Protests in Pulwama and Shopian intensify as farmers oppose a railway project they say threatens apple orchards, livelihoods, ...

Mumbai: Taking a leaf out of the Chipko movement's book on forest conservation from the 1970s, members of an environmental outfit from Vikhroli hugged trees along the Eastern Express Highway to ...

Classical Indian music trickled through Faculty Glade where more than a dozen students, faculty members and Berkeley residents gathered Friday for a midday rally. Passing students paused to admire red ...

The Nashik Municipal Corporation has issued a notice to cut, plant or prune more than 1,800 trees to build Tapovana Sadhugram for the Simhastha Kumbh Mela, which is facing strong opposition from ...

In September 1983, in Western Ghats, Karnataka, villagers started the Appiko Movement by literally embracing trees to prevent commercial logging, inspired by the landmark eco-protest called Chipko.

Protesters in parts of Jammu and Kashmir have warned of serious long-term environmental and economic consequences of ...

Over three decades, the Chipko Movement travelled from a quiet Garhwal village to the corridors of power, and eventually even helped shape the demand for a separate Uttarakhand state. Chipko and its ...