In a bid to nab the culprits involved in the Bopdev Ghat gang-rape case, Pune Police have interrogated over 100 habitual offenders and reviewed CCTV cameras within a 50-kilometre radius of the ...

A 21-year-old woman hailing from Gujarat was allegedly raped by three unidentified persons in Pune's Bopdev Ghat area late on Thursday night, officials said. Her male friend, who belongs to ...

"The EAC reviewed the Terms of Reference recommended to the PSPs proposed to be located in Western Ghats... Given the region's high environmental sensitivity, the EAC, in previous meetings ...

With the fragile ecology of the Western Ghats in mind, a Union Environment Ministry expert panel has decided that it will not grant final clearances to pumped hydropower projects proposed in the ...

A panel of the Union Environment Ministry has said that site visits should be conducted "in toto" before granting environmental clearances to pumped storage projects (PSPs) in the ecologically ...

All the villages were responding to the draft notification put out by the ministry on July 31, seeking to protect almost 60,000 sq km of the Western Ghats across six states including Goa.

Varanasi (UP), Sept 27 (ANI): Cleaning work of Varanasi’s ghats continue ahead of the increased footfall expected during the upcoming festivals in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi on September 27.

"Heavy vehicle movement will remain diverted via Phonda Ghat and Anuskura Ghat sections," added Patil. Meanwhile, the districts of Kolhapur and Satara were under a yellow alert on Wednesday and ...

The growers have objected to the draft notification for creating an Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA) in the Western Ghats as they allege that the criteria to identify the ESAs have not been done ...

Kolhapur/Nashik: An orange alert in place for Kolhapur and Satara districts on Tuesday brought on-and-off spells of heavy rainfall, along with thunderstorms and lightning. The weather remained ...

The shrub has an interesting life cycle. It comes alive and green every year during the monsoon, but once the rains are over, all that is left is dry and dead-looking stems.

Urban expansion and land use changes in the Himalayas and the Western Ghats, are driving significant forest loss. A recent study by the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) found a massive ...