Environment minister Jairam Ramesh's remarks that faculty of the premier IITs and IIMs are "not world class" on Tuesday prompted a retort from the teachers who termed them as "simplistic" which showed "tremendous ignorance".

Hitting at environment and forests minister Jairam Ramesh for saying Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) are not world-class, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday said India can have such institutions only when it has world-class ministers.

The government on Thursday said it was looking at "bio-remediation method" to "clean up" 350 tonnes of toxic waste lying in the now defunct Union carbide factory in Bhopal.

Making it clear that India would not succumb to international pressure on any legally binding commitments to reduce carbon emission, environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said government will only act in national interest on the issue, including ensuring that the economic growth trajectory remains unaffected.

Jan. 31: The environment minister, Mr Jairam Ramesh’s relentless crusade against bad environmental practices has been tempered with his granting a conditional approval to the South Korean steel giant

Jan. 27: Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday pressed Gujarat to part with some of its lions, saying they should be translocated and have a second home in Madhya Pradesh. The minister,

Jan. 18: Sending a clear signal to corporate India that the environment ministry means business, the Union minister for environment and forests, Mr Jairam Ramesh, has accused Lavasa Corporation Ltd (L

New Delhi, Jan. 16: The minister of state for environment, Mr Jairam Ramesh, on Sunday ordered demolition of the “unauthorised” Adarsh highrise apartment building in Mumbai’s posh Colaba area within t

Jan. 5: The duel between the deputy chairman of Planning Commission, Dr Montek Singh Ahluwalia and the minister of environment, Mr Jairam Ramesh, got even more interesting as the duo were at loggerh

Jan. 3: Responding to the increasing threat of Naxal menace in central India, the minister of environment and forests, Mr Jairam Ramesh, is pushing for an early amendment to the Indian Forest Act, 192