Chennai The Rubber Board is awaiting states’ nod to conduct the field trials of genetically modified (GM) rubber crop, said Sheela Thomas, chairperson, Rubber Board.

Those opposing the project seek alternative energy policy
The Tamil Nadu Cabinet on Thursday passed a resolution urging the Centre to halt the work on the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) until the fears of local population over the safety of the plants are allayed.

The conflict between development and protection of forests makes forestry as one of the most challenging sectors in the world, P.J. Dilip Kumar, Director General of Forests and Special Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests said here on Thursday.

The Supreme Court on Thursday took a serious view of Tamil Nadu's failure to file a compliance report and directed it to provide drinking water facility in all its schools on or before October 11.

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has caught 14 small scale dyeing/bleaching units for unauthorised operations during surprise raids conducted in Tirupur knitwear cluster over the last few days ending on Wednesday.

Funds were not received over the last two years, according to official
The night safari project, proposed inside the Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre near the Arignar Anna Zoological Park, Vandalur, has been deferred by the State Government. A communication to this effect was sent to the zoo authorities during the last week of July.

Breaking the logjam triggered by the mass protests against the Koodankulam nuclear power project, the Jayalalithaa Government on Wednesday succeeded in ending the 11-day old fast with an assurance

The National Fishworkers' Forum (NFF) has termed the Tamil Nadu government's ‘support' for the Kudankulam nuclear project as anti-democratic and a violation of people's rights.

The Tamil Nadu government has filed an application in the Supreme Court for a direction to the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal to take up for hearing the petitions seeking ‘guidance and explanation' on the final order passed by the tribunal in February 2007 under Section 5 (3) of the Inter-State Water Disputes Act and dispose of the same at an early date. It is to be mentioned on Thursday for early listing.

Chennai/Tirunelveli:With protests against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant escalating, the Centre stepped in on Tuesday for damage control a day after Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa wrote to PM Man