Judgment covers 1993-2010 period; final view on projects' fate on Sep 1

Fresh voting by tribals to decide on the fate of Essar Power and Hindalco Industries' coal mining project in Mahan forests in Madhya Pradesh has been called off after the region's district collecto

In a pledge to save the Mahan forests of Singrauli from coal mining, people from across 10 cities, including Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore, sent over 8,900 rakhis to the forest dwelling communities o

The state government had leased about 80 acres of land to the company for setting up of its plant

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed Essar Power, Hindalco and Reliance Power to install or bear the expenditure of water purification plants in the Singrauli and Sonbhadra regions

Parakh said coal ministers Shibu Soren and Dasari Narayana Rao had reversed the prime minister's decision on auction of coal blocks

Former Union coal secretary P C Parakh said Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was responsible for the coal block allocation scam and the country’s subsequent policy paralysis. He said so at an event here on Monday to release his book, titled Crusader or conspirator – Coalgate and Other Truths.

The suspension of iron ore exports from Goa and Karnataka is the key reason for the steep decline in overall exports of the mineral, which are expected to fall below 10 million tonne by the end of

Villagers of Singrauli district will launch a protest against forest clearance given to a joint venture of Essar Power Ltd and Hindalco Industries Ltd to mine coal at Mahan forests on Thursday.

Govt reviewing the allocation of 61 blocks that have not started production

The inter-ministerial group, which is reviewing allocation of coal blocks, has decided to give more time to 10 companies to obtain final forest and environment clearance for the eight blocks that have not yet started production.

New Delhi : The first phase of the ambitious Green India Mission (GIM) which aims at increasing forest cover by five million hectares by 2020, will be considered by the Cabinet on Thursday.