Order of the Supreme Court in the matter of Sugra Adiwasi & Others Vs Pathranand & Others dated 29/04/2025. The bench of Justice Pamidighantam Sri Narasimha and Justice Joymalya Bagchi directed the state of Madhya Pradesh as well as the central government through the the Ministries of Tribal Affairs and …
JAIPUR: There has been a slow but steady deforestation in the state converting areas categorised as moderately dense forest (MDF) into open forest (OF). Moderately dense forest is defined as areas where the tree density is 40% or more but less than 70%, while open forest are those land with …
Agartala: At least 76 people have died of malaria in the state during the past one and a half months, the state government on Sunday said. The deaths occurred mostly in the tribal dominated areas since mid-June till date, Health and Family Welfare Minister Badal Chowdhury told reporters here. “Insurgency …
Indigenous people crossed from Peru into Brazil looking for help to combat illegal loggers and drug traffickers, researchers say Isolated native people likely to be fleeing attacks in Peru have turned up in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest where they made contact with the outside world, according to a video released by …
At least 20 people were killed when a landslide triggered by heavy rain flattened Malin village, 110 km from Pune city, on Wednesday morning. Officials said the death toll was expected to mount as at least 150 people were missing after the landslide, which struck in the early hours when …
Revised rules may dilute existing norms, fear civil rights bodies The World Bank is set to revise its safeguard policies for lending, which, if implemented, will ensure that the projects that the Bank is funding follow norms to protect environment and vulnerable communities. But, the civil rights organisations feel that …
Driven to desperation, a crowd of over 300 agitated local tribals protested and pelted stones at forest officer's residence when elephants destroyed houses of more than three families at Dharamjaigarh block in Raigarh district late on Saturday. About six people were arrested after the protest. Tribals have been bearing the …
Tribal school has been exposed to chimney smoke, fly ash, factory waste Sandwiched between a rice mill and a stretch of National Highway-34, a tribal school in Murshidabad district has been perpetually exposed to chimney smoke, fly ash, stench of factory waste and filthy surroundings. Neherunagar Adibasi High School at …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on organic farming in tribal areas, 25/07/2014. One among the question asked was "whether Government has developed any programme for the development of organic farming in the tribal majority and forest dweller areas, especially in Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal".
Leaders of several Adivasi (tribal) organizations and members of the Adivasi Sarpanches Organization (ASO) staged a dharna in front of the district collector’s office here and beset the road for a while on Wednesday in protest against the passage of the Polavaram Bill by Parliament to facilitate the transfer of …
Two-month long malaria epidemic in Tripura’s rural districts is now under control. However, hundreds of people are still being detected with the disease. The situation which went out of control improved with the help of NGOs and volunteers who worked alongside official teams in affected areas. “It was a fight …
Amid Parliament passing the controversial bill on Polavaram project, BJP government in Chhattisgarh is now facing a piquant situation in taking a politically correct stand on the project that would submerge vast tract of land and displace a large number of tribals in state's southern tip. "So far the state …
Dudhwa National park have for the first time adopted the zero tolerance approach for the wildlife crimes in a bid to check Wildlife crime. Talking to “The Pioneer Deputy Director Dudhwa VK Singh said that this was the first time that they had adopted the approach which he said would …
Opposition Congress and BJP in Odisha today alleged that BJD government lacked adequate information on the controversial Polavaram project and demanded a white paper on it. "We are totally in the dark as to how the Polavaram project will affect the state. We do not exactly know how much land …
Latest FSI Report Says Kerala Is Amongst The Few States That Managed To Increase Forest Cover, But Environmentalists Say It Could Be Plantations First the good news. Kerala is one of the few states in the country which has managed to increase its forest cover substantially in the last two …
The controversial Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill that allows transfer of seven mandals from Telangana to Andhra Pradesh is just a step away from being enacted into a law with the Rajya Sabha on Monday giving its assent amid protests from TRS and Congress members from Telangana. The bill was …
Khammam: The Indirasagar-Polavaram Multi-purpose Irrigation Project took a new turn with the passing of the Bill in the Lok Sabha, which paves the way for the Polavaram project in AP by merging seven mandals in Khammam district with Seemandhra. The Centre will now have to float a company called Polavaram …
Over a 100 people die every year from the disease in the seven northeastern States Malaria toll continues to rise in Tripura with at least 67 people having died from the disease and many stricken ill within a month, Tripura Health and Family Welfare Minister Badal Choudhury said here Sunday. …
