New Delhi: Environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday told Rajya Sabha that the old system of tiger census through pugmarks was

Sujay Mehdudia

NEW DELHI: The depleting population of tigers in the country is

Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday finally confirmed what was first reported by The Indian Express that there are no tigers left in the Panna tiger reserve and that they have been poached. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Ramesh said tigers in India were facing various threats, including poaching, insurgency and even

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Sridhar Kumaraswami
July 7: If the government

Nandini Chandrashekar,DH News Service,Bangalore:

The State

Q&A: Jairam Ramesh, environment and forest minister
Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi July 5, 2009, 0:35 IST

Jairam RameshWe pay lip service to environment protection and have to learn to say no, Jairam Ramesh, environment and forest minister, tells Sreelatha Menon.

NEW DELHI: Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh has written to Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde seeking to put an end to laying of foundation stones for projects without proper and formal clearances and advising all state power PSUs like National Thermal Power Corporation, National Hydro Power Corporation , Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam and North Eastern Electric Power Corporation to show gre

Environment Ministry Moves Cabinet For Setting Up Tribunal

Mahendra Kumar Singh & Nitin Sethi | TNN

New Delhi: In a move to reduce the burden on judiciary as well as address the increasing number of environment-related litigation, the government has proposed to set up a National Green Tribunal along with benches in different regions.

In a significant development, Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh has confirmed that no changes will be undertaken in Coastal Regulation Notification without first consulting fishing and other communities and assuring that the controversial draft CZM notification, would be allowed to lapse on July 22.