Are our budgets participatory?

Legislative scrutiny of budget in India compares with that of Afghanistan and Rwanda

Industry paid for IP seminars to train judges

Microsoft and Indian Music Industry funded FICCI to hold roundtable for Maharashtra judiciary; judges handling piracy cases special invitees

Court orders water supply scheme for Khurpatal

Growing construction in the hill station is drying up springs downhill

India loses up to $46 billion to malnourishment

Report by children’s non-profit links childhood malnourishment to educational performance, adult income and GDP

A step-by-step guide on how Union budget is formulated

To start the process, the budget division issues an annual budget circular around the last week of August or the first fortnight of September …

A bill to secure food for the poor

A close look at the much-hyped National Food security Bill, 2013

Supreme Court bans endosulfan

Order to be effective till ICMR submits report

Patnaik seeks truce with anti-POSCO activists

Survey of project-affected villages to continue peacefully BY ASHUTOSH MISHRA Bhubaneswar

Coal country politics in Surguja: people forsaken by the fine print

MoEF panel says no to Kameng hydropower project in Arunachal Pradesh

Proposed project site too close to Pakke Tiger Reserve and Nameri National Park, say appraisal committee experts

March against Monsanto

More than a million people around the world marched against biotech giant Monsanto on May 25. The event was held across six continents, in 36 …

'High GDP states have grown at the cost of the environment'

North-eastern states and Himachal Pradesh score high on environmental sustainability index, says report by Chennai non-profit

Heat waves strike Gujarat, Rajasthan

Met department cautions that the temperature would continue to rise in the months to follow

2012 a drought year, accepts government

Met department delayed fresh monsoon forecast for a fortnight. El Nino is active

Jairam Ramesh says no to Vedanta project in Orissa

Environment ministry rejects mining project saying it violated laws

Wildlife tour operators, resorts to shell out conservation fee

Fund so collected will be spent on conserving forests, managing human-wildlife conflict and generating livelihood for local communities

How vulnerable are India's nuclear power plants to disaster

Two talukas in Maharashtra face worst drought in memory

Experts blame it on poor groundwater management, lax attitude of government in providing irrigation facilities

Supreme Court go-ahead for interlinking rivers

Court had earlier said it would not favour interlinking of rivers if it puts a huge financial burden on the Centre

A look back at monsoon 2012

Met officials claim accurate predictions of monsoon dates for eight years. Will they be able to do so this time?

India braces for cyclone Nilam

Coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu on high alert

India tops nations burdened by TB

Absence of new drugs and vaccines, funds shortage affecting treatment and control

Bihar pushes to interlink rivers, tame Kosi

Experts say it's just another ill-conceived infrastructure project

Demolish hotel being built in Udaisagar lake: HC

Developer Vardhan Enterprise forcibly acquired island in the lake from farmers to build five star hotel

India’s forest cover declines

North-eastern states and tribal districts witness unprecedented forest loss