TEZPUR: The Sonitpur district administration has initiated move to allot title certificates to the Scheduled Tribes, forest-dwellers and other traditional forest-dwellers under Forests Right Act, 2006 (FRA-2006).

Tirupati, Jan. 11: The minister for forests and environment, Dr P. Ramachandra Reddy, on Monday said that the department would spend Rs 75 crore by March 2010 as part of the ongoing mechanism to protect the forest cover in the state.

PARADIP: The rehabilitation and periphery development advisory committee (RPDAC) meeting for the Rs 54,000 crore Posco steel plant will be organised in the last week of this month. This was decided at a meeting held earlier this week between the district administration and Posco officials. It was presided over by District Collector Gyanranjan Das.

ITANAGAR, Jan 10: Thanks to the persuasiveness of Governor Gen (Retd) J J Singh that Arunachal Pradesh would move a step ahead in equipping its farmers with expertise to mint money from bamboo, which is abundant in the lush forests of the state.

-Fringe dwellers cite act for control of green patch

Alipurduar, Jan. 6: More than 500 forest villagers

Attorney General G E Vahanvati on Monday said mining operations by Obulapuram Mining Company Private Limited (OMC) had