Skyscrapers rise on lakebed
Developers want to build further
Kolkata air cleaner
Two-stroke autorickshaw ban shows results
A trashed valley: Kashmir needs to segregate its waste at source
Despite clear regulations and court interventions, local governments continue to ignore Kashmir’s municipal solid waste crisis
Chhattisgarh sticks to its stand that governors have no discretionary powers in tribal matters
State response to Supreme Court ignores more recent apex court judgements and former attorney general's opinion on powers of governors under the …
Why are nomads being evicted from Jammu and Kashmir?
Eviction drives come shortly after the J&K High Court declared the Roshni Act, allowed ownership of occupied government land …
SC vacates Madras HC order staying issue of pattas to forest dwellers
The Madras High Court had passed an interim order in April 2008 staying the issue of pattas in Tamil Nadu without its permission
Expert committee to look into junk food in schools
Delhi High Court approves proposal following dissension over guidelines proposed by food safety authority
Curse of the horn
Soaring prices of rhino horns have led to a new spurt of poaching in the Kaziranga National Park, Assam. Once heralded as a conservation success …
Mine games
Haryana's politics-mining nexus plays havoc with the environment (Read full article)
Orphaned by apathy
Hidden from the outside world, this is the plight of the Van Taungiyas. They were hired during the British rule as resident labourers to plant …
In the tax bracket again
The Orissa government has slapped a forest development tax on three minor forest produce items -- tendu leaf, timber and bamboo. Seen as a …
An ecological triumph goes sour
Kerala celebrates silver jubilee of the Silent Valley project, but dismisses conservation measures
Policy draft backs new vaccines
Health experts say new vaccines not essential enough to be in the national programme
High Court’s blow to Lavasa
Sterlite Copper in Thoothukudi to remain shut: Madras HC
It also dismissed all petitions for the plant to resume operations
Supreme Court turns down plea to ban PET bottles, packaging
Environmentalists say fresh studies suggest they may be harmful to health
Whose corridor is it?
A proposed elephant corridor has turned eco-sensitive Sigur plataeu into a war zone
Accreditation scheme on hold
Karnataka High Court stays accreditation of consultants who assess environmental impact
Madhya Pradesh HC chides Centre over delayed union carbide toxic report
The report was to be submitted on January 9
Jaitapur nuclear protests: activist leader gets externment notice
Vaishali Patil says administration has been continuously harassing protesters
No lip service on junk food ban: Delhi HC
Asks Centre to file an action taken report by November 2
True measure of growth
Farmers face police wrath, 3 killed
75 villages protest government decision to give their water to Pune
Are pills doctored?
A Punjab resident holds inferior quality drugs responsible for his son's serious illness
On a strong wicket
Perumatty panchayat's case is statutorily sound