The public hearing on the land acquisition in Raigad for the proposed special economic zone (SEZ) is likely to be held as scheduled on September 21.

About 4,500 landowners in Panvel, Pen and Uran in the Raigad district of Maharashtra are gearing up to cast 'votes' in the country's first Special Economic Zone (SEZ) referendum on September 21, the o

Bs Reporter / Mumbai September 18, 2008, 0:03 IST

DH News Service, Bangalore:

The State government has promised to protect all the lakes in the State including the live tanks in the City by fencing and increasing the green cover around them.

Hearing a Public Interest Litigation by B Krishna Bhat, the division bench comprising Chief Justice P D Dinakaran and Justice Mohan Shantanagowdar, in view of government assurance, has disposed the petition seeking protection of the lakes.

Solan, September 15

Not caring two hoots about the High Court

Rajahmundry, Sept. 15: Environmentalists are up in arms against authorities from the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (APIDC) for giving clearance to set up industrial units in ecologically sensitive areas, violating environmental norms.

the Supreme Court on August 12 issued notice to the Centre on an application seeking a moratorium on allowing the cultivation of any genetically modified (gm) crop in the country. Hearing a pil filed by Aruna Rodrigues, P V Satheesh, Devinder Sharma and Rajeev Baruah in 2005, the court stated that gmos and seeds have potential health hazards and asked the Centre to come up with a

Bindu Shajan Perappadan

State Government asked to adopt viable solutions which could replace plastic bags

BY PARWEZ HAFEEZ
KOLKATA

The Calcutta high court on Friday restrained West Bengal government from making public the full text of the agreement that it signed with the Tata Motors.

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has directed the State government to come out with a policy on power conservation immediately.

The policy should give broad guidelines on the steps that needed to be taken by households for conserving electricity and minimising wastage.