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Topic: Aravalli Hills

Where does Aravalli end? Lack of clarity leads to rampant mining; furious Haryana villagers

Haryana's Rajawas village’s vehement opposition to mining near the Aravalli range comes from bitter experiences. They have faced the repercussions of living near a stone mine.

‘Will destroy wildlife’ — Haryana govt’s ambitious Aravalli jungle safari project challenged in SC 

Petition by environmentalists flags potential damage the project will cause to the Aravalli Range. It comes day after CM Khattar invited PM Narendra Modi to lay foundation stone for it.   

After Stone-Age rock carvings found in Aravallis, growing calls for protection, deeper study

A proposal for research at Aravalli’s Mangar Bani site is pending approval since 2021. Principal secretary terms it 'ambitious', but asserts govt will assess the proposal.

‘Objections hasty,’ says Haryana govt on calls for scrapping Aravalli Safari Park project

Residents & conservationists have flagged increase in human presence, traffic, construction, water usage & waste generated because of the project will negatively impact Aravalli ecosystem.

‘Let’s teach police a lesson’ — illegal miners who ran over DSP ‘threatened his team with gun’

Tauru DSP Surendra Singh, 59, who was due to retire in three months, was mowed down Tuesday by a dumper allegedly carrying illegally mined stones in Haryana's Nuh.

Stone Age tools, cave paintings discovered in Haryana could be clues to ‘prehistoric factory’

Haryana archaeology dept are yet to carry out a full survey, but believe they've discovered possibly the largest Paleolithic site in the Indian subcontinent.

UN experts call on India to halt mass eviction of nearly 1 lakh people in Faridabad’s Khori

The SC had ordered government officials to remove 10,000 residential constructions in the Aravali forest area and asserted that 'land grabbers cannot take refuge of rule of law'.

Sensitive Aravallis, ‘land mafia’, illegal village — the complicated story behind razing Khori

The Municipal Corporation of Faridabad is razing thousands of homes in Khori Gaon following a 7 June Supreme Court order that followed an 11-year legal battle.

SC pulls up Haryana govt for ‘shocking’ amendment allowing construction in Aravallis

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday pulled up the Haryana government for trying to circumvent its order banning construction in the ecologically-sensitive Aravalli range. “Do...

SC orders demolition of structures in Faridabad’s Kant Enclave over ‘irreversible damage’

The court orders developer R. Kant & Co. to deposit Rs 5 crore towards Aravalli Rehabilitation Fund within a month for damaged areas.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

As IDF unveils robotic combat task force, Israeli maker says open to working with India

Using this technology, IDF carried out fully robotic combat missions, drastically reducing risk to Israeli troops. The robotic combat task force also enhanced situational awareness.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.