Public walk out of hearing for Mithi Virdi nuclear power project

Residents say public hearing was illegal and organised without a proper rehabilitation plan for the project-affected

The battle for a strong Lokpal

As the showdown between Anna Hazare and the Centre begins what implications does it have for the relationship between the government and non-…

The battle for a strong Lokpal

As the  showdown between Anna Hazare and Centre begins what implications does it have for the relationship between the government and non-…

Tiger tour operators' incidental love: tribals

Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava's take on tour operators' claim that tourism in core areas of reserves is good for tribals

Nagpur citizens oppose power tariff hike, load shedding

Hike proposed is fifth in a year; people blame power distributor for not recovering dues from the powerful

DMRC rejects Reliance Infra notice to terminate contract on Airport Metro Line

DMRC rejects Reliance Infra notice to terminate contract on Airport Metro Line

Wheat price war

Central ministries disagree on minimum support price for wheat

Forest depts as nodal agency for community forest resources: A political blunder

The Chhattisgarh government issued an order on May 31, making the state forest department the nodal agency for Community Forest Resource Rights 

MoEF notice to halt work on lion safari project in Etawah

Notice to Uttar Pradesh says project in reserved forestland for commercial purpose is illegal

Bihar has little money to pay workers under MGNREGS

Blames Centre for non-release of funds

US $50 million to protect biodiversity in India

Manmohan Singh says the challenge is to develop new models of inclusive conservation

Environment ministry approves mining near Vaishno Devi shrine

Trikuta wildlife sanctuary to be denotified

Mahan coal block dispute before green tribunal

After two-year-long protests, demanding settlement of forest rights prior to mining, residents of Waidhan forest range approach National Green …

Bihar hopes Union Budget will set right Finance Commission’s ‘wrong’

Finance Commission recommended curtailing funds under Backward Region Grant Fund

Sugar cane price: UP farmers settle for Rs 245-250 per quintal

Karnataka and Maharashtra farmers get much less, stage protests  

Brace for more extreme weather events in Himalayas, warn experts

Maximum temperatures in mountain region may rise by 0.5°C to 2.5°C, says state action plan on climate change

Meghalaya suspends rat-hole coal mining

State government yet to finalise a policy for scientific and regulated mining in Jaintia hills and elsewhere

Shah Commission wound up before it could probe illegal mining in Chhattisgarh

As environmental groups appeal against termination of commission, Supreme Court asks government to respond by November 18

Public hearing for Jindal coal project in Raigarh held amid protests

Will National Green Tribunal accept the second public hearing; it had dismissed the first one held five years ago as a ‘farce’

Work on Suktel irrigation project begins at gun point

Balangir district authorities use police force to allow construction work as anti-dam stir continues

Eco-cabs join Chandigarh's public transport service

Plans afoot to increase demand for cycle rickshaws, reduce use of motor vehicles

Situation tense as Tamil Nadu gives go-ahead to Kudankulam Nuclear Plant

Sixteen activists, including two top leaders, are on indefinite hunger strike

Prime Minister’s Logic

POSCO to get water from Mahanadi

People protest Odisha government's decision to allocate water from the Mahanadi and Hansua rivers, saying it will turn large tracts of farms …

Obituary: Ashish Bose, a man who counted

India’s foremost demographer had a lively interest in a host of societal issues, specially the state of the aam aadmi