SC orders land compensation

Recognizes rights of people affected by Narmada canals  

Forest value to be revised

50 per cent of net present value of forests should go to communities, says report

Misguided rules

Environment ministry framed guidelines which violate Forest Rights Act

Tiger reserved

Tiger tourism booms without proper regulation; new guidelines attempt to contain damage

No consensus on FRA review

Top forest officials and National Forest Rights Act Committee engage in a war of words

Lies, deceit and relocation

People shifted from Sariska tiger reserve allege they have been deprived of forest rights

Guilty, but bailed

Seven Union Carbide officials get two-year jail term for Bhopal gas leak that has killed 20,000

Displaced for nothing

First Asiatic lion, then cheetah: officials struggle to decide which animal to introduce, and when, in Kuno-Palpur sanctuary. But they evict …

Mango resistance

Farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s mango belt are clear they will not allow Lucknow’s solid waste facility on their dashehari land

Saharias face exile, again

Displaced from Kuno wildlife sanctuary earlier, the tribe is being evicted again for a dam

Jairam Ramesh withdraws guidelines violating FRA

Fresh guidelines for creating Critical wildlife Habitat to be prepared in consultation with Tribal Affairs ministry

Off to another bad start

A failed monsoon this year could mean sixth consecutive crop failure in most parts of the country. The government must immediately prepare a long-…

Bhopal gas leak: curative petition downplays number of deaths

Victims threaten rail roko agitation if government fails to correct death and injury figures in a month