11 new industrial estates planned

Companies and research institutes from China and the United States on Tuesday signed deals on eight joint projects for coping with climate change just before a China-US high-level annual meeting op

The Centre is overhauling coal blocks bidding policy, formulated by the previous UPA government, to attract investments as the pilot set of auctioned mines could not find any takers.

As many as 16 mining companies engaged by various cements plants in Meghalaya were found to have extracted limestone for years without getting mandatory clearances from Ministry of Environment and

The coal ministry plans to auction about 25 coal blocks that were taken back from private firms over delays in developing them. These blocks have not attracted lawsuits so far.

Even as he urged the different departments and officers to take active initiative towards a greener Meghalaya, the Chief Minister, Dr.

To deal sternly with any kind of violations by cement plants, the state government today directed the Mining, Excise, Forest and Environment Departments to initiate action against JayPee Cement com