14,000 trees to fall for Delhi Metro
March 19th, 2012 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 19 (IANS) A total of 14,298 trees are likely to be felled here during the third phase of Delhi metro, the Lok Sabha was informed Monday.Environment Minister ... Read more...
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Green lobby concerned at lopping of forest trees
March 19th, 2011 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, March 19 (IANS) Environmentalists in Bihar expressed concern over the mindless cutting and pruning of trees from the forests for making bonfires for Holi (burning of Holika) festival.The burning ... Read more...
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Jhansi farmers protest against government’s land acquisition
January 4th, 2011 - 9:36 pm ICT by ANI
Jhansi, Jan 4 (ANI): Scores of farmers staged a protest in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi city on Tuesday to protest against the government's acquisition of their lands.The agitating farmers also demanded proper compensation ... Read more...
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‘Kankaria Carnival’ kicks off in Ahmedabad
December 26th, 2010 - 6:23 pm ICT by ANI
By Uday AdhvaryuAhmedabad, Dec.26 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a week-long 'Kankaria Carnival' in Ahmedabad over the weekend.The event had been successfully organised by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) since ... Read more...
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New York Rattled By Severe Storm
September 17th, 2010 - 8:10 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
New York, Sep 17, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A powerful storm rattled New York City Thursday evening and the residents were caught unaware. The afternoon sky turned black all of a sudden ... Read more...
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Residents Clean Up Their Properties In Salt Lake City After Storm Ravages The Place
August 25th, 2010 - 7:57 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Utah, Aug 25, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The strong thunderstorm that had hit Salt Lake City and parts of Utah on Sunday made a mess of the traffic and power supply in ... Read more...
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Climate change, not hunting, killed woolly mammoths: Study
August 18th, 2010 - 1:32 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 18 (ANI): A new study has revealed that the woolly mammoths died out because of dwindling grasslands - rather than being hunted to extinction by humans.There was a severe decline ... Read more...
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Global warming started with ancient hunters: Study
July 1st, 2010 - 3:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 1 (ANI): Man made global warming is not a recent phenomenon, but one that started when ancient hunters roamed the planet, suggests a new study.The study claims that massive killings ... Read more...
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54 Year Old Californian Man Charged In Flagstaff Wildfire
June 21st, 2010 - 7:34 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Flagstaff, June 21, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The massive wildfire in Flagstaff which had engulfed a huge stretch of the jungle area had provoked the local authorities to launch an investigation.As ... Read more...
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ComED Customers Suffer Power Outage For Hours After Severe Storm Lashes Chicago
June 19th, 2010 - 7:35 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Chicago, June 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Over a quarter million people living in Chicago region had to suffer from long power cut after a raging storm lashed the region on Friday ... Read more...
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Thousands of tress felled in Madhya Pradesh
February 24th, 2010 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Feb 24 (IANS) Over 67,000 tress have been axed down in Madhya Pradesh's Raisen district, state Forest Minister Sartaj Singh said Wednesday.
Singh admitted in the state assembly that 67,297 trees were ... Read more...
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Tornado Warning Issued For Santa Clara, Withdrawn After No Sighting
January 21st, 2010 - 9:01 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Santa Clara, Jan 21, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Warnings for a possible tornado was issued for the Santa Clara County on Wednesday, Jan 20, by the National Weather Service. The warning was ... Read more...
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Families of Sikh riot victims protest outside court
October 31st, 2009 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 31 (IANS) Demanding justice, some families of the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots Saturday protested outside the Karkardooma court here, which was hearing a case related to the ... Read more...
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Bangalore attempts to bring back its avian dwellers
June 5th, 2009 - 8:28 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 5 (IANS) What is Bangalore without its gigantic trees and chirping birds hopping from one branch to another?
Answering the question raised by almost all Bangaloreans on World Environment Day Friday, ... Read more...
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Agra officials fined for felling trees, ecologists pleased
March 17th, 2009 - 1:03 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, March 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court has fined officials of the Uttar Pradesh forest department and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for illegally felling thousands of trees and beginning construction ... Read more...
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