Andhra Pradesh to cancel controversial Polavaram tender

The lowest bidder is found not qualified for participating in bidding

Centre to identify a laboratory to analyse toxic waste from Union Carbide factory

Order follows Maharashtra Pollution Control Board statement that it cannot predict the impact of burning the toxic waste

DRDO unit not fit to handle union carbide waste : MPCB

Incinerator out of order since two years

Clean-up plan for Union Carbide waste in Bhopal raises concern

In short

No more hospitals

FSSAI draft guidelines do not propose ban on junk food in schools

Guidelines submitted to Delhi High Court dwell more on promoting consumption of water and hygiene among school kids through Facebook,Twitter

State has no absolute right over subsoil minerals: SC

Ownership over minerals vest with land owner, says apex court; question of payment of royalty to state referred to a larger bench

Panchayat polls in West Bengal in July

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

High Court stays Karnataka’s efforts to divert water from Mahadayi

Court directs state to get forest and wildlife clearances

Wasteland or wetland?

Three panels’ reports later, green tribunal wants re-evaluation of Nirma project site

TN high court asks not to block essential commodities to Kudankulam protesters

More than 10,000 people are camping in Idinthakari village, nerve centre of people’s agitation

Junk food in schools: high court asks FSSAI to frame rules

Food standards authority says it has invited proposals for developing guidelines for making available quality food in school canteens

Green tribunal suspends environmental clearance to Gogte Minerals

Chairperson of expert committee that granted clearance had conflict of interest

Act to make Coca-Cola pay

Kerala passes law on tribunal to secure compensation for victims of bottling plant

Open cast mining threatens Assam

Botswana's Bushmen to return to Kalahari Game Reserve

Kolkata highrises to get rooftop solar panels

High Courts also ask power utilities to ensure 10 percent of energy supplies through renewable sources

Fall of a premier institute

Amid funds siphoning allegations, future of National Institute of Pharma Education seems bleak

‘Lanco public hearing rigged’

Farmers accuse power company of registering bogus speakers, question timing of public hearing with sowing season

Pali industrial units discharge untreated effluent into river

Authorities shut down industries, but they continue to operate clandestinely

CRPF for garbage trucks?

Kerala High Court suggests CRPF protection for garbage trucks dumping Thiruvanthapuram's waste in village

Farmers move court against Gorakhpur nuclear power plant in Haryana

Plant site is fertile land and sustains 10,000 people

Grasslands in Western Ghats diverted for resort construction

The 120 room, five-star luxury resort is being built in Chikkamagalur district of Karnataka in association with international hotel chains

Ranbaxy accused of not following court orders