The Orissa government has slapped a forest development tax on three minor forest produce items tendu leaf, timber and bamboo. Seen as a countermeasure to the March 2001 Orissa High Court order that declared the imposition of state sales tax on tendu ill

HC order on stricter emission norms catches Kolkata off guard

While most of Bangalore is anxious to see the heavens open, the city s Lake Development Authority must be thanking its lucky stars that the monsoon is delayed. For if the rains had lashed the region on June 5 as forecast by the India Meteorology Departm

The High Court in London confirmed that the British Geological Survey has a reasonable case to answer and that the victims have a realistic prospect of success in their pursuit of claims. The court decided that the litigation raised a novel point in law a

Bioceramic clothes in vogue in Kerala, but experts sceptical