The directive seeks to ensure they aren’t deprived of their rights when land is marked for afforestation. But experts say it ...

Shimla Deputy Commissioner Anupam Kashyap today chaired a special meeting under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006, and ...

A one-day workshop on the Income Tax Act-1961 was held at the Himachal Pradesh Forest Academy at Sundernagar in Mandi district today. It aimed at educating officials from the Forest Department and the ...

In response to court orders, Himachal Pradesh's government is addressing unauthorized forest encroachments. A sub-cabinet ...

In response to the Himachal Pradesh High Court's directive to remove unauthorised encroachments on forest land, the state ...

With the weather mostly remaining dry, Himachal Pradesh has recorded 64% rain shortfall in February so far with all the districts witnessing less rainfall.

A truck confiscated by the forest department and kept in its nursery in Ghandawal village here suddenly caught fire and was burnt to ashes on Tuesday, officials said. This truck was seized by the ...

India has put in place several policies and schemes to address forest fire management but needs to do much more ...

The census also documented other dominant species, including 10,785 Eurasian Coots, 9,692 Common Pochards, 8,497 Common Teals ...

Shimla: Protests were held at various places across Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday against the eviction of farmers from the ...

The geese winter at the wetland, leaving their frozen homes on the Tibetan plateau and in Central Asia each year, tens of ...