Gold’s toxic legacy

Mines release arsenic, contaminate water and soil

The paddy compulsion

War continues between Karnataka, Tamil Nadu farmers over Cauvery water for cultivation

Environment minister cornered over bio-piracy of brinjal

National Biodiversity Authority says decision on legal proceedings soon

Mining for people

New mining bill to ensure industry shares its super-profits with affected people

With IT villages

Elsewhere the bubble may have burst, but in rural India infotech is alive and kicking

Cauvery dispute: Karnataka asked to release a third of the water in its reservoirs

Formula for sharing water in rain deficit years remains elusive

Gearing up for Bt cotton

Farmers ready to sow GM cotton in Andhra Pradesh

Time for the future to win

Diabetes plan staggers

National programme to combat the disease is inadequate  

Breather for wind firms

They must accurately forecast contribution to grid from 2012

Whither freedom?

Post independence, governments expanded squeezing village republics out of existence

Whose germplasm is it?

NBA struggles to frame case against Mahyco in first biopiracy case

Pentavalent vaccine approved in five more states. Health ministry brushes aside safety concerns

Four children in Kerala reportedly died immediately after the vaccine was administered

Village to move court against Bengaluru civic body for illegal garbage dumping

Police enforce Section 144 to prevent protests

Grim reminder

A fleeting reappearance of plague exposes India's lack of preparedness

Forestry, the Mexican way

Karnataka lost Rs 3,000 crore due to illegal mining: CAG

Performance audit report unveils mining irregularities in the state

Governance failure

How agencies meant to regulate mining conspired in the loot

Shifting ground

After cracking the whip on mining offenders, CEC is now going easy on them

Ailing systems

Hospital waste management suffers from poor understanding and even poorer implementation

Karnataka pollution board halts dumping of Bengaluru's garbage at Ramky landfill

Gives operators three months to clean up the area

Reserved for exploitation?

Karnataka repeatedly refuses to declare its forests in Western Ghats inviolate

Sugar cane price: UP farmers settle for Rs 245-250 per quintal

Karnataka and Maharashtra farmers get much less, stage protests  

Karnataka High Court stalls link road through eco-sensitive zone

'EIA should be conducted to decide if road can be built or should be scrapped'

Finally, community forest rights

Tribals of BR Hills can now manage resources in Karnataka reserve