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This 23-year-old turned his terrace in Vasant Vihar into a thriving urban forest

Climate advocate and conversionist Aman Sharma’s recent reel has clocked over 91K views

Published 16 days ago

IISc Bangalore student shares breathtaking view of campus urban forest

An IISc student’s video captured the campus canopy, colourful plants and heritage buildings.

Published 21 days ago

Central Ridge to get an open air Bonsai themed interpretation centre

(HT Archive)

Published 49 days ago

Trump dismantling US forest services? What we know about 57 facilities closing

The Trump administration is overhauling the US Forest Service, shutting 57 research facilities and moving its headquarters to Salt Lake City

Published 94 days ago

500ml water, dying phone: How Kerala techie survived 4 days in Karnataka forest

Sharanya (centre) arrived alone from Kerala on Thursday and was staying at a homestay in Kakkabbe village, about 10 km from Napoklu. Seen here in photo with her rescuers.

Updated 98 days ago

Delhi gets first blueprint to restore forests, but cure raises concerns

The Forest Research Institute (FRI), Dehradun, has prepared a ten-year working plan for Delhi’s forest department that maps out how the city intends to restore its green estate.

Published 101 days ago

Delhi's lone wildlife inspector to get colleagues as govt notifies 9 posts

The move to strengthen the manpower comes amid rising wildlife sightings and human-animal conflict in the Capital.

Updated 101 days ago

Maha forest dept signs agreement with Vantara for relocating 50 leopards

An agreement was signed for the relocation of leopards to reduce human-leopard conflict in Pune.

Updated 128 days ago

Varanasi municipal corporation plants 2.5 lakh saplings in 1 hour, claims record

The urban forest park will be named the ‘Namo Van’.

Updated 133 days ago

Centre tells states, UTs to hold just one forest survey before mining

A joint check, experts argued, will not meet these standards, impinge on each department’s autonomy and will water down a crucial process baked into law to safeguard forests and green spaces. (HT Photo)

Updated 196 days ago

Delhi govt declares Southern Ridge a 'Reserved Forest’ to curb pollution

File photo of Delhi's Southern Ridge, considered part of the Capital’s ‘lungs’.

Published 272 days ago

APPSC Forest Section Officer and Beat Officer results 2025 declared, direct link

APPSC Forest Section Officer and Beat Officer results OUT: The Screening Test for both recruitments was conducted on September 7, 2025.

Updated 276 days ago

‘Morgue is full’: How Kenyan starvation cult kept killing

Almost 450 bodies were discovered in mass graves -- most starved to death, though some, including children, were strangled, beaten and suffocated.

Published 283 days ago

Train halts as elephant crosses tracks, IFS officer hails compassion

An elephant avoided danger as a train halted. IFS officer Parveen Kaswan shared the clip.

Published 324 days ago

Criteria tweak ‘cuts’ Assam forest by 99%

The dramatic reduction occurred despite state authorities acknowledging the area consists of “unclassed state forest” with 20% to 70% tree cover that “falls within the definition of forest

Published 325 days ago

Langur thrashed during rescue operation in Jharkhand's Bokaro

The animal's condition is stated to be stable, according to zoo doctors, he said.

Published 350 days ago

Tired of the city? Here’s why remote workers are snapping up vacation homes

Zoom From the hills, Netflix by the lake: Welcome to hybrid living 2.0

Updated 352 days ago

Russian woman, rescued from Karnataka cave, reveals why she overstayed in India

The woman, Nina Kutina, 40, was found in the cave by a police team from Gokarna station during a routine safety patrol (PTI)

Published 362 days ago

‘Snakes are our friends’: How Russian woman spent 8 years hiding in forests

Kutina came to India in 2016 on a business visa.

Updated 363 days ago

Plant. Post. Repeat: Delhi-NCR turns tree planting into a ritual

Young Delhiites are making tree planting a year-round movement.

Published 373 days ago

Bluebells and other spring flowers can be nature's antidote to stressful times

Bluebells, also known as wild hyacinth, bloom among the trees in the Hallerbos forest, south of Brussels, Belgium.

Updated 444 days ago

Madhav National Park roars into the Big League: Now a Tiger Reserve!

Madhav tiger reserve: inaugurated on 10 March 2025

Published 487 days ago

IFS officer shares pic of 'original forest guard' at anti-poaching camp entrance

Retired IFS officer shared a image of two tigers overseeing an anti-poaching camp.

Published 509 days ago

Kerala: Officials suspect arson after wildfire recurs in Kambamala

The same hills near Mananthavady saw another wildfire on Tuesday, one day after it had devastated a portion of the grassland in the Kambamala woods in this mountainous area.

Published 509 days ago

Mahakumbh 2025 | Walkathon held in Lucknow ahead of UP Nature and Bird Festival

Students taking part in the Walkathon in Lucknow

Published 512 days ago

Review: Into The Forest by Avtar Singh

The Black Forest in Germany (Shutterstock)

Published 520 days ago

MP: Forest dept employee injured in attack over illegal borewell digging

In Madhya Pradesh's Raisen district, a group of individuals assaulted a forest department staff after they prevented them from drilling an illegal borewell, an official claimed on Sunday.

Published 540 days ago

Kerala: Independent MLA PV Anvar arrested for vandalising forest office

Nilambur MLA P V Anvar was arrested by Nilambur police for allegedly vandalising a district forest office

Published 553 days ago

Odisha: Elephant tramples man to death in Baripada's Daddur village

In the Mayurbhanj region of Odisha, an elephant stomped a 45-year-old man to death.

Published 554 days ago

IFS officer shares video of bridge built after river alters forest access

IFS officer Parveen Kaswan shared a video of forest officials constructing a bridge in rugged terrain after a river shifted course.

Updated 560 days ago

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