Pesticide manufacturers have submitted before the Supreme Court that the plea of CPI-M activists for a ban on Endosulfan is politically motivated and sought dismissal of the petition.

In its affidavit, the Pesticide Manufacturers & Formulators Association rejected the allegations made by Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) that there were some deaths in Kerala due to use of Endosulfan.

Inhabitants of the several villages, located near the Hansi-Butana canal on the Punjab-Haryana border, will file a public interest litigation (PIL) in the Punjab and Haryana High Court against the construction of the Hansi-Butana canal and the 3.75-km concrete wall being built by Haryana along its embankments.

Baltej Singh, sarpanch, Sassi Gujaran village, stated that it has been decided by a m

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court has sought explanations from six companies and the state government over complaints of pollution by villagers in Sanand taluka that companies discharge chemical effluents in gaucher land.

Acting on a PIL filed by an NGO on behalf of Chacharwadi-Vasna village, a division bench headed by chief justice directed the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (JPCB) to inquire

Environment Ministry Panel Nod For Niyamgiri Project
New Delhi: Could Vedanta

Responding to a PIL filed by the Shramik Mukti Sanghatna, the Bombay high court on Thursday asked the state if clearances from the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) are required to build a dam on Kalu river in Thane.

The Shramik Mukti Sanghatna has alleged that the dam is being built without requisite permissions from the forest department.

The petitioners

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will soon rope in a non-governmental organisation (NGO) to assist with the rehabilitation of over 7,000 families under the Tansa rehabilitation project.

With an aim to secure the water mains from pilferage, the BMC had begun the project to remove slumdwellers along the Tansa main pipeline in May.

The Haryana Government has earned over Rs 230 crore from auction of mining rights in seven districts.

To take Mayawati's government head-on on farmers issue, state Congress would organise a massive Kisan Maha Panchayat in or near Bhatta-Parsaul in Greater Noida under the leadership of party general secretary Rahul Gandhi before June 25.

''UP Congress would hold chaupals at all the villages which are affected due to land acquisition from June 13 and these people would be asked to join the maha-p

There will be no more public hearings on Loktak Downstream project as villagers have expressed their opinion in its favour after the first and the only hearing was held at Thangal village of Tamenglong yesterday.

A statement was signed jointly by Tamenglong deputy commissioner K. Panmei and member secretary of Manipur Pollution Control Board K.

The hearing in a Public Interest Litigation on Lal Chowk traffic mess and specification of age of vehicles will conclude tomorrow and the High Court is also expected to deliver its judgment in this regard.
According to advocate G M Wani who has filed PIL in this regard, the Court is expected to hear advocate general on rehabilitation package for the transporters.
On May 23, the High Court grante