Sariska gets T-12 of Ranthambore
One male tiger was relocated from the Ranthambore National Park in Sawai Madhopur to the Sariska Tiger Reserve in Alwar on Tuesday. The tiger T-12 was tranquilised on Tuesday in Kundla area in Ranthambore, put in a special cage and taken to Sariska amid tight security. A female tigress, also from Ranthambore National Park, is expected to join the tiger in the reserve in the next few weeks.
Action on JPL good news for MoEF
The decision of the Chattisgarh Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to take legal action against Jindal Power Ltd (JPL) is the culmination of a long battle which local environmentalists have been waging ag
Govt plans to increase N-liability cash limit
The government is planning to make sweeping changes to the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, including substantively raising the compensation amount as also reframing it so that some quantum of liability is placed on the suppliers.
Contradictions in N-liability bill
BJP leader Yashwant Sinha, who deposed before the parliamentary committee on the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, has pointed out that the civil liability bill was unconstitutional and had been pushed through under pressure from the US. Panel members present at the meeting did point out that India was currently negotiating
Dow Chem has to be prosecuted: Kamal Nath
Road transport and highways minister Kamal Nath on Saturday reinforced the government’s viewpoint, stating that the financial liability for the Bhopal gas tragedy must be placed firmly on Dow Chemicals.
Kamal Nath: Dow will have to pay damages
Minister for road transport & highways Kamal Nath reinforced the government point of view by stating that the financial liability for the Bhopal gas tragedy must be placed on Dow Chemicals.
Ramesh backs down, makes peace with Jaiswal
Finding himself increasingly isolated in the Cabinet, minister of environment & forests Jairam Ramesh, has worked out a compromise with minister of mining Sriprakash Jaiswal.
‘Navi Mumbai airport will endanger forests’
Minister for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh has entered into a fresh round of confrontation with aviation minister Praful Patel.
Mr Patel had last week accused the MoEF minister of delaying the construction of the Navi Mumbai airport but Mr Ramesh has shot him a letter warning that its c
17 teens killed in Valley since June
Seventeen teenagers have been killed by security forces in the Valley during the last six months. The youngest to have lost his life is thirteen year old Wamiq Farooq who was returning from school last month when he was felled by a bullet.
MoEF plans to uproot tribals to save tigers
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has beefed up a detailed plan to relocate 1,000 primitive Chenchu tribal families from the core area of the Nagarjungsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve.