How Bellary was laid waste

Karnataka’s Lokayukta Santosh Hegde’s report is a sordid story on the rise of India’s mining poster boy, Bellary. The …

Mavallipura village resists attempts of Bengaluru municipal corporation to restart closed landfill

Garbage piles in city as two other landfills close operations due to public protests

Traditional communities can mine sand in coastal areas: MoEF

Ministry order has no provision to curb illegal sand mining in river beds

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Reality check

Drug firms, retailers on warpath

Pharma companies say chemists refusing to store essential drugs; retailers deny the charge

Agrarian crisis: farmers from 15 states protest at Delhi Jantar Mantar

They demand moratorium on land acquisition; farmers' suicides, falling incomes and GMOs on list of concerns

Guarantee of 14 companies under solar mission encashed

NVVN recovers Rs 28 crore from erring firms

Into the ginger trap

Farmers from Kerala make big bucks by growing ginger in Karnataka but leave behind a trail of pollution

Full bank guarantees of three solar companies encashed

The companies missed the last deadline of March 9 to commission solar power plants under national solar mission

Supreme Court order triggers NREGS wage debate

How much should workers under rural employment scheme be paid if minimum wage fixed by a state is more than that of the Centre?

‘Commercial interest cannot drive lake conservation in Bengaluru’

High Court panel frowns on handing over of city lakes to private companies

No green nod to iron ore projects dependent on Bellary

Decision follows Supreme Court order banning mining operations in the district

In short

Crank it up

Crank it up

Sugar mills in India are doubling up as power generators by burning crushed sugarcane or bagasse. But with the price of bagasse rising, their …

In deep water

Rivers Krishna and Mahanadi are in crisis. In the race to industrialise, states have drawn plans to exploit their last drop. For four decades, …

Bihar lowers wage under MGNREGA

State blames poor financial condition for the move

SC bans endosulfan, for now

Committee to submit report on the pesticide's toxicity in eight weeks

Desperate to relocate

Chetty communities living in the core area of Mudumalai Tiger Reserve have been demanding that they be shifted out of the forest for three decades.…

Saving rice

Rice is at the heart of a fierce strategy debate as the country prepares to launch the second Green Revolution in the eastern states. …

'Organic cotton production and consumption should become a mass movement'

Vivek and Juli Cariappa are Krishi Pandit awardees and dedicated organic farmers based in H D Kote taluk in Mysore. They have been practising …

Bengaluru’s lakes go bad as authorities deny responsibility

Agara, Bellandur and Varthur lakes are facing the dual threat of pollution and encroachment

Hepatitis afflicts many HIV/AIDS patients, but there is no policy for them

Health ministry and AIDS control body keep shifting responsibility; no statistics available on patients with co-infection