Tussle over land

Land acquisition Bill should take into account demands of those dependant on natural resources

Sponge iron’s dirty growth

In the years to come, India's expanding steel production will be largely driven by sponge iron. But its manufacturing process, based on coal, is …

Village refuses to part with forest

People near Chennai plan protest against industrial estate

Life after coalgate

As the apex court cancels 214 illegal coal blocks, people fighting against mining rejoice. But they are uncertain about the land already taken, …

Kaziranga simmers on fringes

People take to streets against eviction notices and tiger reserve tag

Bending rules

How Vedanta's refinery came up

Is it a forest?

How different agencies see it

POSCO gets final clearance

Environment ministry sides with Odisha government, ignores people’s forest rights

Mining firms set up shop in Orissa

Lanjigarh block, Kalahandi, Orissa, May 17: At its summit, the northeastern ridge of the Niyamgiri hill range has a bald patch, typical of …

Thin end of wedge

Why Vedanta's success will be bad news

Big impact

Mining will tax area's natural resources

Package POSCO

The Odisha government is trying to acquire land on a shoddily drawn compensation package

Land acquisition for Posco begins

Treasure in troubled land

International aid has supported the economy of Afghanistan for 12 years. With aid flow gradually declining, the war-torn country will now have to …

Eco-sensitive zones subverted

States exclude ecologically rich areas around parks from regulation to allow industries

The great wetland robbery in Kakarapalli

Police open fire, but people resolute to weed out power plant from wetland in Andhra Pradesh

Jumbo conflict

Human-elephant conflict is rising across India. Every year nearly 400 people are killed by elephants and about 100 elephants lose their lives. …

Tigers on the prowl

Tigers have killed 16 people across the country in the past two months

Road to disaster

Fertile land is up for grabs in western Uttar Pradesh. Private developers are acquiring it to build apartments, industries, IT institutes, and …

Government introduces land amendment bill amid protests, walkout

Farmers and civil society groups march on Delhi streets to protest Narendra Modi government’s anti-farmers and anti-people bill which …

The digital is political

Technologies are not just agents of politics, there is politics in their design

Elephantine block

A wall to keep elephants at bay ends up alienating people in an Uttarakhand village

Assam's dam crisis

Protests against dams are snowballing into a political movement in Assam

Drowning villages for 8 paise

The Par-Tapi Narmada Link project will earn 8 paise on a rupee

Centre seeks to expedite interlinking of rivers

Water resources ministry publishes draft guidelines for water sharing amongst states seeking greater role for the Centre in water resource development