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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 53 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 54 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 90 days ago

Forests, rights & resilience: 20 years of the FRA

Law (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

Published 99 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 138 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 139 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 148 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 153 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 164 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 168 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 169 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 172 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 173 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 174 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 214 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 278 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 301 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 324 days ago

Nearly 2.5mn claims granted under Forest Act

Nearly 2.5mn claims granted under Forest Act

Published 329 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 329 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 347 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 373 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 375 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 390 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 481 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 553 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 600 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 676 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 821 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 847 days ago

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