SC dismisses petition seeking ban on WhatsApp

An RTI activist had filed the petition saying that encryption in WhatsApp could threaten national security 

Polluting unit in Rajasthan gets clean chit

Activists are fighting the Rajasthan Board for Prevention and Control of Pollution's sudden decision to clear the Pesticides India Ltd factory at …

Price of patents

Experts believe that the Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999, which was passed recently by the Indian Parliament may give rise to an escalation of …

Landfill emissions poison breastmilk

After finding high levels of dioxin-related compounds in breast milk of women living near landfills, a Vadodara-based non-governmental …

‘You may like to make sure that PIL does not succeed’

State wildlife warden sends friendly warning to tourism industry

Endangered in Sariska

Death of a translocated tiger highlights the task force was not heeded

On wrong wavelength

Twenty years after the Supreme Court asserted that people have a right over radio waves, community radio continues to struggle. Instead of …

Injunction on policy

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Watered down?

Final judgement delivered in Ahmedabad lakes case. But apprehensions remain...

Blood row

HIV positive haemophiliacs sue US pharma giants

Good news for Bangla's arsenic-affected

Bombay High Court slams cricket associations on 'criminal waste of water' for IPL

Are people more important or IPL, Court asks associations of drought-hit Maharashtra and Mumbai

Wind farm threat to forests

Blasting causes animals and birds to abandon the area

Waste-to-energy plant raises stink

Sukhdev Vihar residents say plant won't solve waste problem, will impact people's health

New safety norms for toys

Meant to check use of toxic phthalates

Bhopal’s toxic waste raises stink

Bombay High Court stays transfer of Union Carbide waste to Maharashtra

ORDER ON TAJ

Buildings lack safety

Loudspeakers silenced

Allahabad High Court continues tough stance on construction along Ganga

Development authority fails to give clear answers on fate of development in the river’s inviolate zone

‘Don’t plug this hole’

Residents protest housing projects on lake in Mumbai suburb  

STATUTORY WARNING ISSUE

HC comes to Dal lake's rescue

Left unaddressed

Rehabilitation issue ignored in Kolkata's eviction drive