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  • Forest fires put out

    Several incidents of fire were reported in three famous national parks of Uttaranchal but they were put out and no harm was done to wild animals, officials said. There was no cause for concern as the

  • Orissa MLAs urge CM to curb timber mafia

    Alarmed by the rapid disappearance of the State's green cover as many as 17 MLAs have urged Chief Minister, Navin Patnaik to invoke the provisions of National Security Act (NSA) to check the menace

  • Delhi 15th among states in tree cover

    Even as Delhi has registered an increase in the forest cover as compared to the last year, the capital city sitll ranks 15th among all the states and Union Territories in respect of percentage of

  • Officials booked for 'aiding' encroachment in forest area

    The Enforcement Department has registered a case under the prevention of Corruption Act against officers of the forest, revenue, irrigation and public health, state electricity board and the

  • Armymen blamed for destroying forest in Dadeldhura

    The RNA personnel of a barrack at Jogbudha VDC (Nepal) fell over 2000 sal trees, according to sources of the forest consumer committee. This has deeply hurt the members of the community forests in

  • CM launches two websites

    Two new websites, one for the State Forests Department and the other for the State Environment Department, were launched by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on the occassion of World

  • State bags three forestry awards

    The Andhra Pradesh bagged three out of the four cash awards presented by the Dehradun based Indian Council of forestry research and education, an autonomous organisation under the Union ministry of

  • Smoking banned in HP village

    High on the mountains about 35 km from Reckong Peo, headquarters fo the Kinnaur district, a small village beaten by high-velocity winds is a non-smoking area. In an age where people don't smoke for

  • A ray of hope

    The setting up of the central empowered committee by the Supreme Court would aid groups battling to save India's vanishing

  • Delhi's forest cover increases

    Latest available figures show that the greening of Delhi is paying off, with the total forest cover reaching an impressive 10.15 per cent. India's capital city Delhi is turning over a new leaf,

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