGC, Assam Asset recently promoted agricultural entrepreneurship to distribute saplings, seeds and fertilizers to register participants at Bihu Pandal, ONGC Colony, Sivasagar and Geleki College, Geleki.
PALAKKAD: Is the Forest Department planning to hand over the 351.36-acre Thoothampara Estate in Nelliampathy to the Plantation Corporation of Kerala with the ulterior aim of weakening its case legally? This may lead to the estate landing back in the hands of private estate owners.
At least 200 people were attacked with diarrhoea, pneumonia, jaundice and other water-borne diseases in nine upazilas in last three days. The diseases have broken out rapidly due to scorching heat in last few days, Civil Surgeon's Office sources said. Children and elderly people are the worst sufferers, they said.
KOZHIKODE: Forest Minister Benoy Viswom has said the State Government would take steps to amend Ecologically Fragile Land (EFL) Act once the model code of conduct imposed by the election is revoked.
M K Sunil Kumar KOCHI: The city will start to stink soon if the row between the Kochi Corporation and the Andhra Pradesh Technical Development Corporation carries on. The Corporation authorities have not taken any steps to take over the Brahmapuram plant which is the only solution for the city
R Haldorai Green activists have opposed political support for encroachers as they have reduced green cover in the Nilgiris
Pune Various social organisations have decided to oppose the civic administration proposal seeking four Floor Space Indices (FSI) within 500 m of proposed Metro corridor and BRT route for generating funds for Metro rail project in the city.
Bookings for the Nano have failed to keep pace with the initial hype. Forms have not sold out and city dealers are waiting for Tata Motors to come up with official figures in the next two or three days.
Chief Justice of India Justice KG Balakrishnan today said that onus is on the Government, administration, volunteers and the non-government organisations (NGOs) to effectively implement the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), 2005 in the North-east, which would go a long way in improving the condition of the rural population in the region.
Promoting environmentally sustainable transport (EST) is a must to mitigate adverse environmental and health impact in the city, said the speakers at a national workshop and policy dialogue yesterday. The EST includes non-motorised vehicles, bicycles, pedestrianisation schemes and vehicles with less emission of pollutants, they added.
Mumbai City's hope of getting a landfill site to accommodate the 6,000 tonnes garbage it disposes each day seems to be fast diminishing with environmentalists opposing the BMC
Industrial pollution goes unabated on docile action Soft attitude of the government towards polluters and lack of awareness among city dwellers have literally left dead all the rivers and other surface waters in and around the capital.
Union Minister says BJP has taken a cue from Congress
A panel of medical specialists speaks to a gathering of senior citizens National Coordinator of National Alliance of Senior Citizens Association of India K.R. Gangadharan (right), explaining a point to Health Secretary V.K. Subburaj at a workshop on seniors
R. Arivanantham strong backing: AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa addressing an election meeting in Dharmapuri on Sunday. PMK candidate R. Senthil is in the picture.
