Public consultation on projects must: HC

Rules while hearing a petition on transfer of land to Bangalore Metro

Environment ministry failed to monitor forest diversion: CAG

Report of India’s chief auditor says compensatory afforestation not undertaken in many states; CAMPA funds misused or poorly utilised

Creation of Greater Bangalore will strain the city's resources

JNNURM: a Nehruvian farce

Cities are good

Angel argues slowing down urbanisation will hurt the poor the most

'Industry-politician nexus is trying to eliminate us'

Purushan Eloor is an environmental activist and research coordinator with Periyar Malineekarana Virudha Samithy (PMVS), which has been fighting …

Goa regional plan has public up in arms

Urban renewal: more talk, less infrastructure

Urban heat islands dot Delhi

Temperature hot spots found in seven of 11 weather stations in the national capital

Environment ministry favours tiger safari in buffer zones

Says will help in conservation efforts

Concerns over Sabarmati Riverfront Development Project

Central Water Commission overestimates the country's usable water resources

Cleansing chronicle

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Maharashtra repeals Urban Land Ceiling Act

Property industry in trouble in Punjab

Bringing order to streets

Centre legalises street vending and gives the profession its due respect. But accommodating vendors is a challenge

101 suicides in two months; is Marathwada the new Vidarbha?

Most suicides among orchard farmers, say observers

Delhi’s dream of clean air goes up in smoke

Ten dead, six injured in Mumbai building collapse

Yet another building collapses amid allegations of illegal modifications; number still trapped unknown

Fruits of afforestation

Adivasis in southern Madhya Pradesh see salvation from malnutrition in a drive to plant fruit trees

Walking or cycling to work reduces health risks in India

Study makes case for investment in public transport, pedestrian and cycling routes

'Chhattisgarh's PPP model for diagnostic services flawed'

Team of experts deputed by Centre says state's plan could lead to denial of services to poor patients and filing of false claims

The widening nutrition gap

Difference in the nutritional status of Kerala’s general rural populace and that of Attappady could be as high as 50 per cent

UK's zero carbon house plan

The town farmers built