Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar defended the Centre's move to allow controversial bull taming sport Jallikattu despite opposition from animal rights bodies.
Nine mineral-rich states -- Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Telangana -- are readying 75 blocks for auction.
CBI has also named unknown officials of the union environment ministry in the PE.
The government is hopeful that with the permission of all relevant agencies the night viewing of the Taj can be resumed from November 25.
India is set to offer oil blocks for exploration by the end of the year following a clearance in principle from the ministry of environment and forests for award of blocks under the fifth round of the New Exploration Licensing Policy.
The Centre will provide MI-17 cargo chopper to Uttarakhand to ferry heavy equipment to calamity-hit high altitude areas to expedite reconstruction work in the hill state.
The 22-km link is important for Mumbaiites because it promises to reduce the time taken to travel the distance from the present two hours to less than an half-an-hour.
The Supreme Court imposed a green tax on trucks destined for other states but wanting to take a shorter route through Delhi.
The minister said the Centre will soon keep its stand clear in front of SC.
India will consider an appeal by aid groups to allow a planned shipment of soy blended with corn which had been rejected because it was unclear if it had been genetically modified, officials said on Tuesday.
Sena also said that laying a brick for the $44 billion (Rs 3 lakh crore) mega refinery project at Nanar in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra would be akin to laying the foundation stone for a cancer hospital there.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan dashed off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention for repealing the measure. He said the Centre's decision amounts to an "intrusion" to the rights of the states in the country's federal structure.
The Union Environment Ministry had on April 22 issued a notification, stating that all constructions in the coastal areas exceeding five crore rupees be cleared by the ministry.
South Korea is the first country after the US to announce measures.
Govt has allowed transfer of clearances granted to the previous allottees to new owners.
Goa may resume iron mining in two months after green nod.
In a shake up ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan resigned on Saturday from the Union Council of Ministers and more may be in line for being drafted into party work.
Slamming the Centre's decision to allow the bull taming sport Jallikattu, PETA India said that lifting protection against cruelty is a "black mark" on the nation.
At a press conference, the NBCC CMD defended the move, saying it is a sacrifice that one has to make for development and they would be compensating by increasing the green cover 15 times.
When it closed close down the copper plant at Thoothukudi in 2013. Its orders were held illegal by the NGT on procedural grounds
The Supreme Court asked the Union environment ministry to review six specific hydroelectric projects on the upper Ganga basin in Uttarakhand.
The guru described the Central government and the Aam Aadmi Party government in Delhi as "intelligent" for supporting the event.
The Niti Aayog has finalised the first draft of a new national energy policy.
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India and China are the growing market for these gases
'As an idea, cleaning up India is a good one,' says Mitali Saran.
Officials also denied that security concern regarding construction of multi-level parking lot near the ATC tower was behind the idea to build control tower in Kalina
'There is space for many faces and many tongues in this Republic of ours. But it only has one Constitution, and its citizens are vigilant,' says Mitali Saran.
The apex court fixed the matter for hearing on July 11.
'Never ever have so many states across the country declared animals as vermin as they have in 6 to 8 months.'
'Though the river is cleaner than what it was five years ago, a lot more needs to be done.'
As oil minister, he has overseen India's petroleum and natural gas needs. But now he also runs the environment ministry, where he has issued permits for 100 stalled projects in a month-long spree that has delighted industry but shocked green activists.
Indian Administrative Service officers working under the central government cannot be suspended without the nod of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a move aimed at allowing bureaucrats to take decisions without any fear of political backlash.
Authorities alerted people to avoid staying outdoors and L-G ordered to halt all civil construction activities across the city till Sunday.
The government on Friday said the auction of explored coal blocks may take place either by December or the beginning of the next year.
'As of now there are no mining activities,' but 'who knows the future?'
The Prime Minister's Project Monitoring Group (PMG) chairman Anil Swarup said 40 per cent of the 419 stalled large investment projects in his hand were struck due to environmental clearances.
With two ministers and four deputy ministers, the minority community will have better representation in the government to look into the well-being of Malaysian Indians, the New Straits Times said on Thursday.
Environment ministry has given its go-ahead to POSCO's planned steel plant in the country, but has asked it to spend on "social commitments", a company spokesman said, raising the project's cost by $600 million to $12.6 billion.
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