Blackbuck case: Supreme Court sets aside high court stay on Salman Khan’s conviction

With this order, Khan will not be allowed to travel abroad

Bihar bans plastic packaged water bottles

Government departments have been prohibited from using or buying packaged water bottles

Ban on illegal mining ineffective

It has only increased cost of illegally sourced construction material

Pakistan switches off air-conditioners in government offices

Prescribes summer dress code for employees

Chidambaram visits Bhopal on June 5

Gas disaster victims say they would like to present actual injuries, death reports

Industry evades responsibility for heavy metals in cosmetics

Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) has refused to accept that their products have toxins

National Green Tribunal firm on not allowing new polluting industries in Ghaziabad

UP Pollution Control Board fails to furnish satisfactory report to tribunal

Chidambaram leaves Bhopal gas disaster survivors disappointed

Survivors' organisations demand corrections in curative petition

'South Asia, Africa show poor progress towards MDGs'

India fares worse than Bangladesh and Nepal, says report

Rigged or not, polls the only option for Pakistan

While there are allegations of it being fixed, as a constitutional exercise it is preferable compared to the alternative which is martial law  

The power of community

The role of the Bishnois in sending Salman Khan to jail is a shining instance of the power of community participation in conservation

Salman Khan convicted in 1998 blackbuck poaching case

All other accused—actors Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu and Neelam—acquitted

Delhi High Court bans e-rickshaws in city

While the Central government plans to bring e-rickshaws under the ambit of local municipalities, Delhi High Court bans them citing safety and …

Budget 2015-16: civil society demands more development funds for minorities

Policy document says no advance allocations are made for minorities; demands allocations at par with those for SCs and STs

More dangerous variant of antibiotic resistant superbug detected in India

A team of scientists from Aligarh Muslim University have detected NDM-4 in bacteria in sewage samples obtained from Aligarh Hospital

Kumbh karma

It took a trip to Harvard for the Uttar Pradesh top brass to realize that back home their house was not in order

Beauty and the beast

Cosmetics in India are tainted with toxic heavy metals, shows a study by Delhi-based non-profit Centre for Science and Environment. It’s …

Trademarks, jai ho!

Songs have been the subject of copyright and trademark battles. In India composer A R Rahman is holding up a film for using his song Jai Ho as …

Lake made by landslide debris bursts, causes flash floods in Kargil

Six bridges have been washed away by the floods; remote mountainous villages in Ladakh at risk

Righting the copywrong

Amending the Copyright Act to give directors, composers and musicians rights over their work has corrected a historic wrong but trouble is brewing

E-waste management: Nokia sets example

Firm addresses extended producer responsibility with take-back scheme for mobile phones; phases out hazardous substances from devices

Ensure piped water supply to residents near Union Carbide plant: monitoring committee to Bhopal municipality

Non-profits present high court committee with documents on extent of water and soil contamination

Sundarbans oil spill: who will clean the mess?

Though UN team members who visited the World Heritage Site reported limited immediate impact, experts say extent of damage will emerge five years on

Promises broken, justice delayed

Bhopal gas tragedy survivors continue to suffer as court cases are delayed and government promises prove hollow

MERS virus may spread to India post Haj

Researchers predict spread of acute respiratory syndrome that originated in the Middle East by studying population movements; Mumbai, Kozhikode …