Sri Lanka to prosecute Indian fishers in its custody

Judicial proceedings chosen over quick repatriation because fishers were committing the crime time and again, says Lankan minister

Mission health for all

What prime minister needs to do to make good his promise on making 12th Five-Year Plan a health plan

Drought-proof village in bone dry district

Sehal Sagar village in Rajasthan has won the national water award instituted by the water resources ministry

Poverty line delinked from food and other entitlements given to the poor

Government to wait for results of socio-economic caste census to decide parameters on who should be covered under social welfare programmes

Exclusive: Did a minister cite a non-existent study in her Parliament reply

Renuka Singh Saruta had attributed a study to IIT-Delhi on COVID-19 in tribal areas; but the institution does not have it

Environment ministry backtracks on ban on tiger tourism

Will file an affidavit in Supreme Court, seeking review of guidelines that call for phasing out tourism from core tiger habitats

India to double renewable energy capacity in 5 yrs: PM

Clean energy ministerial meet expected to evolve financing mechanisms

Panem agrees to honour promises made to tribal people

Supporters of former Jharkhand chief minister cut off firm's coal supplies to Punjab to force it to hold talks

MoEF to do away with environmental clearance for mining minor minerals in areas less than 5 ha

Jayanthi Natarajan asks officials to take stock in various states

Abandon paddy, build IT hubs: Montek

Planning Commission deputy chairperson gets flak for his advice to Kerala at investors' meet

New poverty estimate soon

But will it reflect true level of poverty in the country?

Steel minister’s POSCO statement comes as relief to Odisha village residents

Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar had said that the steel giant will have to bid for iron ore reserves in an open auction

Public walk out of hearing for Mithi Virdi nuclear power project

Residents say public hearing was illegal and organised without a proper rehabilitation plan for the project-affected

Uttarakhand residents get little succour

They have lost homes, belongings; claim no government aid available as yet

Bundelkhand's dalit women join hands to drought-proof their villages

96 women-led pani panchayats take over water resource management

Political parties show concern for environment in Punjab elections

Promise clean air and water; subsidies on solar appliances

Nagpur citizens oppose power tariff hike, load shedding

Hike proposed is fifth in a year; people blame power distributor for not recovering dues from the powerful

The battle for a strong Lokpal

As the showdown between Anna Hazare and the Centre begins what implications does it have for the relationship between the government and non-…

The battle for a strong Lokpal

As the  showdown between Anna Hazare and Centre begins what implications does it have for the relationship between the government and non-…

Tiger tour operators' incidental love: tribals

Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava's take on tour operators' claim that tourism in core areas of reserves is good for tribals

Forest depts as nodal agency for community forest resources: A political blunder

The Chhattisgarh government issued an order on May 31, making the state forest department the nodal agency for Community Forest Resource Rights 

DMRC rejects Reliance Infra notice to terminate contract on Airport Metro Line

DMRC rejects Reliance Infra notice to terminate contract on Airport Metro Line

MoEF notice to halt work on lion safari project in Etawah

Notice to Uttar Pradesh says project in reserved forestland for commercial purpose is illegal

Wheat price war

Central ministries disagree on minimum support price for wheat

Mahan coal block dispute before green tribunal

After two-year-long protests, demanding settlement of forest rights prior to mining, residents of Waidhan forest range approach National Green …