Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
NAGPUR: The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) decision to allow capture of 20 forest owlets in east and west Melghat divisions outside Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR) has come in for sharp criticism by former forest officials and conservationists. Forest owlet is listed as critically endangered by the International Union …
National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has notified Navegaon-Nagzira as fifth tiger reserve of the state and 46th of the country. The new reserve totals 655 sq km area spread over Bhandara and Gondia districts of Vidarbha. It comprises five protected areas (PAs) including Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary (152 sq km), New …
Poachers shot dead one more full-grown rhinoceros in Kaziranga National Park on Sunday night and took away its horn triggering fresh public protests against the unabated rhino poaching in the national park. A park official informed that an adult female rhino was shot dead and its horn was cut away …
NAGPUR: National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has notified Navegaon-Nagzira as fifth tiger reserve of the state and 46th of the country. The new reserve totals 655 sq km area spread over Bhandara and Gondia districts of Vidarbha. It comprises five protected areas (PAs) including Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary (152 sq km), …
National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has notified Navegaon-Nagzira as fifth tiger reserve of the state and 46th of the country. The new reserve totals 655 sq km area spread over Bhandara and Gondia districts of Vidarbha. It comprises five protected areas (PAs) including Nagzira Wildlife Sanctuary (152 sq km), New …
State May File Curative Plea Against Translocation Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government plans to file a curative petition seeking another look at the Supreme Court order of Tuesday which rejected the state government’s review petition against the April 15 apex court order allowing the translocation of some of Gir lions to …
MUMBAI: Following a nine month-long investigation authorized by the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) of circuses across the nation, the AWBI has decided to stop registration of elephants for performances under the Performing Animals Rules in view of the cruelty and abuse suffered by the animals. The investigation was …
Judgement of the High Court of Gujarat on the cutting of trees by the National Highways Authority of India, 14/10/2013 in the matter of Vikram Trivedi & vs Union Of India & Others. The petitioners are the owners of land bearing Survey/Block Nos.138, 137, 136 and 134 situated at Kajipura …
Perturbed over the rampant killing of rhinos in Assam, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi wondered that if the government could bring militancy under control, why not the poachers! He said that laws would be made more deterrent against poachers in the coming days. “We will bring in harsher laws against poachers,” …
The government order came last month for the declaration of the Kodaikanal Wildlife Sanctuary under Section 26 A1(b) of the Wildlife (Protection) Act , 1972. The new sanctuary with seven ranges would be formed with forest areas from Dindigul and Theni districts on the basis of a proposal sent by …
The livelihood of lakhs of fishing community people as well as lakhs of common villagers in the country may be jeopardized if a particular section of the latest amendment proposed to the Wildlife Protection ) Act by the Government of India gets the approval of the Parliament. This has been …
At a hearing in New Delhi on August 21 conducted by the the Mhadei water dispute tribunal, representatives from Goa, Maharashtra and Karnataka presented their case in the matter. The tribunal will hold the next hearing on October 21. At the Goa environment protection council meeting chaired by governor Bharat …
Cantonment, ATIRA campus, IIM-A campus, MG Science College, Shahibaugh, have the biggest vulture colony in the city. The monitoring under the provisional vulture safe zones (PVSZ) has revealed that in the urban areas in Ahmedabad and Kadi, the nesting sites were near the residential colonies. Kartik Shastri, trustee of Jivdaya …
The environment and forests ministry Monday introduced in the Rajya Sabha major amendments to the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 that seek heavier penalties to check wildlife-related crimes and aim to make Indian laws consistent with the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. The Wildlife …
: The proposed Gorewada international zoo and rescue centre projects in the city received a big boost after Supreme Court cleared both on Monday. Even though ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) had already approved them on May 20, recognition to zoo and rescue centre under Section 38H of the …
This Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2013, introduced by Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan in the Rajya Sabha on 5 August 2013, seeks to further amend the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. It has a provision of imprisonment up to seven years for poaching or hunting of wild animals.
Gujarat To Pitch Arguments Against The Translocation In 1st Panel Meeting Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government is all set to pitch its arguments against the translocation of the Asiatic lions before a 12-member committee at a meeting scheduled to be held in Delhi on Monday. The government will point out technical …
The Uttar Pradesh government has cleared housing projects and townships in Greater Noida West, formerly named Noida Extension, without considering key environmental parameters and the rich wildlife of the area, which has now all but vanished, concerned environmentalists here say. "The state's environment directorate has completely failed in discharging its …
The undulating semi-arid landscape of Badopal village, about 10km from Fatehabad town, is a haven for blackbucks. About 500 blackbucks, deers, neelgai (blue bull) and other species inhabit the area, which has abundant food and other sources necessary for the survival of these animals. However, this habitat faces an uncertain …
Grassland Is An Ideal Habitat For Breeding The forest department has counted 48 lesser floricans, the critically endangered smallest bustards of the world, in Velavadar Blackbuck National Park (BNP) in Bhavnagar district. The counting was done on Saturday and Sunday. According to assistant conservator of forests, BNP, D P Vaghela, …
