Maharashtra Forest Minister

Aaditya Thackeray, Shiv Lena leader and former Maharashtra minister, today led a protest against the state government's move to shift the proposed Metro-3 car shed to Mumbai's Aarey Forest.

Union Minister of State for Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Friday launched a scathing attack on Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

Forest authorities on Sunday issued orders to capture tigers that were intruding into areas around the Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station, while Maharashtra minister Nitin Raut asked the department to undertake a survey to find a solution.

Maharashtra Forest Minister Sanjay Rathod has resigned from his post after the opposition BJP linked him to a 23-year-old woman's alleged death by suicide in Pune.

Maharashtra Forest Minister Sanjay Rathod, who was not seen in public after his name was linked to the death of a woman in Pune, visited a temple in Washim district on Tuesday and later dismissed the allegations against him.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday dismissed the opposition's claims that state forest minister Sanjay Rathod, whose name is being linked to the death of a woman in Pune, has been missing.

India has named two more wetlands of international importance-- Lonar lake in Maharashtra and Sur Sarovar in Agra-- under the Ramsar Convention, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said on Sunday.

Maharashtra Minister of State for PWD, Forest and Tribal Development and also guardian minister of Gondia, Parinay Fuke, lost from Sakoli assembly constituency in Maharashtra's Bhanadara district on Thursday.

Amid protests against the proposed felling of trees in Mumbai's Aarey Colony to make way for a Metro car shed, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said it is the government's land which does not fall under a forest area.

A former aide of a Maharashtra minister and a policeman were among those arrested in connection with the murder of a diamond trader, who was found dead in a forest in Maharashtra's Raigad district two days ago, the police said.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Friday backed his party colleague and Maharashtra Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar on the killing of tigress Avni.

Union Minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday upped the ante on her demand for ouster of Maharashtra Environment Minister Sudhir Mugantiwar over the killing of tigress Avni and dashed off a letter to state Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, asking him to "consider removing" the minister.

Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray today asked his party's ministers in the alliance government to raise the issue of killing of man-eater tigress Avni in the next Maharashtra cabinet meeting and question Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar.

The killing of the man-eater tigress Avni has emerged into a full blown war of words between the forest minister in the BJP-led Maharashtra government and union minister Maneka Gandhi. A day after Ms Gandhi called the shooting Avni a "ghastly murder" and a "straight case of crime", the Maharashtra minister said that the Centre should now on take de...

Tigress Avni was shot dead as a last resort when all attempts to tranquilise her failed and she attacked officials, Maharashtra Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said on Sunday. He also hit back at NGOs criticizing Avni's killing and said forest teams could not have let humans die to save an animal.

Aaditya Thackeray, Shiv Lena leader and former Maharashtra minister, today led a protest against the state government's move to shift the proposed Metro-3 car shed to Mumbai's Aarey Forest.

Union Minister of State for Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Friday launched a scathing attack on Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

Forest authorities on Sunday issued orders to capture tigers that were intruding into areas around the Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station, while Maharashtra minister Nitin Raut asked the department to undertake a survey to find a solution.

Maharashtra Forest Minister Sanjay Rathod has resigned from his post after the opposition BJP linked him to a 23-year-old woman's alleged death by suicide in Pune.

Maharashtra Forest Minister Sanjay Rathod, who was not seen in public after his name was linked to the death of a woman in Pune, visited a temple in Washim district on Tuesday and later dismissed the allegations against him.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday dismissed the opposition's claims that state forest minister Sanjay Rathod, whose name is being linked to the death of a woman in Pune, has been missing.

India has named two more wetlands of international importance-- Lonar lake in Maharashtra and Sur Sarovar in Agra-- under the Ramsar Convention, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said on Sunday.

Maharashtra Minister of State for PWD, Forest and Tribal Development and also guardian minister of Gondia, Parinay Fuke, lost from Sakoli assembly constituency in Maharashtra's Bhanadara district on Thursday.

Amid protests against the proposed felling of trees in Mumbai's Aarey Colony to make way for a Metro car shed, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said it is the government's land which does not fall under a forest area.

A former aide of a Maharashtra minister and a policeman were among those arrested in connection with the murder of a diamond trader, who was found dead in a forest in Maharashtra's Raigad district two days ago, the police said.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Friday backed his party colleague and Maharashtra Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar on the killing of tigress Avni.

Union Minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday upped the ante on her demand for ouster of Maharashtra Environment Minister Sudhir Mugantiwar over the killing of tigress Avni and dashed off a letter to state Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, asking him to "consider removing" the minister.

Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray today asked his party's ministers in the alliance government to raise the issue of killing of man-eater tigress Avni in the next Maharashtra cabinet meeting and question Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar.

The killing of the man-eater tigress Avni has emerged into a full blown war of words between the forest minister in the BJP-led Maharashtra government and union minister Maneka Gandhi. A day after Ms Gandhi called the shooting Avni a "ghastly murder" and a "straight case of crime", the Maharashtra minister said that the Centre should now on take de...

Tigress Avni was shot dead as a last resort when all attempts to tranquilise her failed and she attacked officials, Maharashtra Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar said on Sunday. He also hit back at NGOs criticizing Avni's killing and said forest teams could not have let humans die to save an animal.