Supreme Court gives Telangana choice on Kancha Gachibowli tree-felling: restore forest or face prison for officials; IT and ecology debate ongoing.

DELHI: Warning the Telangana government of stern action if no decision is taken on the restoration of the Kancha Gachibowli forest, the Supreme Court on Thursda ...

The tardy and slow pace of implementation of the Forest Rights Act, enacted 17 years ago, reflects the unchanged colonial ...

Hyderabad: In its final report submitted to the Supreme Court on Thursday, the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) recommended that the 400-acre Kancha .

The Telangana government in India had planned to auction off 400 acres of the Kancha Gachibowli forest land, which is located around the University of Hyderabad. Crews were sent in and ordered to ...

Bench of CJI B.R. Gavai and Justice Augustine George Masih says that 'prima facie', the felling of over 1,000 trees during an extended weekend — when the courts were closed — was 'pre-planned' ...

The court reiterated that it supports sustainable development and warned that if the forest is not restored, senior state officials, including the chief secretary, may face temporary imprisonment ...

The Supreme Court on Thursday warned the Telangana government of stern action if no decision is taken on the restoration of ...

The Telangana High Court has postponed the hearing on the alleged destruction of the Kancha Gachibowli forest. The state departments are required to file their responses by April 24. The Supreme ...

The video caused outrage among the netizens Many shared the video on social media, claiming that bulldozers razed trees spread across 400 acres of land in Telangana's Kancha Gachibowli forest area ...

The Kancha Gachibowli Forest or KGF, an open natural ecosystem with a mix of dry deciduous and wet deciduous forests, savannah, scrubland, rocky outcrops and more, is one of the few lung spaces ...

The controversy over 400 acres of land in Kancha Gachibowli, Hyderabad, brings this blind spot into sharp relief. At the centre of the dispute are multiple stakeholders: the Telangana government ...