Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Nizamuddin Qureshi Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 26/05/2015 regarding grant of permission to construct a hotel on the land situated in Village Alanpur, District Sawaimadhopur, Rajasthan.
Rains and hailstorms lashed the state of Rajasthan killing 12 people and damaging Rabi crops in the last 24 hours, officials said today. 12 people were also injured in separate rain-related incidents besides scores of cattle perishing in the thunderstorms, they said. Six people were killed in Bundi district, two …
The decision to reduce penalties under Rajasthan Forest (amendment) Act, 2012 by the cabinet on Thursday has opened backdoor entry for mine mafias to grab depleting forest land. The cabinet restored the original penalties under Section 26 and 33 to Rs 500 from Rs 25,000 for cutting, felling or destroying …
Heavy rain lashed several places on Tuesday with at least 5 districts witnessing flood-like situation due to excessive rain in the past one week. Normal life continued to remain affected in Kota, Jhalawar, Baran, Bundi, Tonk, Dholpur, Karauli and Sawai Madhopur districts. Siwana(Barmer) received a rain of 190 mm on …
To revive the population of big cats in Sariska national park in Rajasthan's Alwar district, one tigress will be relocated there tomorrow from Ranthambore national park, state forest and environment minister Bina Kak said. "A 2-year-old tigress will be relocated to Sariska by road in the morning tomorrow. Preparations have …
JAIPUR: Residents of Pink City woke up to the coldest morning of the season on Monday when the city recorded a minimum temperature of 2.3 degrees Celsius, almost 5 degrees below the normal minimum. In most places of the state, shivering cold conditions threw life out of normal gear with …
Jodhpur: The vulture population at two most important congregation sites of the bird (which is now endangered) in the state is going down. One site is in Jodhpur, where vultures, especially migratory ones, are decreasing due to unavailability of carcasses; while the second site is in Bikaner where these birds …
A mutilated, maggot-eaten carcass of a tiger was recovered the Gilai Saga-Khadar area of the Ranthambore tiger reserve in Sawai Madhopur district on Sunday morning. Officials claimed that the tiger, suspected to be male tiger T-27, died in a territorial fight but activists do not rule out the possibilities of …
With loss of habitat and rising incidents of human-bear conflicts plaguing the sloth bear population in Rajasthan, the state government has drawn up an ambitious conservation plan for the nocturnal animal. During a recent survey conducted by the Wildlife Trust of India, the sloth bear population was found to be …
JAIPUR: It was the end of a long wait for tourists, hoteliers, tour operations and the entire town of Sawai Madhopur as the gates of Ranthambore National Park was opened for tourists on Wednesday morning. Excitement was palpable as the first vehicle moved into the green forest. According to sources, …
More tigers are being introduced in Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan’s Alwar district this monsoon under the recovery plan of the tiger habitat which lost all its big cats to alleged poaching some time in 2004-5. Most of the six tigers reintroduced in the past four years, starting with the …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan government, for the first time, is experimenting with scientific ways for maintaining land records in the state. Under the national land records modernization programme, the settlement department has initiated a landmapping project with the use of Electronic Total Station (ETS) technique and is planning to later use …
One of India's iconic tiger reserves is emblematic of its efforts to save the big cat Preserving India's wild tigers has become a popular cause today. Most people might never see a wild tiger, but they fully support measures to save it. They are aware that, in spite of several …
This time it is not merely crying wolf! The Indian Gray Wolf, inhabiting scrub lands and the ravines along the banks of the Central Indian rivers, needs protection. The immediate threat to the Indian wolf ( Canis lupus pallipes ), found along the banks of the Yamuna, Chambal, Banas and …
The Rajasthan Cabinet on Wednesday cleared the environmentally significant proposal to develop the Rajiv Gandhi Biosphere Reserve linking about a dozen wildlife sanctuaries and the prestigious Ranthambhore National Park. In what should be considered a milestone in environment protection, the biosphere would facilitate movement of tigers and other wildlife in …
‘Broken Tail’ Was Based On A Strayed Cub Jaipur: In a rare laurel for Ranthambore National Park, a documentary film on a tiger at the park has recently won three awards including that of the ‘best film award’ at a film festival in Jackson Hole, US. The film christened ‘Broken …
Kolkata: On her last legs, Machli — often called Ranthambore’s matriarch for presiding over a majestic legacy of over a decade — can still make a tiger-lover crave for her glimpse. But her offsprings in the 400-500 sq km tiger abode in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district face a genetic threat …
JAIPUR: It was a happy reunion for tigress T-5 and her cubs on Friday morning at the Ranthambore national park. Timely action saved them from death. Out for photography at the park, state tourism minister Beena Kak on Thursday spotted the three with the help of the powerful camera. "The …
Jaipur: Rajasthan minister Ashok Bairwa has come under fire from animal rights activists after he reportedly staged a snake dance at a fair at Sawai Madhopur on September 15. Alleging that the forest department did not initiate action against Bairwa as he is a minister,
The Rajasthan Government on Thursday declared 2,381 villages in 10 districts as scarcity-hit following extensive damage to rabi crops caused by frost and cold wave earlier this year. The maximum number of 1,722 such villages are in Jaipur, followed by 249 in Sriganganagar, 178 in Jhalawar, 103 in Tonk, 43 …
