New rules for mineral ore transportation come into force from August 15

Rapid urbanisation coupled with growing industrialisation has increased the levels of pollutants in the air manifold. But detecting these pollutants is a daunting and costly task. Researchers at Intelligent Materials Research Laboratory of Department of Physics, at Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University in Aurangabad have invented a portable device that can easily detect the pollutants. M D Shirsat, head of the laboratory, speaks to Ashwin Aghor about the device

Order to return land to two tribals of Mugaon village brightens hope of 15 other tribal people fighting to get back their land

Ichalkaranji does not have the facilities to care for the 3,500 persons taken ill by Hepatitis E

Maximum concentration of birds found on route of proposed ropeway which will destroy birds, says environmentalist

National Green Tribunal orders not to begin construction on the basis of seven-year-old environment clearance

Comptroller and Auditor General had pulled up developer for illegal expansion plans

Panchayats may face contempt proceedings

Where there is a river, there is sand. Called a minor mineral, it fulfils a major requirement of the booming construction industry. No wonder, many senior bureaucrats and politicians in power are hand-in-glove with local contractors to make huge gains from illegal sand mining. Even as the exchequer suffers, little attention is given to the long-lasting scars sand mining leaves on ecology. Communities fight on the river banks and in courts to keep sand reserves from getting exhausted.

Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava travelled to Madhya Pradesh, Anupam Chakravartty to Punjab, M Suchitra to Andhra Pradesh and Ashwin Aghor to Karnataka to examine the murky business of sand mining

Consent to operate will be withdrawn if mines found extracting excess ore, say officials

Move aimed to curb illegal trading in metal ores

Non-profits point out that BJP fielded candidates who are in the mining business

Report kept in wraps calls attention to adverse environmental and social impacts of ongoing industrial activities

Metropolitan region authority proposes temporary bridge to carry out construction so that flamingo habitat in Sewri is not disturbed

Activists say Rs 9,000 crore project will destroy beaches and violates coastal regulations

Vaishali Patil says administration has been continuously harassing protesters

Asks project proponent to immediately stop dumping solid waste to reclaim land 

A well-calculated compensation plan eases relocation pain of forest dwellers from the core area of Melghat Tiger Reserve

It is named after Varad Giri of Bombay Natural History Society who brought it from Goa

Officials obliged developer and reclassified coastal land to allow project

Areva's technology has been approved by nuclear safety authorities of three nations, says chief of French atomic energy commission

Non-profits say residents not provided information to enable them to file objections

Reserves order on issuing notice or summons till November 11

Move follows directive of Bombay High Court and MoEF's demand for credible action

Environment ministry to pass order on Lavasa’s application for environmental clearance in three weeks

Fifteen million tonnes of iron ore extracted and exported from the state illegally in last six years

Over 600 tribal children have died so far

Consumers likely to face the brunt

It had challenged the conditions, saying it would amount to guilt
 

Supreme Court orders denotification of irrationally big sanctuary

Great Indian Bustard has been pushed to extinction in its biggest sanctuary; breeding stops