Cleaning up the coastline

Mouthing trouble

Value lost in sea

Holy mess

The Supreme Court pulls up the Orissa government for pollution in Puri

Green tribunal halts construction on Puri coast

Directs Odisha government to submit report on status of waste disposal and treatment in the city by February

Musk procurement for Jagannath temple starts a row

Activists say Odisha government's request letter to Centre to help it procure kasturi from Nepal is illegal

Illegal buildings trigger erosion, threaten Puri beach

MPS, a rare disease with costly cure

Will the government take steps to make treatment affordable for patients suffering from this genetic disorder?

Solar equipment makers at loggerheads with solar plant developers

Manufacturers say long-term growth of solar industry possible only if domestic content mandated in solar mission phase II

Odisha pays scant heed to tribal ministry's directions on mining for Vedanta

State invites forest rights claims from only a dozen villages on Niyamgiri hill slope

Flood alert in Gujarat

Dam-induced floods feared in Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Kheda districts

Why Hirakud dam failed to check flood

The river has strayed from its flood control route

Dams induce severe floods

They were built for flood protection by attenuating rivers’ flow

Forest dwellers plan palli sabhas in all affected villages in Niyamgiri

Odisha government sticks to its list of 12 villages despite reservations from rights groups and Union ministry of tribal affairs

News Briefs

India shakes up WTO

The fracas over India's refusal to meet the deadline on trade facilitation exposes rich nations' double standards

Good Lord! No trees

Wood used in Jagannath’s chariot vanishing fast from Odisha’s jungles

Rivers' fury