Mumbai: Hitting out at the Mumbai Metro authorities for felling trees in Aarey Colony, Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday came out in support of environmental activists who have been detained or arrested. Thackeray, whose party is ally of the ruling BJP, requested Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to ask the city police not […]
Read MoreLucknow: Amid strong opposition from green activists, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday cited a Bombay High Court order to defend the Mumbai Metro Corporation’s move to fell trees in Aarey Colony, saying it was “not a forest”. “Basically the high court has decided and ruled yesterday that it is not a forest,” Javadekar […]
Read MoreMumbai: Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam on Saturday condemned felling of trees at Aarey Colony here which began in the night, and arrest of protesting activists. Milind Deora, his party colleague, called the tree cutting “stabbing yourself in the lungs”. Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation started felling trees on Friday night to make way for car shed […]
Read MoreMumbai: Green activists suffered a second jolt in two consecutive days when the Bombay High Court on Saturday refused to stay ongoing felling of trees at Mumbai’s prominent green lung, Aarey Colony, to make way for a proposed metro car shed. A few green activists moved a fresh application on Saturday seeking stay for a […]
Read MoreKochi Tension prevailed in Piravom in Ernakulam district Wednesday as a large number of Jacobite faction priests and followers prevented those belonging to the Orthodox faction from entering a church here to take its possession as per a Supreme Court order. Hundreds of people belonging to the Jacobite faction are camping in the church, preventing […]
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