The axing of trees had become a major issue last year after a city-based non governmental organisation approached the NGT and requested to put the construction work of Ferozepur Road-Samrala Chowk elevated road project on hold in order to save the green... read more

Described as ‘endlessly fun, wise, courageous, talented, funny and strong, strong like an ox’ and a woman with a ‘beautiful generous and sunny personality’, the 65-year-old, who’d given up the rat race to live and paint in Goa, almost 40 years ago, was... read more

The children were accompanied by a favourite cartoon character, Nicktoon ‘Dora the Explorer’ and child actor Abhishek Sharma in the event organised by the WR, Nickelodeon and RGI to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. read more

Ever since the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) tree committee had passed the proposal to cut 2,185 trees and transplant 461 trees in Aarey colony on August 29, the city has witnessed several protests opposing the move. read more

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) received around 235 suggestions and objections during a public hearing, over its plan to cut around 1,600 trees for two infrastructure projects – the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MTHL) and the Vakola-Kurla elevated... read more

Pune Municipal Corporation has given orders to clear the procession route that has low-hanging branches as it can limit movement and visibility, causing a potential hazard to pedestrians and motorists. read more

The proposals have been made mainly for major infrastructure projects including the Mumbai Train Harbour Link (MTHL) at Sewri and the Kurla-Vakola elevated road at Vakola. read more

As many as nine people were present in the house when the mishap occurred. read more

Villagers in many districts of Odisha are disturbed by wild elephants that create havoc by destroying crops and houses. read more

This is the fourth tree-fall death this monsoon. On June 14, three people were killed in separate tree-fall incidents. read more

Not only does the school face shortage of rooms, furniture and other infrastructure, some of the handful of teachers available here are not qualified to teach in English. Some teachers were also transferred, from many parts of district on the basis of... read more

Last month, the forest department had fined Bikaner House authorities near India Gate Rs 18.70 lakh for concretising the base of at least 187 trees on their campus. read more

Among the 16 trees, one was already cut last month after its branch had fallen on a parked autorickshaw and had killed the driver read more

No injury or casualty was reported in any of the incidents read more

The HC has ruled that the destruction of mangrove forests across Maharashtra and construction within 50 metres (m) of mangrove areas is illega read more