Mumbai Asks district collectors to revoke permissions, inform civic body to cancel rights on such land.

In a bid to preempt any more construction on private forest land, the state government has ordered all non-agriculture permissions issued on such lands to be revoked.

Solan: Peeved over the alleged indifference of the Haryana state Government and the Centre towards the bad condition of the Pinjore-Baddi stretch of National Highway 21A, the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh Industries

The High Court has ordered injunction against the laying railway lines through a reserve forest patch in Challakere, Chitradurga taluk, for iron ore mining.

March 7: Public interest litigation was filed in the Andhra Pradesh High Court seeking a direction not to register small agricultural land.

Cuttack, March 6: Questions regarding the Orissa

Dismisses PIL Saying It Will Not Allow Haryana To Become A Desert
Dhananjay Mahapatra | TNN

New Delhi: A day before Haryana auctions mining leases, many of which fall within the eco-sensitive Aravali zone, the Supreme Court sent a stern warning to the government: It will not tolerate any mining activity in the notified forest zones that would lead to desertification of the state.

The present Act and Rules seeks to correct the historical injustice done to Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers, by granting them security of tenure over individual and community holdings, ownership of Minor Forest Produce, Nistar and Grazing Rights and adequate safeguards for their rehabilitation, in cases of their displacement from present locations, on account of forestry and

The PIL filed by INFORSE-IDL in Madras High Court, asking for a complete ban on manufacture, trading and use of 'use & throw plastic products & carry bags upto 150 microns thickness (both virgin & recycled) and kudams/containers made of recycled plastics.

Bangalore has traditionally been strong on voluntary initiative and this has spawned a new public private partnership venture to come to grips with the city's intractable problems. The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Karnataka and prominent NGO Janaagraha have taken the lead to form Bangalore City Connect.

MUMBAI: Cracking the whip on errant medical establishments, the Bombay high court on Thursday restrained the state from granting permission to new hospitals, nursing homes, clinics or pathological laboratories unless they have in place the mechanism to dispose of bio-medical waste.

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