Permanent farmer status for Maharashtra farmers who lose land to projects

Till now, the status was granted to farmers and heirs only for ten years from time of land acquisition

Buffer zone for Tadoba reserve

79 villages to stay  

Nagpur plots pro-poor plan to help land grabbers

Soy seed crunch hits farmers in Maharashtra

Farmers sceptical of agricultural department’s strategy of using previous year’s crop as seed to meet this year’s kharif demand

Vidarbha experiment with desi cotton to be extended to 10 states

CICR says it got yields as high as 25 to 30 quintals per acre using high density plantation of non-Bt cotton varieties

Green tribunal seeks details on radiation from thermal power plants

People opposing expansion of Koradi thermal plant near Nagpur furnish evidence on high radiation from coal-fired plants

Village in Tadoba Andhari reserve wants forest titles, not relocation

Maharashtra government distributes Rs 25,000 cheques, claims relocation has resumed

MIHAN SEZ, a failure?

Only three companies and 655 employees since its inception in 2006

47 power plants in Vidarbha

Why set up thermal plants when the region is power surplus?

Two incidents that made me ask: Whither forestry extension?

Extension programmes in forest institutions are meant to benefit stakeholders, mainly farmers, villagers and rural communities

Bid to denotify Nag river's upper reaches stalled

State environment ministry rejects proposal of state pollution control board that would have paved way for real estate development

Nagpur municipality falters over banning PoP idols

With Ganesh Chaturthi festival around the corner, civic body now proposes ban on immersion of idols in natural water bodies

Court orders fresh public hearing for Lanco power plant in Wardha

Declines to grant stay on environmental clearance

Industrialisation bringing acid rain to India

No trial incineration of Bhopal’s toxic waste in Nagpur

Madhya Pradesh High Court takes cognisance of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Boards objection

Bhopal’s toxic waste raises stink

Bombay High Court stays transfer of Union Carbide waste to Maharashtra

Nomads fenced in

Maharashtra on way to ban illegal graziers from other states

Centre to identify a laboratory to analyse toxic waste from Union Carbide factory

Order follows Maharashtra Pollution Control Board statement that it cannot predict the impact of burning the toxic waste

DRDO unit not fit to handle union carbide waste : MPCB

Incinerator out of order since two years

Nagpur has 200 bird species, reveals bird-spotting exercise

60 to 65 of the species were found in MIHAN-SEZ area earmarked for industrial development

Maharashtra docs refuse to call off strike

Patients from rural areas throng city hospitals as health services come to a grinding halt

Nagpur's Star Bus Service gets very poor rating

Inquiry panel recommends looking for an alternative service provider, but ignores corruption charges

One river, two origins

Industrialists are trying to push the origin of the Nag river downstream to capture its upper stretch for real estate business

Nothing to bank on

The government’s much-hyped Direct Benefit Transfer programme has hit a roadblock. Banks have failed to meet the huge demand for opening …

Idols immersed, fears surface

The 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival that ended this week has once again brought to limelight the environmental hazards of immersing idols of …