Cyclone Hudhud: experience from Koraput

The storm damaged houses, crops and livestock of people in the tribal belt but government has not even taken note of it

Committee admits leakage in Hirakud dam, rules out danger

Recommendations on repairing crack will be submitted soon, says a panel member

Expenditure funds of Telangana, Seemandhra approved

Bifurcation process moves forward

Elephants unsafe in Odisha

Killing of five elephants in Saturday's train accident takes toll of unnatural deaths of jumbos in past five years up to 194

350,000 Andhra government staff to go on strike against Telangana decision

Call for roll back of decision to bifurcate Andhra Pradesh; government yet to respond to strike notice

Odisha: ravaged by drought till September; cyclone, floods in October

Is it climate change?

What is causing food inflation

It is protein products, not wheat and rice that are pushing food price index

Farmers demand guaranteed income

Demand farm income commission; urge political parties to make it an election issue

Odisha village takes up tendu trade, but finds no buyers

Government does not provide market linkages or support price after deregulating trade in the minor forest produce. It's a conspiracy, say activists

SC dismisses petition demanding exclusion of Sundargarh from purview of municipal Act

Activists say judgement is a setback for tribal communities who are being denied special status and land rights granted by the Constitution

Niyamgiri still out of reach, Vedanta scouts for other bauxite sources

Biodiverse Gandhamardan where mining attempts were abandoned earlier after massive public protests also on the radar of metal giant

Radio collars for elephants in forests along rail tracks

Environment ministry wants to tag jumbos to track their movements and avert rail accidents

Remaining tribals in Simlipal tiger reserve to be displaced

Those shifted out last December are living under plastic sheets in searing heat. Is this how relocation is meant to be carried out?

Blood plasma sale to Reliance by state blood banks in Odisha under scanner

Health officials say nothing wrong with decision to sell surplus blood plasma for revenue; activists say it's unethical

Energy conservation building code for Andhra soon

Green factory building code, measures to improve energy efficiency under consideration

New Independence struggle

Monsanto told to quit India

Farmers from 20 states to present national flag made from non-Bt organic cotton to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for Independence Day