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 …
Mohamed Imranullah S. MADURAI: The Madras High Court Bench here has issued notice to Debendranath Sarangi, Principal Secretary, Department of Environment and Forests; A.S. Balanathan, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, and M. Vallalar, Dindigul Collector, in a contempt of court petition filed against them. S. Jayachandran, an environmental activist from …
The High Court has directed the State government to issue transit pass for transportation of minerals to Kumaraswamy Mineral Exports Private Limited. The company has a 20-year lease on 82.55 hectares of land in Yeshwantnagar in Sandur taluk for mining. In 2009, the Forest Department alleged that the company had …
The Kanan Devan Hills Plantations Ltd, a Tata arm managing tea estates in Munnar, petitioned the Kerala High Court on Thursday against the Idukki District Collector
JOWAI: The Executive Committee (EC) of the Jaintia Hill Autonomous District Council (JHADC) has decided to take strong action against 30 individuals mostly coal businessmen who had encroached into the forest land of the District Council called Kya-Chitang located at Soo-kilo under Sutnga Elaka in Jaintia Hills District. These individuals …
The JD(S) members in the Assembly made a vain bid to raise the issue of alleged encroachment of 400 acres of forest land by Ramachandrapur Mutt. H D Revanna and H C Balakrishna (JDS) said the Mutt had violated rules by encroaching forest land in Hosadu village of Honnavar taluk …
A comprehensive analysis of the Godavarman case instituted to address timber felling in the Nilgiri range of Tamil Nadu. Each and every order and its implications at state and national level has been analysed, to bring out not only the complexity of forest conservation in the country but also highlight …
Debdas Thakur The tribals have survived not because of the state but in spite of it. For years, they lived in the legal twilight zone In 2002, the Centre ordered the eviction of all tribal encroachers on forest areas within five months. Forest officials burnt village after village in Madhya …
Despite court orders, Jahanpanah forest is yet to get boundary wall. Walkers say delay is helping encroachers Dipak Kumar Dash | TNN Even as Delhi Development Authority (DDA) claims to have taken measures to increase the city
Even as the Centre awaits a report from it on the proposed YSR memorial, the Andhra Pradesh government has gone ahead with the project inviting consultants for its execution in a protected sanctuary housing endangered tigers in Nallamala forests. Two days ago, the state called for expressions of interest (EoI) …
A white ibis at Udhwa Bird Sanctuary in Rajmahal. Picture by Anant Kumar Roy Rajmahal, Nov. 6: Rampant encroachment is threatening the very existence of Jharkhand
New Delhi: The Delhi government on Thursday received bouquets and brickbats from Union minister for environment and forest Jairam Ramesh. While he praised officials for combating climate change and coming out with such a detailed and focussed agenda, the minister punched a hole in the government
Pune Inquiry ordered in May was delayed due to elections The probe involving large-scale irregularities in allotment of forest land in Pune will now pick up speed with the Lok Sabha polls in April and Assembly polls being over. In May, the state government had ordered the inquiry to find …
KOKRAJHAR, Oct 11: The destruction of forests in Bodoland area by the smugglers and encroachers through certain force or weak stand of the departmental officials is taking place although various measures have been formulated by the concerned department by involving the NGOs. Following the conference of the 2nd Asia Pacific …
The Divisional Forest Officer here has served a show-cause notice on Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL), which is setting up a six-million tonne steel plant here, for alleged violation of central guidelines on initiating construction activities on non-forest land. Issued on October 5, it directed the company to stop …
Mumbai: Taking advantage of the laxity of civic officials and the police during elections, virgin mangrove lands near Kandarpada, Dahisar, are being reclaimed to build illegal shanties and industrial units. The reclaimed land is part of the mangroves that extend up to the Gorai creek and is among the last …
