Commissioning of Kudankulam nuclear power plant challenged in court

Petition filed in Madras High Court says atomic regulator's decision violates Supreme Court directions on safety

Granite mining scam: Tamil Nadu police raid Union fertiliser minister’s son’s company

He along with others grabbed the land of people belonging to backward caste and used it to store mined granite

Manmohan fails to settle row over Cauvery water sharing

Disgruntled Karnataka likely to approach Supreme Court

Supreme Court reserves order on Sterlite plant

The company sought to continue operating its copper smelting plant in Tamil Nadu

SC stays order evicting resorts near Mudumalai sanctuary

Madras High Court had given three months to vacate the area

Madras High Court clears way for Kudankulam nuclear plant

Accepts new consent order by pollution board on heat tolerance limit for effluent discharge

He upheld human rights and dismissed PILs

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Coca-Cola plant in Tirunelveli gets go ahead for expansion

Tamil Nadu pollution control board’s permission would mean Coca Cola franchisee who owns bottling plant would double the intake of water …

Coimbatore residents oppose setting up of sewage treatment plant

Threaten to sit on protest if the plant is not relocated

What's with this Kolaveri about John Doe injunctions?

In jurisdictions where the law of copyright is much more matured as compared to India, the injunctions are issued very judiciously, and by …

Madras High Court stays implementation of some provisions of Food Safety Act

Traders have been protesting the Act saying it is impractical and harsh

Court revoking ban on cough remedy worries health activists

They say continuing availability of the drug poses health risk

Drink only bacteria?

NHRC orders judicial probe into Seshachalam ‘encounter’

Witnesses depose before human rights commission, challenge the ‘self-defence’ argument of Andhra Pradesh Special Task Force

India’s diabetes burden likely to increase

First phase nation-wide study finds diabetes prevalence highest in Chandigarh

TN high court asks not to block essential commodities to Kudankulam protesters

More than 10,000 people are camping in Idinthakari village, nerve centre of people’s agitation

Supreme Court slaps Rs 100 crore fine on Sterlite for polluting environment

Kudankulam plant can withstand Fukushima-like disaster: Centre to SC

Court says it will not allow the plant to function if safety conditions are not met

NGT reverses closure order for Sterlite’s Tuticorin plant

Tribunal-appointed committee holds meeting in Chennai; Vedanta subsidiary awaits permission to resume operations

Don’t take any ad hoc decision on cell phone towers, IIT profs request Centre

They say radiation from these towers too low to be harmful; health activists accuse them of conflict of interest

Industries to pay for pollution study

Madras high court asks companies in SIPCOT industrial estate to pay one lakh each