Skyscrapers rise on lakebed

Developers want to build further  

Kolkata air cleaner

Two-stroke autorickshaw ban shows results

Why are nomads being evicted from Jammu and Kashmir?

Eviction drives come shortly after the J&K High Court declared the Roshni Act, allowed ownership of occupied government land …

A trashed valley: Kashmir needs to segregate its waste at source

Despite clear regulations and court interventions, local governments continue to ignore Kashmir’s municipal solid waste crisis

SC vacates Madras HC order staying issue of pattas to forest dwellers

The Madras High Court had passed an interim order in April 2008 staying the issue of pattas in Tamil Nadu without its permission

Chhattisgarh sticks to its stand that governors have no discretionary powers in tribal matters

State response to Supreme Court ignores more recent apex court judgements and former attorney general's opinion on powers of governors under the …

Expert committee to look into junk food in schools

Delhi High Court approves proposal following dissension over guidelines proposed by food safety authority

Curse of the horn

Soaring prices of rhino horns have led to a new spurt of poaching in the Kaziranga National Park, Assam. Once heralded as a conservation success …

Mine games

Haryana's politics-mining nexus plays havoc with the environment (Read full article)

Orphaned by apathy

Hidden from the outside world, this is the plight of the Van Taungiyas. They were hired during the British rule as resident labourers to plant …

In the tax bracket again

The Orissa government has slapped a forest development tax on three minor forest produce items -- tendu leaf, timber and bamboo. Seen as a …

An ecological triumph goes sour

Kerala celebrates silver jubilee of the Silent Valley project, but dismisses conservation measures

Sterlite Copper in Thoothukudi to remain shut: Madras HC

It also dismissed all petitions for the plant to resume operations

Supreme Court turns down plea to ban PET bottles, packaging

Environmentalists say fresh studies suggest they may be harmful to health

Whose corridor is it?

A proposed elephant corridor has turned eco-sensitive Sigur plataeu into a war zone

Accreditation scheme on hold

Karnataka High Court stays accreditation of consultants who assess environmental impact

Madhya Pradesh HC chides Centre over delayed union carbide toxic report

The report was to be submitted on January 9

Jaitapur nuclear protests: activist leader gets externment notice

Vaishali Patil says administration has been continuously harassing protesters

No lip service on junk food ban: Delhi HC

Asks Centre to file an action taken report by November 2

True measure of growth

Farmers face police wrath, 3 killed

75 villages protest government decision to give their water to Pune  

Policy draft backs new vaccines

Health experts say new vaccines not essential enough to be in the national programme

High Court’s blow to Lavasa

Are pills doctored?

A Punjab resident holds inferior quality drugs responsible for his son's serious illness

On a strong wicket

Perumatty panchayat's case is statutorily sound