‘Don’t plug this hole’

Residents protest housing projects on lake in Mumbai suburb  

Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups in Chhattisgarh can now access contraceptives

High Court quashes decades-old practice of denying rights to Baigas and other tribes

Kerala floods: Two residents file PIL, say water management saw no change since 1956

The duo blames authorities for aggravating flood situation by releasing unplanned volumes of water when the state had already seen exceptional …

Naini lake is depleting, but can we undo the wrongs?

Experts believe that obstruction in the subsurface recharge and increased abstraction of water to quench Nainital’s thirst are making the …

Prepare emission standards for industries in NCR by June: Supreme Court asks CPCB

Use of cheap and dirty fuels like pet coke and furnace oil is rampant in NCR due to the lack of a benchmark on emissions

Regulate stent prices to prevent exploitation of patients: health campaigners

While the government fixes the prices of stents, it must also take urgent action to investigate corrupt practices and overcharging

SC dismisses petition seeking ban on WhatsApp

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

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

Gujarat high court orders fencing of water bodies in Thatlej area

In the absence of proper protection laws, the city’s lakes are becoming vulnerable to encroachments and building activity, say activists

Mithi is a river, not real estate

Jagdish Gandhi wears many hats. A historian writing a book on Mumbai’s colonial past, he was among those responsible for restoring the …

Endangered in Sariska

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

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

High court notice to Haryana on new criteria for panchayat elections

The court had earlier stayed the decision to make academic qualifications more stringent

Flood on hilltop

Unplanned development is leading to floods in Lonavala. This can stop if the municipality declares it a hill station

Cycles congest roads: traffic cops

Kolkata police justify ban on non-motorised transport in the city

Delhi to get Waterbodies Authority

Over half the 900 wetlands have been encroached upon

Wind farm threat to forests

Blasting causes animals and birds to abandon the area

Drug firms, retailers on warpath

Pharma companies say chemists refusing to store essential drugs; retailers deny the charge

Curse of the horn

Soaring prices of rhino horns have led to a new spurt of poaching in the Kaziranga National Park, Assam. Once heralded as a conservation success …

Saranda for sale?

First by diluting it and then by delaying it, the Jharkhand government ensures slow death of a plan meant to safeguard Saranda and its wildlife …

Plan that isn’t

NCR Planning Board dilutes environmental safeguards to promote towns, industries

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

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

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English distress

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Gir forest activist murdered

He had filed a petition against illegal mining by MP