Maharashtra diverting water from Vidarbha farmers to power plants: Greenpeace report

71 more thermal power plants are in various stages of approval in the region

Lavasa: Dream for one, nightmare for many

Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava finds how people affected by Lavasa are coping with the destruction it has caused

A new roadblock

Tribal affairs ministry objects to Maharashtra's Village Forest Rules that violate FRA. Other ministeries pressure it to backtrack

High Court’s blow to Lavasa

More hurdles for Navi Mumbai airport

EAC to visit the site in third week of October

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-…

Scrap Lavasa township: petition

Pune project does not have environmental clearance from Centre

India bans use of dolphins for commercial entertainment

Environment ministry says dolphins are ‘non-human persons’; morally unacceptable to capture them for entertainment

Drowning villages for 8 paise

The Par-Tapi Narmada Link project will earn 8 paise on a rupee

Why Marathwada is becoming a graveyard for farmers

Season after season of failed crops is pushing farmers to the brink of desperation, while the inaction of the Maharashtra government is allowing …

Don’t take away Gram Sabha’s powers under FRA: activists petition Modi

‘Central government's attempts to do away with consent of Gram Sabhas for diverting forests unconstitutional’

Ministers mount pressure to dilute Forest Rights Act

Tribal affairs minister asked to withdraw objections to Maharashtra’s Village Forest Rules that allow forest department take control over …

Environment ministry’s desperate attempts to suppress expert panel report on Western Ghats

Defies Information Commission’s order and obtains stay from Delhi High Court to keep the report out of public domain

Suzlon, Lavasa raised loans from the company named in bribery scam

Scam led to arrest of several top officials of public sector banks

Bamboo rising

Five years after it was implemented, the Forest Rights Act finally takes root. Communities across the country rush to claim rights over forests …