The Delhi high court has asked the Centre, the city administration as well as municipal authorities and the DDA to ensure that the forests in Mehrauli Archaeological Park were protected from encroa

Imagine a forest of the size of Bengaluru city being wiped out. That's what has happened in Karnataka over the years.

The Delhi high court on Tuesday directed Delhi government and its agencies to ensure there is no further encroachment in forests in the capital after it was told that the green cover is shrinking d

AHMEDABAD: After the Gujarat high court ordered the closure of illegal resorts and hotels around Gir sanctuary, the state tourism department had legalized them under its home stay policy.

As much as 50 per cent of the notified forest area in Delhi has been encroached upon, even as the Capital is gradually losing its green cover in the absence of an action plan to preserve forests, f

South Delhi residents today moved the National Green Tribunal against the increasing commercial activities and encroachment in the "green belt" located along the Mehrauli Badarpur Highway in Saket.

KOLKATA: To track the movement of tigers and encroachers in protected forest areas, a drone would soon be flying in the Sundarban delta.

As per the data, the notified forest areas have illegal farmhouses, unauthorised colonies, JJ clusters and roads encroaching into the forestland.

NEW DELHI: The city recorded the seventh-highest number of environment-related crimes in the country in 2014.