Walking and good roads a fundamental right: Bombay HC

In most Indian cities, pedestrians outnumber vehicle users. Yet, they remain invisible in policy action

Regulate stent prices to prevent exploitation of patients: health campaigners

While the government fixes the prices of stents, it must also take urgent action to investigate corrupt practices and overcharging

Bombay High Court orders demolition of Adarsh Society

The HC has stayed the order for 12 weeks, giving time to the Maharashtra government to appeal in the Supreme Court

Temporary relief for Nestle India after Bombay High Court sets aside Maggi ban

The judgment was in response to a petition filed by Nestle India, which challenged the ban imposed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority …

Razing Aravalls (Video Special)

Residents of Harla ki Dhani in Rajasthan discuss effects of illegal mining in the Aravallis

A swami and sand mafia

Uttarakhand banned mining along Ganga over and again. Will it obey court order this time?

Sentinels of Sound

When noise levels rise over 55 decibels, sound becomes unsound. Isolated pleas against the racket of revelry have fallen on deaf ears. But a …

Clogged up in Delhi

More than two years ago, the Union ministry of urban development and poverty alleviation (moud) issued a notification making wastewater recycling …

Kerala panchayat wins face-off with Coke

Two recent directives of the Kerala High Court have further vindicated the Perumatty Grama Panchayat's stand in its face-off with the Hindustan …

Ban junk food in schools, amicus curiae tells Delhi High Court

Stakeholders are expected to reply to the suggestions within the next hearing

Bihar in reverse gear

State plans to bring down its minimum wage rate to that under MGNREGA

Bengaluru lakes to get facelift

Karnataka High Court sets 2014 deadline to clean up 189 water bodies

SAVING SKINS

Why liquidate our future?

In Court

Will Punjab and Haryana HC’s recommendations reduce farmers’ burden?

The court’s suggestions, like making MSP a legal right and increasing it to thrice the cost of production, are practical but need effort in …

HUL and mercury-exposed workers in Kodaikanal reach an out-of-court settlement

The settlement is historic as families of 591 workers have opted for an ex-gratia payment by the company for all that they endured while getting …

Bombay HC for phthalates standards in toys

CSE study showed over 45 per cent toys in India have more than acceptable limits of the chemical

SC stays quashing of Gujarat’s green cess act

Cess of industries using self-generated power to be tabulated, but not recovered

Kerala court allows law violation

Permits use of paddy field unfit for cultivation for other purposes

POLLUTING HOSPITALS

GENSETS UNDER CHECK

Bundled out

Villagers in Pench National Park sent packing

Damning report

Jharkhand police accused of using brute force to quell anti-dam drive

Meerut's bane...

HC takes note of hospital waste recycling racket