Will Bengal allow high decibel firecrackers?
Activists fear noise control rules will be relaxed for manufacturers of firecrackers
Fall of golden fibre
An inefficient industry is marring prospects of jute, paving way for plastics
Baigas in exile
Once called lords of the jungle, the Chhattisgarh tribals are being evicted without adequate relief
High court declares Singur land Act unconstitutional
Tata Motors welcomes verdict; Mamata says people’s choice will prevail
POSCO project may kick off this year despite green tribunal order
India’s largest FDI might downsize initially, to get going
Burdened with bumper crop
Faulty procurement, rising farm inputs force West Bengal farmers to commit suicide
Shudder islands
Harsh environment, government apathy are literally driving Sundarbans inhabitants mad
Violence at POSCO site
Clashes erupt as government resumes construction of coastal road at Jagatsinghpur in Odisha
Democracy under surveillance
West Bengal bureaucrats to monitor panchayat institutions, implement their decisions
Our tigers, their tigers
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A hard rain’s falling
Sayantan Bera tells the story of a man and a state, paralysed inside the remote islands of Sundarbans
Workers missing from tea gardens of north Bengal and Assam
Rural employment guarantee scheme is keeping them engaged
Who messed it up?
Guwahati indicts poor settlers for flash floods, ignores damage on wetlands by construction work
The great wetland grab
Guwahati allows construction on wetlands, but will not spare poor settlers on hills. A photo narrative by Sayantan Bera
Package POSCO
The Odisha government is trying to acquire land on a shoddily drawn compensation package
POSCO, a better tomorrow?
Sayantan Bera captures the mood at Jagatsinghpur, Odisha (Photos from June 16 and 17)