Real estate boom, quarries to blame for Pune disaster?

Ambegaon taluk where disaster-struck Malin village was located had become a realty hot spot and had mines; it is located in the ecologically …

Will Narayan Rane’s loss in Maharashtra mean better protection for Western Ghats?

Congress leader who contested Assembly elections from Kudal in Sindhudurg district is known to be a key player in the mining lobby in the entire …

Western Ghats conservation: Kerala panel seeks dilution of Kasturirangan report, stirs controversy

Activists say recommendations of the state panel dilutes will encourage activities that damage ecology of eco-sensitive areas

Veerappa Moily to 'revisit' report on Western Ghats

The decision may be a tactic to buy time before 2014 Lok Sabha elections

Curb on mining in Western Ghats

MoEF accepts Kasturirangan report; will declare one-third of the range ecologically sensitive