Maheshwar dam: NGT directs state to sort out rehabilitation problems
In the last two years since completion of dam, many houses have either been immersed or washed away, and people have been left without either …
Survey work for POSCO boundary wall begins amid protests
Authorities start GPS survey work for boundary wall of the proposed steel plant as angry villagers accuse government of siding with the company
South Korean envoy’s visit to Odisha sparks fresh Posco protests
Joon-gyu Lee said to have urged Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik to speed up land acquisition for steel plant
Maharashtra dumps SEZ for real estate
Its new industrial policy appears to benefit industrial houses
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Nuclear utility grabs land
Public sector NPCIL encroaches upon mango plantations near its Ratnagiri plant
Farmers boycott land acquisition hearings for Chhindwara SEZ
Villagers refuse to part with land; object to individual hearings, land acquisition by dubious means
A compromised consensus
Two new provisions in land acquisition bill promise to protect farmers. Are they foolproof?
Agrarian crisis: farmers from 15 states protest at Delhi Jantar Mantar
They demand moratorium on land acquisition; farmers' suicides, falling incomes and GMOs on list of concerns
Centre set to dilute tribal rights over forestland
Affidavit filed in Vedanta case says government can acquire forests in public interest by ‘extinguishing’ tribal rights
Pre-dawn police crackdown on village at POSCO site
Move marks restart of land acquisition for steel plant; police say they were only protecting farmers who wanted to give land
Coal blocks on offer
Under new policy, Centre offers 17 blocks with total reserve of 8.5 billion tonnes to state-run firms
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Rage over asbestos
Residents stall work at Utkal Asbestos Ltd’s plant in Vaishali