Wildlife Act’s Section 62 illegal: PIL

Petitioners also challenged the constitutional validity of section 62 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972

Pune: NGOs and activists in the city protested against the environment ministry's decision to allow mass killing of Nilgai in Bihar.

Defending the Centre, Javadekar stated that taking such a decision was not the Centre’s prerogative, adding the Environment Ministry acted as per the law.

Environment Ministry has declared Rhesus Macaque monkeys in Himachal Pradesh to be "vermin" for a period of one year, allowing their culling to control their population during this time.

India's quest for green energy has crossed a major milestone, with renewable plants, mainly wind and solar, surpassing the capacity of large hydroelectricity projects, which were once the country's

With Union Ministers Maneka Gandhi and Prakash Javadekar locking horns over culling of animals including nilgai, animal rights bodies today expressed "shock" over the Environment Ministry's stand s

Shimla will soon have a wildlife crime control wing to check the poaching of snow leopards, pheasants, musk deer and bears.

Shimla: A team of the World Bank is expected to visit Shimla in the third week of this month in connection with a Rs 643-crore proposal that aims to improve the city's ever-deteriorating water dist

According to new WHO figures, 16 of the world's 30 most polluted cities are in India.