Mangaluru : Union minister for chemicals and fertilisers D V Sadananda Gowda and Dakshina Kannada member of Parliament Nalin Kumar Kateel petitioned the minister for forest and environment Prakash Javadekar to retain CPCRI Research Centre and International Coconut Gene Bank for South Asia at Kidu in Kadaba taluk. The duo drew Prakash Javadekar’s attention to […]

Mangaluru : Activists from Sahyadri Samrakshana Sanchaya on Tuesday carried out black flag demonstration against Environment Minister B. Ramanath Rai for his support to the Yettinahole Diversion Project. The demonstration was near Nehru Maidan, which was the venue for Republic Day celebration. The black flag demonstration against Mr. Rai was in continuation of the sanchaya’s […]

Mangaluru : Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment Ramanath Rai has said that the Forest Department has envisaged programmes to take the system nearer to the people. Inaugurating the ‘Laksha-Vriksha’ campaign launched by the department on Saturday, the minister said measures have been taken to make the department people-friendly. The government has taken initiatives to […]

Bangalore : The Forest and Environment Minister B Ramanath Rai on Friday said that forest department would invite companies to invest in ‘Support The Tiger’ programme, which was aimed at channelising corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds for forest conservation. “Under the new Companies Act, it is mandatory for companies to spend two per cent of […]

Bangalore: The electoral battle is getting tougher for Union Petroleum and Environment Minister M Veerappa Moily in Chikballapur Lok Sabha seat. According to media reports and the JDS sources former chief minister and the JDS stalwart HD Kumaraswamy has decided to take on Moily in the elections. Earlier, he was planning to field his wife […]

New Delhi : Petroleum Minister M. Veerappa Moily on Tuesday took additional charge of the Environment and Forests Ministry. “There is space for everyone…environment, forests and mankind,” Moily told media here. He further said that he will not compromise on the green image. Moily was given additional charge of the Environment and Forests Ministry after […]