The Bombay high court on Monday directed the environment department of the Maharashtra government, the state pollution control board, BMC and other authorities to file affidavits on the steps taken to control pollution during immersion of idols.Thecourtwashearing a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by the NGO, Janhit Manch, and its convener Bhagwanji Raiyani.
The PIL filed in 2007 had so

This is open season for the plunder of sand in the creeks along the Konkan. Mining companies are exploiting the Union environment ministry

RECENTLY, THERE has been an attempt to besmirch the reputation of the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) in the public eye.

Cuttack: The Odisha High Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on a PIL seeking stay on the ongoing land acquisition for the Posco project near Paradip till June three and asked the petitioners to file a fresh affidavit.

The court, which was scheduled to hear the case filed by some residents from villages at the proposed plant site in Jagatsinghpur district, asked the petitioners to file the

HC issues notices to Centre, state govt and Posco India on PILs filed by affected villagers
Land acquisition work for the Posco project suffered a setback on the third day today due to non-cooperation of the villagers who backed out of the process as a mark of protest over the arrest of 32 activists of United Action Committee (UAC), a pro-Posco outfit on Thursday.

Faced with the resistance of

To take stock of water bodies in the city, including ponds that have been filled in and encroached upon, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation is planning to map them.

Centre, Makers Get Two Days To File Reply
New Delhi: Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the Union government and pesticide manufacturers two days to present cogent grounds to convince it against slapping an interim countrywide ban on the production of the widely used toxic pest killer endosulfan.

An SC bench cited the detection of endosulfan

The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued contempt notice to the Managing Director, Dharampal Satyapal Group of companies, makers of pan masala brand

PANJIM, Around 50 irate villagers hounded out survey officials who visited Varkhand village for valuation of land, to be acquired for proposed Mopa International airport, on Wednesday.
Officials from Land Survey, Agriculture and Forest Department had gone to evaluate land, fruit bearing trees and forest areas respectively when they were asked to stop and return home by villagers.