'CBI registered 3 cases against rhino poaching'

Union minister for environment and forests Jayanthi Natarajan has taken on agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, countering that Group of Ministers headed by the latter cannot sit in judgment on the new proposed no-go policy for mining in forest areas.

The juvenile accused in gang rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus in December is "old enough to undergo punishment", as he was old enough to commit the crime, Union minister Jayanthi Natarajan said on Friday. Speaking at the 'India Today Woman Summit' organised by the TV Today Group, Natarajan said the accused was "only a few days short of becoming a major" before he raped the 23-year-old physiotherapy student, who later succumbed to her grievous injuries. "I believe if a minor is old ...

Close on heels of recent train hit incident of two tiger cubs in Maharashtra, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan convened a meeting with railway officials, stressing on five point strategy to minimise such incidents. She has focused on ...

Minister for Environment and Forests (MoEF) Jayanthi Natarajan on Saturday warned oil marketing companies of serious action, including closure, if they failed to stop incidents of oil leakages in densely-populated areas. Addressing a press ...

Ahmedabad: Several NGOs have asked Union minister of state for environment Jayanthi Natarajan to implement recommendations of the high-powered committee that looked into the environmental destruction caused by the Adani Port and Special Economic ...

The Union Environment Minister said she was not against development but infrastructure projects cannot be allowed at the cost of environment. Right To Be Heard:

The India Today Woman Summit and Awards began in New Delhi on Friday with a session on 'Women in power: Do they get their due?' Jayanthi Natarajan, Union Minister of State (Independent charge), Environment and Forests and Smriti Irani, BJP MP in the ...

Environment minister and member of Parliament from Tamil Nadu Jayanthi Natarajan has taken on industry body FICCI for proposing a parliamentary delegation to Sri Lanka for

The Cabinet Committee on Investment that was set up after Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan objected to the National Investment Board over-ruling her ministry has not been slow in clearing projects. Comparative figures for earlier periods are hard to ...