Parliamentary committee asks centre to hold back CMZ notification sustained protests by fishing communities and environmentalists has forced the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests to review the proposed Coastal Management Zone (cmz) draft notification that allows airports and other development projects in coastal areas. The ministry has set up a committee to review the draft

Says MoEF clearance for hydel project a formality on may 23, chief minister B S Yeddyurappa laid the foundation stone of a 200 MW hydro-power plant at Yettinahole in Karnataka

Bangladesh protests dam in Manipur sunamgonj in Bangladesh, a few kilometres from the border with India, looks stirred up. On June 21, the town citizenry gathered at the public library to listen to five speakers from India

The Centre on Monday told Parliament that the Survey of India is expected to conduct survey to determine the lease area at the disputed Obulapuram mines by July end.

The Centre on Monday said that comprehensive amendments were being worked out in the anti-poaching law to make it more stringent. Admitting that the penalties for poaching were

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NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh

NEW DELHI: Days after Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh spoke against the ban on plastic bags, the Delhi Government has taken a strong stand supporting the ban and has decided to intensify its drive to

A three-member team from the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on Friday visited the park in neighbouring Noida where statues of Mayawati and other Dalit leaders will be coming up

GANGTOK, July 9: The Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT) - an apolitical forum spearheading agitation against hydel projects in Sikkim - has written to Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh for not granting environment clearance to hydel projects located around the