Bangalore Uncertain times await investors planning to start iron-ore mining in Karnataka, as the state government has made it clear that fresh leases will be given only after the Supreme Court clears all legal cases concerning the sector.

The state's controversy-ridden industry has come under the purview of the central empowered committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court which has recommended a ban on issuing fresh mining permits.

India's environmental and tribal activists have scored another victory over companies looking to start mining and related projects in the mineral-rich and densely forested regions of the country.

On 30 March 2012, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) delivered a judgment that has sent India’s largest FDI back to the drawing table.

Jagatsinghpur: A team of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), led by its member Satyabrata Pal visited Dhinkia, Nuagaon and Gadakujanga panchayats in Jagatsinghpur district today to investigate

Kalindi worked in a betel vine plantation for his living. But this and 641 others were pulled down by the authorities between May and September last year, to facilitate land acquisition for the project. The owners of the vines got compensation. But workers like Kalindi were left in the lurch. Every morning, he looks for odd jobs, sometimes far away from his village, to maintain his family of five.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) to review its clearance granted to Posco.

This is being seen as a further setback to the South Korean giant, especially since NGT has suspended the “conditional” clearance and insisted Posco to seek a fresh clearance. The NGT noted that although the MoU between the Orissa government and Posco had been signed for production of 12 million tones of steel per annum (MTPA),

South Korean steel maker says will take steps after consulting ministry

South Korean steel maker Posco is opting for dialogue and negotiation, rather than a legal route, to sort things out, after the National Green Tribunal suspended the environmental clearance for its $12-billion project in Orissa.

BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has shown undue favour to promoters of industries to the tune of Rs 224 crore by under-assessing the value of private land resulting in low compensation to the la

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has unearthed a land scam in Orissa where the state government acquired land for industrial houses like Vedanta and Posco by reportedly misusing existing p