The Andhra Pradesh High Court directed the government and the AP Pollution Control Board to pay compensation to farmers affected by pollution from industries in the Patancheru industrial area before the next hearing on June 9. A division bench comprising Justice B. Prakash Rao and Justice C.Y. Somayajulu observed: "It is better to pay the compensation before the next hearing of the writ, otherwise interest will be imposed on the princial amount of compensation.'

Around 280 legal professionals, including retired judges and eminent lawyers from Pune and the state have submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister stating that the attempts by the Prime Minister's office to grant immunity to Dow Chemical from its Bhopal liabilities are unconstitutional and illegal.

Authorities of the horticulture and forest departments dealing with survey and compensation payment for the evacuees of the three-decade-old Somasila project have reportedly siphoned off compensation funds, meant for those who lost their trees along with their lands. Farmers said officials had created false records, mentioning the presence of hundreds of trees and thereby sharing the compensation amount.

The Rajasthan Government on Thursday released the first instalment

The story of Bhopal 1984 is one of ignored warnings, inadequate precautions and absolute indifference to human lives. It was a disaster foretold

Land acquisition for the Science City project in the mandals of Obulacheruvu and Amadaguru in Anantapur district is snowballing into a major controversy in the wake of the Science City Consortium adop

In a political message to West Bengal CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee that the party is supreme and his industrialization drive needs to be reworked, he was made to announce an industrial policy that for a change emphasizes on land acquisition with caution, proper compensation and rehabilitation.

Hundreds of people defied police and participated in a rally on Tuesday to reiterate their opposition to the setting up of a mega steel plant by Posco-India in Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa.