There has always been a question of confusion about which one is India's national tree-the banyan or the Peepal. Both of the ...

Scattered groves of native trees, flowers and the occasional prehistoric burial ground are squeezed between hundreds of ...

In ‘Iconic Trees of India’, S Natesh tells the stories of 75 living trees. From the oldest Chinar in Kashmir to the speaking ...

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday pulled up a forest department official for filing a plea seeking permission to transplant three trees from a “deemed forest” for the construction of a flyover.

The objective of the campaign was to plant 1.4bln new saplings, equivalent to India’s population in a one-year time frame ...

Earlier, a bench headed by the then CJI D Y Chandrachud, since retired, had sought a personal affidavit of Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena in the case which had also sought initiation of contempt ...

The court, saying, it would pass necessary directions on October 8, the top court asked the DDA counsel and the petitioner to ...

Chandigarh: A large number of trees will be axed before city’s first bulk market can come into existence. The UT administration has identified 352 trees on the 45-acre land in Sector 56, where ...

This characteristic allows the banyan tree to cover large areas, providing bigger shade and shelter areas. In many Indian villages, the banyan tree serves as a central gathering place for the ...

The Bench ordered the listing of the pleas before a Bench of which the CJI was not part in the week commencing November 27.