Locals get firm

Survival at stake

Flow row

Project spawns local water rights dispute in Nepal

‘Independent India worse for tribals’

Widely respected in the civil society, B D Sharma spent his life fighting for the rights of tribals for about four decades. Excerpts from a …

Shifting Ganga creats islands disputed

In the post-monsoon months of September and October, the Ganga often rises to flood vast tracts of border land in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. As the …

Misplaced emphasis on security

The Salwa Judum judgement and the Union home ministry

Water war

A dispuet is brewing between TN and Kerala over a controversial dam

Out of site

Liquid pressure

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Dying for a river

In Raigarh district of Madhya Pradesh, tribals are fighting to save their only source of water from an industrial house. A woman has already died …

A quiet Revolution

Six years ago, the Andhra Pradesh government decided to manage forests jointly with the people. This effort is breaking new ground in Naxalite-…

Uneasy truce

Stand-off ends between forest officials and villagers in Ranthambhore, but roots of the conflict remain

Tawang: Paradise threatened by Mega Dams

On May 2, 2016, police fired at a group of protestors in Arunachal Pradesh's Tawang District. Two people were killed and 19 others were injured. …

Centre-state collusion

Why political justice is ignored in countering Naxalism in Chhattisgarh

Now land acquisition stir in Punjab

Farmers protest thermal power project by Indiabulls  

Prawns in danger

Of mild cigarettes and stiff penalties

Philip Morris told to pay damages for misleading smokers

FOLLOW UP

Follow-up

One Track Mind

The Union government's ineptness in dealing with technology finds a new victim: Delhi's metro rail project

Civil v political

Arguably, this is the hottest political summer for Delhi. Reason: friction between anti-corruption activists and the Union government over the …

Secret dam

People were not consulted, officials say they don’t know about it

Sweet cruelty

Sugar plantations were run by African slaves who were tortured, but they also revolted against their masters

Dam in check

In an atmosphere of deepening mistrust on the India-Nepal border, Bihar farmers find it difficult to build check dam

Sudan refugee crisis: Aid agencies face huge challenges as hundreds of thousands flee violence

Sudan will need stronger aid infrastructure