Crisis of governance

People in urban scheduled areas suffer as Centre fails to legislate

Scrap Lavasa township: petition

Pune project does not have environmental clearance from Centre

Officials push five-in-one vaccine

Pentavalent vaccine linked to child deaths in Sri Lanka, Bhutan; ball in high court

Court halts Sterlite expansion

Vedanta subsidiary hid facts while seeking clearances  

Delhi High Court orders curb on junk food sale in schools across India

Judgement is a milestone development in addressing growing burden of obesity, diabetes and heart disease, says Sunita Narain of Centre for …

No need to make cellphone tower radiation norms more stringent, says government panel

Committee appointed on court's directions dismisses concerns over health impacts of EMF radiations, but calls for more studies on it

MoEF withdraws draft amendments to solid waste management rules

Activists say amendments involve use of expensive, regressive and untested technologies for waste disposal

'Give people viable option'

Activists, spiritual leaders and officials say ban on idol immersions in rivers and lakes can work only if people are offered alternatives

Centre reverses stand on governor's powers under Fifth Schedule

Assistant solicitor general's affidavit says the constitutional head of state has no discretionary powers over functioning of Tribes Advisory …

When homemakers unite

Housewives in Kolkata move the court against the irresponsible and negligent functioning of factories in their area

Cycles congest roads: traffic cops

Kolkata police justify ban on non-motorised transport in the city

Fish and a philosophy

A cooperative in Kolkata shows the way for urban sewage management

Are Goa's village panchayats following high court orders on garbage disposal? State pollution board to enquire

Panchayats may face contempt proceedings

Supreme Court reserves order on Sterlite plant

The company sought to continue operating its copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu

SC stays order evicting resorts near Mudumalai sanctuary

Madras High Court had given three months to vacate the area

Delhi to get Waterbodies Authority

Over half the 900 wetlands have been encroached upon

Tirupur dyeing units told to close

Madras High Court orders shut down till zero discharge

Goa sponge iron plants get closure notice

Orissa won't allow dam at Polavaram

Sugarcane growers in Uttar Pradesh short changed

Field science

Road of contention

In Court

Punjab chief justice against pesticides

Landless people encroach upon private estate in Kerala