Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
A joint statement on the Government's decision regarding Vedanta. A recent decision by Mr. Jairam Ramesh, [Union] Minister [of State] for Environment and Forests banning the mining of Bauxite in the Niyamgiri hill of Kalahandi district in Orissa (which is home to Tribal communities) by Vedanta Resources is a matter …
P Raghavan The refusal of bauxite mining rights at Niyamgiri in Orissa marks a major turning point in the battle for natural resources in India. The clash between the investors, who argue about the need for tapping the rich potential of India
Following the suggestion of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh, the Uttarakhand Government has decided to constitute a Jim Corbett Tiger Trust headed by Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and other 15-20 members. The Jim Corbett National Park is going to complete its 75 …
Medicinal plants are one of the important components of the forests of Himalaya and grow in different communities and group of species. The herb communities were studied mainly in Oak and Oak mixed forests of Uttarakhand Himalaya.
R Krishna Das / Raipur August 30, 2010, 0:05 IST Posts a growth rate of 11.49 per cent, surpasses Gujarat. Chhattisgarh, often considered a hot-bed of left wing extremism, has emerged as the state with the highest economic growth in the last financial year. The state, which was carved out …
THERE is bad news for root-cause theorists in civil society. In what marks a setback for their claims that lack of growth is the principal reason for the Maoist problem, Chhattisgarh, the state which is considered the epicentre of Maoist activities, has posted the highest growth rate. What is bad …
The current focus is on the dwindling tiger population but here's another big cat that is coming under the gun, literally. The hill state of Uttarakhand, once a safe haven for wildlife, has lost an incredible 535 leopards in the past decade, turning it into a graveyard for the graceful …
Rapid visual screening technique has been resorted to for assessing seismic vulnerability and risk in the Himalayan township of Mussoorie that falls in Zone IV of the Earthquake Zoning Map of India.
In what could be the first for the country, the government today said NTPC would be duly compensated for the cancellation of its 600-mega watt (Mw) hydropower project at Loharinag Pala in Uttarakhand. The compensation could run into Rs 1,000 crore.Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde today said a Cabinet note …
New Delhi: After the intervention of the Congress leadership, the Centre on Friday reversed its earlier decision and ordered closure of the 600 MW Loharinag Pala hydroelectric project on the Bhagirathi river, a tributary of the Ganga. Citing ecological impacts, the government
PROTESTS by environmentalists, religious and social leaders has forced the government to reconsider its decision to continue with Loharinag Pala project on the Bhaghirathi river in Uttarakhand. The government on Friday decided to scrap the NTPC
Dehradun: A day after 18 students died as their school building caved in following landslides, the state government on Friday decided to relocate 101 villages situated in extremely dangerous and seismologically sensitive places across Garhwal and Kumaon regions. Chief minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said in Bageshwar that the government had …
At least 18 children, all below the age of 10, died this morning after a landslide triggered by a cloudburst struck a primary school building in the hills of Bageshwar in Uttarakhand. Thirty students and two teachers were in the school at the time of the incident. Eight injured children …
AN INDEFINITE fast and protests are back at Loharinag Pala dam site on the Bhagirathi river, a key tributary of the Ganga in Uttarakhand, as the government decided to revive a 600 MW hydroelectric project on the recommendations of a Group of Ministers (GoM). The GoM said the dam, when …
The increasing demand for new states raises a number of questions with regard to the well-being of India’s federal democratic polity. There are four measures that must be considered while devising any framework to address the issue of federal reorganisation. These are: the constitution of a permanent State Reorganisation Commission, …
