A Public Interest Litigation has been filed at the Madras High Court bench here to curb alleged illegal sand quarrying activities in Karur district.

The PIL contends that if the road was to be built many date palm trees will have to be chopped off and local farmers would face heavy loss

Gujarat high court on Thursday issued notice to the Centre over a public interest litigation (PIL) objecting to laying down of a road in Mundra block in southern Kutch. Petitioner Sulaiman Turk has questioned the construction of 9.6 km long road from the Adani group owned Mundra Port to the National Highway No 8A.

Nearly 323 mining lease applications are pending for renewal

The state steel & mines department is set to miss the deadline stipulated by the Odisha High Court (HC) for disposing off pending applications for mine lease renewal. In an interim order delivered on December 21 last year, the HC had instructed the state government to dispose off all applications for renewal of mining leases within three months.

New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Wednesday decided to focus on steps taken by the Delhi government to regulate sale of junk food in schools and nearby premises.

Mumbai: The state water resources department is ready to release Rs 114 crore to the contractor of the Kondhane dam project in Karjat.

Mumbai: The Maharashtra water resources department has willingly agreed to release Rs 114 crore to FA Enterprises, contractor of the controversial Kondhane dam project in Karjat taluka, barely mont

Steel mills still operating at 50% capacity due to shortage in supply of iron ore

Restoration of normalcy in supply of iron ore to steel mills in and around Karnataka might take more time if the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) accepts the request for reclassification of mines. Currently, CEC, following the Supreme Court's direction, is looking into the appeal of the main petitioner, Samaj Parivartan Samudaya (SPS), in the public interest litigation against illegal mining, for reclassification of mining leases based on the extent of several illegalities committed by them.

Guwahati: The famed abode on one-horned Indian rhino and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kaziranga National Park in Assam has faced tough challenge to keep rampaging rhino poachers under check basically because of growing number of settlements suspected illegal migrants from Bangladesh around the Park’s core area.

The poachers have been virtually on rampage in the Park since the beginning of this year killing nine precious rhinos so far in the Park, according to official figures.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre and four states asking about steps taken to prevent death of elephants on railway tracks passing through their habitat or cutting acros

Two public interest litigation petitions have been filed in the Madras High Court Bench here — one challenging a notification issued by the Centre on October 15, laying down guidelines for tourism