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Mining

When mining interests prevail over SC order

Uttar Pradesh where IAS officer Durga Shakti got suspended after taking on politicians involved in sand mining is not the only state to bypass …

Avian fauna study for Navi Mumbai airport will not solve problem of bird hits, says activist

Reports submitted so far silent on presence of bird sanctuary in eco-sensitive zone around airport

Haphazard land reclamation fuelled Mumbai's maximum dreams

It also damaged Mumbai's ecology and made flooding a regular feature, says a yet-to-be-released study &…

Lost in reclamation

Study blames unmindful land reclamations in Mumbai for ecological damage, floods

Mangrove cover getting sparser over Konkan creeks

Report of Bombay Natural History Society says three creeks lost large swathes of mangroves; rare mangrove species at risk

Elementary failure

Since the Right To Education Act came into force on April 1, 2010, India has been witnessing an experiment that involves parents in enforcing a …

Who is monitoring Lavasa?

Lavasa Corporation is rushing to complete its township in Western Ghats. No one knows if the promoter is complying with conditions on which it …

Tribals play hardball on land rights

Dissatisfied with RTI answers on traditional land rights, tribals of Thane file appeals

Transition failure

With an eye on the 2014 general election, the UPA government is expanding its ambitious Direct Benefit Transfer programme that promises welfare …

Monsoon arrives in Maharashtra, but reservoir levels still low

Full only till 14 per cent of their capacity

Residents protest Paris meet for Jaitapur nuclear plant

Make public letter written to bankers for financing 9,900 MW project

Urbanisation

Structural collapse

The rot has set in the construction sector. A dysfunctional clearance system has led to a series of building collapses in the recent past. …

CBI recovers Rs 1 crore from deputy director of environment ministry

Neeraj Kumar Khatri is technical officer whose opinion is considered by expert appraisal committee for grant of environment clearances

Green tribunal asks ministry to set noise levels for sirens, horns

Says states should notify the new standards within a month

Delhi High Court orders shifting of biomedical waste incinerator from Okhla

Residents hope it will pave the way for shifting of Jindal's waste-to-energy plant

Maharashtra to propose five wetland sites for recognition as Ramsar sites

MoEF will screen the sites independently to decide whether they are eligible for nomination

Maharashtra now seeks wildlife clearance for Navi Mumbai airport

State had earlier ignored the presence of a bird sanctuary near airport

Konkan to get village-level biodiversity action plans

UNDP and Maharasthra government to prepare plans in consultation with gram sabhas,panchayats

Massive forest fire breaks out in Goregaon Film City, Sanjay Gandhi National Park

Cause of fire yet to be established

'Trapping leopards that stray into human habitat not the solution'

Report spells out the do's and don'ts of managing human-leopard conflict around Mumbai's Sanjay Gandhi National Park

Maharashtra pushes for relaxing norms around Mumbai’s silence zones

Activists accuse government of abdicating fundamental responsibility of ensuring good health of citizens

Residents protest Tata Power’s modernisation plans for Trombay plant

Modernisation will increase pollution, say residents

Bhopal protesters knock on Dow Chemical's door in Mumbai

Demand clean up of toxins in soil and water around Union Carbide plant, production of absconding corporation officials before Indian court

Stop forceful land acquisition for Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor project, say farmers of Raigad

They want state to follow the proposed land acquisition Bill likely to be passed soon by Parliament

Cost of cancer treatment could drop to Rs 1,000 a month

Tata Memorial Hospital’s preliminary studies of combination therapy prove successful; clinical trials to begin soon

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