India, the report points out, has vast resources of livestock, estimated at 485 million, and poultry at 489 million.

A significant slice of India

CORBETT: Years ago, he went to Periyar tiger reserve in Kerala, Sunderbans tiger reserve in West Bengal and Ranthambhore tiger reserve in Rajasthan, but he couldn

Giridih, June 15: Villagers in Mohanpur on the outskirts of the town today opposed the new project of Swati Sponge there on pollution ground.

At the first mass-level hearing on the upcoming sponge iron plant, the residents also criticised the role of the state pollution control board on the issue.

Sujay Mehdudia

NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has written to Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa raising concerns about illegal mining in the Bellary forest area of the State that has become a cause for worry among various non-governmental organisations, conservationists and experts.

Tribal Education institution Head M B Prabhu has urged the Minister for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh to take steps to set up Directorate of Elephant Project in Kodagu and control elephant menace through public-private participation.

New Delhi: Desperate to hold on to its monopoly as the last wild habitat of the Asiatic Lion, Gujarat has come up with new reasons to stall sharing its

A new initiative of the Ministry of Environment and Forests for cleaning the Ganga
DR. MANMOHAN SINGH Hon'ble Prime Minister

SC mining ban alone won

NEW DELHI: What activities harm the 7,000km-long Indian coastline and what should be permitted? Should ports and airports be allowed to come up freely or should even small patches of mangroves be saved at all costs? Answers to such questions could soon be answered with the environment minister setting up a committee under M S Swaminathan to chart out the way for implementing coastal regulations.

Mukesh Ranjan

June 11: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh has got support from the plan panel on his opposition to genetically modified (GM) foods.