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New way to grow sandal trees could boost production

In recent years, production of sandalwood has dwindled while the demand has been going up

Sandalwood moment for cows; Madhya Pradesh’s proposed law will be the last nail for livestock economy

Government's proposal to make abandonment of cows punishable will make it a pariah breed and would fuel widespread black market for trade, just …

Conditional surrender

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Lapses detected

Scandal in sandal

Veerappan strikes again

Wood for scandal

While the Union government has finally permitted Tamil Nadu to export sandalwood, State monopoly of the trade is yet to be abolished

Karnataka hangs on to its sandalwood

The Karnataka government ostensibly allows private production of sandalwood, but actually maintains a tight rein on the trade. In fact, eight …

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Winds of change in the scented wood

Andhra Pradesh to sell 4,000 tonnes of red sanders

State to call global tenders soon to sell wood seized from smugglers

20 alleged sandalwood smugglers killed in firing in Andhra Pradesh

Red sandalwood smuggling has thrived over the past 10 years. But the trade has once again taken a bloody turn, bringing back memories of the …

In court

Politicians, activists condemn killing of alleged sandalwood smugglers in Andhra

Amnesty International and National Human Rights Commission seek explanation from Andhra Pradesh government

Australia grows more sandalwood than India

Seshachalam killing: Hyderabad High Court orders fresh post-mortem

Killing of 20 people has also led to uproar by human rights activists who have called it a brutal police action

Seshachalam firing: ST commission seeks report from Andhra Pradesh

A team from the commission will visit the spot to ascertain facts

NHRC orders judicial probe into Seshachalam ‘encounter’

Witnesses depose before human rights commission, challenge the ‘self-defence’ argument of Andhra Pradesh Special Task Force

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Seshachalam firing: ST commission seeks report from Andhra Pradesh

A team from the commission will visit the spot to ascertain facts

Between the lines

Veerappan's history has been written in red in official records. But support from high places as much as from the ordinary people has sustained him

Trial by terror

Is Veerappan playing his last ace? Or is he having the last laugh on the incompetence of the State machinery?