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Jammu demolitions happened as bureaucracy not under elected govt: J&K dy CM

Jammu and Kashmir deputy chief minister Surinder Choudhary. (File)

Published 73 days ago

Outrage in Kashmir against Jammu demolitions, inquiry panel formed

As many as 32 illegal structures of Gujjar community were demolished in a joint action by the forest department, the revenue department and police. (HT File)

Published 74 days ago

Digitally map forest limits: Govt to states

Since 2011, only Odisha has completed more than 90% of the settlement and digitisation process. (File picture)

Published 110 days ago

Forests, rights & resilience: 20 years of the FRA

Law (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published 120 days ago

The private forestry plan must square with Forest Rights Act

Bypassing gram sabhas excludes the well-established benefits of community-based forest management. Those who live in and depend on forests are more likely to make sustainable decisions. (HT Archive)

Published 159 days ago

Decades of denial: ‘Our rice fields flattened, given away for a golf course’

Mumbai, India - Feb. 24, 2026: Adivasis from Konkan shared their experiences of claims with the Forest Rights Act, 2006, at a public hearing organised by the People's Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) at the YB Chavan Centre on Tuesday. A panel including retired justice Abhay Thipsay, ex-bureaucrat Lakshmikant Deshmukh, ex-minister Vasant Purke will compile an audit report on two decades of implementation of the FRA to be submitted to the state government in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, February 24, 2026. (Photo by Anshuman Poyrekar/Hindustan Times) (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT Photo)

Updated 159 days ago

SGNP survey finds 16,478 families for rehabilitation, adivasis claim harassment

Mumbai, India - January 27, 2026: Hundreds of adivasis and their supporters during a protest against an anti-encroachment drive by the forest department inside the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, January 27, 2025. (Photo by Satish Bate/ Hindustan Times) (Hindustan Times)

Published 168 days ago

Odisha told to not relocate anyone from around tiger reserve till violations probed

(Above) A tiger from Odisha in Gujarat. Satkosia Tiger Reserve is a tiger reserve located in the Angul and Nayagarh district of Odisha, India covering an area of 963.87 km2. It was declared a wildlife sanctuary in 1976 and a tiger reserve in 2007. (PTI)

Updated 174 days ago

Foot march ends as state govt assures implementation of demands

An All India Kisan Sabha delegation and senior ministers, along with officials from revenue, tribal development, water resources, forest and school education, held a three-hour meeting on Tuesday, followed by discussions with chief minister Devendra Fadnavis. (HT)

Published 184 days ago

Fadnavis may meet representatives before Nashik ‘long march’ reaches Mumbai

Nashik: Farmers and labourers participate in a ‘long march’ to Mumbai to press for their various demands, including land rights, irrigation facilities and uninterrupted power supply, (PTI)

Updated 188 days ago

Massive farmers’ march begins from Nashik, to reach Mumbai by Feb 2

The march took its first halt on the acres of baron land at Rahul Bahula in Nashik and will resume on Monday towards Shahapur. (HT)

Published 189 days ago

Long march led by CPI (M) to continue at the state level

The protest was called off on Thursday after the district administration accepted several local-level demands. (X/CPI(M))

Published 192 days ago

National Park tribals protest state’s attempt to evict them from ancestral abode

National Park tribals protest state’s attempt to evict them from ancestral abode

Published 193 days ago

10,000 farmers, fishermen, tribals in CPI(M) long march reach Palghar

10,000 farmers, fishermen, tribals in CPI(M) long march reach Palghar

Published 194 days ago

Bijli Mahadev ropeway: NGT asks Himachal govt to file reply in three weeks

The advocate general for Himachal Pradesh assured the Tribunal that all issues will be examined and responded to within three weeks. (File)

Published 234 days ago

Tribals in SGNP left in limbo over English-only master plan

Adivasi Village - Rural Village - Tribals in Sanjay Gandhi National Park - Chunibai (81) she has been staying in the hamlet for all her life. She is also suffering from Scabies and earns her living by selling logs of wood - HT Photo by Prasad Gori 18.02.2009 - FEB09 2K9 (Hindustan Times)

Published 298 days ago

MoEF flags forest right violations in Similipal Tiger Reserve village relocation

Spread over an area of 2750 sq km in Myurbhanj district, the core area of Similipal had six villages. (Representational image)

Published 322 days ago

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh calls Great Nicobar project a maha ecological disaster

He referenced fresh evidence that the local administration had misrepresented its compliance with the Forest Rights Act, 2006.

Published 344 days ago

Nearly 2.5mn claims granted under Forest Act

Nearly 2.5mn claims granted under Forest Act

Published 349 days ago

‘About half of forest rights claims distributed’: MoEFCC in Lok Sabha

The Aarey forest is one of the few remaining green spaces in Mumbai. (Raju Shinde/HT Photo)

Published 350 days ago

Increase in forest cover shows active involvement of communities: MoEFCC

Minister of state for environment Kirti Vardhan Singh said the National Forest Policy, 1988, emphasises the importance of closely associating tribal communities in the protection, regeneration, and development of forests. (Representative photo)

Published 368 days ago

Ministry vs ministry on forest tribes claim

The intervention comes amid mounting criticism from forest rights activists who accuse the environment ministry of systematically undermining the 2006 law designed to recognise the rights of forest-dwelling tribal communities. (PTI)

Published 393 days ago

Chhattisgarh forest dept withdraws community forest rights order after backlash

According to the May 15 order, the forest department would oversee the land granted to forest dwellers under FRA provisions, until the central government provided model management plans (Representative photo)

Published 395 days ago

Forest officials raze ‘illegal’ sheds of tribals in Nagarahole wildlife range

While six new structures were demolished, six sheds built in May were left untouched (HT photo)

Published 410 days ago

Over 745,000 forest rights claims pending across states: Minister tells RS

According to data provided by the minister, the total number of claims settled across all states and union territories stands at 2,503,453 (FILE PHOTO)

Published 501 days ago

Put communities in charge of conserving sacred groves

Motorists ride through the Shola-grassland forests or cloud forests in Nilgiris district, India, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) (AP)

Published 573 days ago

Chhattisgarh civil groups question ban on Moolvasi Bachao Manch

The Chhattisgarh government claimed that the Moolvasi Bachao Manch had been continuously opposing the development activities in Maoist-affected areas and the camps established for the operation of security forces. (Representational image)

Published 621 days ago

Empower communities to fix forest governance

Apart from having wider environmental implications, forest degradation also poses a real challenge to forest-based livelihoods (Photo by Sunil Ghosh / Hindustan Times

Published 696 days ago

Forest Rights recognition major issue in 153 LS constituencies, says analysis

There are 47 ST reserved seats in India out of which 42 are core FRA constituencies, as per the analysis. (Representative Image)

Published 842 days ago

Chhattisgarh: 17 villages of Hasdeo Aranya get Community Forest Management rights

In 2021, the residents of these villages participated in the 300-km padyatra to Raipur to meet the governor and the chief minister with a demand to protect the forests. (Representative Image)

Updated 867 days ago

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