Not a dead society yet

From RTI to dam safety, highly contested Bills to be tabled in Parliament’s monsoon session

A slew of crucial Bills are likely to be tabled in the session, which will have only 18 working days

Coastal flyway to flatten 16 villages

Rs 500 crore road will cater to cars that comprise one-fifth the traffic

Myth of compliance

Cannot cut trees on one's own land

Zoo sans garden

Brick kiln pollutes Pune outskirts

Closure order has no effect on brick-making unit

RTI rap for two officers

Rs 10,000 salary cut for delay in giving information  

Amicus curiae flags sudden discharge from dams, lack of forecasting for Kerala floods

All 79 Kerala dams were geared up for power generation, irrigation; not controlling flood: report

Sailesh Nayak Committee report on coastal zone regulations released 18 months after submission

The report recommends several relaxations in a previous notification, aimed at boosting tourism and real estate

Open amendment

A government under an asbestos roof

Time to reveal

Cabinet clears policy that makes it mandatory for departments to share data; civil society sceptical

Bhopal waste is not safe

Reveals RTI reply

Gir forest activist murdered

He had filed a petition against illegal mining by MP

Confusion over RTI persists

Do PPP ventures come under RTI Act? Planning Commission says not its call

New draft rules for RTI draws flak

Activists say the rules undermine the spirit of the law

Slumdog sleuths unearth scam

Housing authority was rehabilitating them in illegally built multi-storeys

Blood, sweat and tears

For RTI activists of Bihar the cost of exposing corruption is life

Civil society & politics

Shareholders, too, complain against Dow

One lake vanishes

Futile deadlines: Afforestation drive in 5 states along Ganga is over with just 22% of target being met

Experts have questioned as to whether the Ganga catchment area is really available for afforestation

Panna’s poaching nexus exposed

Staff of the tiger reserve worked hand in glove with poachers, while the state government kept its eyes tightly shut

ADB averse to sharing information

Governments should give information, says bank