India becomes first country to adopt an agroforestry policy

Four-day world congress on agroforestry in Delhi pushes for accelerating growing trees on farms for sustainable agriculture and mitigating …

SC slams Gujarat minister for illegal sale of agricultural land

Gujarat government had gone out of its way to allow Mumbai-based company to sell land to bauxite processing unit

Panchayat polls in West Bengal in July

Bitter fight between election commission and state government ends; questions over bureaucratic interference in Panchayat matters remain

Polavaram's revised tender award manipulated: Andhra high power committee

It recommends awarding contract to consortium led by Transstroy, a firm owned by Congress MP from Guntur

Will disability rights bill get passed by Parliament this session?

Activists divided over provisions of the bill

Political parties use rural health mission scam stick to beat Mayawati government

Bahujan Samaj Party leader defiant blames UPA for the mess

Anti-Kasturirangan campaigners win in Idukki

Voters were highly misled and misinformed by the Left Democratic Front and a section of the church, say environmentalists

Women take the lead, parties follow

Political parties are fine tuning their campaigns, policies to gain more votes of women, who are exercising their franchise in increasing numbers

Pre-election freebie distribution needs regulation: Supreme Court

Party leaders see red; claim intervention is unnecessary

US Congress tells government to oppose large dams

It also seeks compensation and redress to people who suffer violation of human rights, including forced displacement, resulting from loan, grant, …

‘We plan to make public transport more convenient’

Sheila Dikshit of the Congress party has been the chief minister of Delhi for three consecutive terms. She is in the fray to win the seat a …

UN heritage status for Odisha's Koraput farming system

Indigenous knowledge and farming practices of the region's tribal people recognised for promoting food security and conserving biodiversity

Maharashtra elections: Welfare dominates tribal mandate

Vote likely to be split between the Congress, NCP and BJP

Centre dilly dallies on Telangana

Hyderabad crippled as stir intensifies

West Bengal transport minister calls cycle ban in Kolkata illegal

State government yet to revoke ban on non-motorised transport despite repeated protests, calls from civil society and advisory from Union …

Jagan received Rs 1,172 crore as bribes from investors: CBI

In turn, industries and investors got land, mining leases and concessions from the state government

Dictated by land

Khap panchayats oppose marriage in same gotra to control landholdings

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 …

Budget through the years post liberalisation

Run up to Budget 2012-13

Modi’s Ganga sutra and the politics of Varanasi

River pollution and sewage are top of the agenda for all parties, but Latha Jishnu who spent several days on the campaign trail in Varanasi is …

Angry Vidarbha farmers vote for BJP

Congress loses its bastion for failing to implement poverty alleviation schemes and inadequate disaster relief for farmers in distress

Could Bhopal gas victims have got more compensation?

A 1988 confidential letter by JRD Tata to Rajiv Gandhi reveals Union Carbide was willing to pay a higher compensation in case of an out-of-court …

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 …