Leopard in Delhi farm: caught on camera, missing in action

Tuesday 20 October '09

Sridutt Sharma, a resident of Germany, spent years looking for a tiger or a leopard in sanctuaries and tiger reserves across India, but in vain.

Climate change: India to sign treaty with SAARC nations

Tuesday 20 October '09

Marking a shift from its earlier position of staying within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Changes, India now appears...

To save canines, reduce noise level this Diwali, say experts

Saturday 17 October '09

This Diwali, save a prayer for the Capital’s canine breed. Experts have said the booming noise from crackers make dogs go crazy; they drool and snap, and some even die of heart failure.

Thorny British tree to be thrown out of biodiversity park

Wednesday 14 October '09

A British import to India — the thorny vilayati or the ‘foreign’ kikar tree — has got the High Court’s nod to be removed from a biodiversity park as it impedes the growth of natural and native species of plants.

India’s own IPCC soon, to record carbon emissions

Tuesday 13 October '09

Taking the first decisive step towards reporting its carbon emissions — domestically and internationally — the Ministry of Environment and Forests is moving decks to create a network of scientists....

Students got swine flu after school trip, say parents

Sunday 11 October '09

Several students of Shri Ram School, Aravalli, Gurgaon, have contracted swine flu reportedly during a three-day school outstation trip, parents have alleged.

20,000 trees to be axed for power sub-station

Tuesday 6 October '09

Even as Delhi government gets ready for a ‘green’ Commonwealth Games, more than 20,000 trees and saplings are set to be axed for a new power sub-station to be built by the Power Grid Corporation of India Limited in Ghummanhera in the West Forest division.

Delhi, Mumbai green groups team up, lobby for emission cuts

Monday 5 October '09

As India moves to create its own legislation on climate change, Delhi’s oldest science group, and Mumbai’s most prestigious social science institution, are coming together to create a change.

PM to chair first Ganga meet today

Monday 5 October '09

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will chair the first meeting of the newly-constituted National Ganga River Basin Authority on Monday. On the discussion table will be a new concept....

Royal Bank of Scotland aid for 3 tiger reserves

Wednesday 30 September '09

Some of the most inaccessible and extremism-affected tiger reserves in India are set to get a booster shot: all the way from Scotland....

Bio park on Yamuna bank next

Tuesday 22 September '09

Lieutenant Governor Tejendra Khanna plans to develop the 22-kilometre stretch of the riverbanks in Delhi as a biodiversity zone, Newsline has learnt.

PM assures author, says green rules will be followed

Monday 21 September '09

A “Kafka-esque silence” on the controversial issue of tree-cutting in Delhi for the Commonwealth Games has finally been broken — and it’s by none other than Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

Independent body for green clearance on the cards

Thursday 17 September '09

Amid widespread controversy regarding Environment Impact Assessments (EIA) and Environment Clearances (EC), the Ministry of Environment and Forests....

For green Games, schools to recycle waste

Wednesday 16 September '09

Delhi schools have hit upon a novel solution to tackle the vast amount of waste generated during the Commonwealth Games next year.

Return to roots

Tuesday 15 September '09

For nearly the entire monsoon tree plantation season, the rains gave the city a miss. And when the Forest department had stopped looking skywards — rains came pouring down.

100 buildings on green map

Sunday 13 September '09

The Delhi government plans to turn 100 prominent buildings in the Capital green before the Commonwealth Games. Work on the project is yet to start.

Partition wasn’t Jinnah’s brainchild, say experts

Thursday 10 September '09

“In 1940, during a meeting of the Muslim League, there weren’t many Muslims attending the actual meeting....

Noida park: SC panel member says no need for stay

Wednesday 9 September '09

Days after the centrally empowered committee constituted by the Supreme Court recommended a stay on Mayawati’s statue complex in Noida...

Tracking the tiger

Tuesday 8 September '09

How does one count India’s tigers which straddle wetland, grassland, mountains and mangroves? With 90,000 people, Rs 8 crore and two years of hard work.

Environment body asks DDA, DSIIDC to halt housing projects without green clearance

Tuesday 8 September '09

In the rush to complete housing projects, environment seems to be the last thing on the Delhi Government’s mind.

SC panel seeks stay on Maya statue complex

Saturday 5 September '09

The Centrally Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court has asked for an immediate stay on the Mayawati government’s Rs 685-crore project....

A climate change pat from UK ministers, to spread the word

Thursday 3 September '09

While many developed nations view India as a spoiler in the battle against climate change due to its staunch refusal to...

Ministry makes yet another turnaround

Thursday 3 September '09

In what is yet another turnaround, the Ministry of Environment and Forests has now filed an addendum and additional information on its affidavit filed last week on the Noida statue park case.