While the government tries to make up its mind whether to adopt the legislative route or promulgate an ordinance for implementing the National Food Security Bill, political parties are clearly divi

MANGALORE: The Endosulfan Virodhi Horatha Samiti, which has decided to hold a protest at Freedom Park in Bangalore on June 7, has postponed its protest.

The state government said Friday unless hurdles in land acquisition were removed, the Rs 21,000-crore Oval Maidan-Virar elevated corridor project would not move ahead.

The development of Mumbai’s airport has taken another big hit with Housing Development and Infrastructure (HDIL) announcing on Wednesday that Mumbai International Airport (MIAL) had terminated the

The Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) on Tuesday ruled out allowing export of iron ore pellets from Karnataka-based miners.

Days After Govt’s Nod To Project, National Tribunal Quashes Clearance, Calls It Illegal

New Delhi: Within five days of imposing a moratorium on new industries in Chhattisgarh’s Korba district for being the fifth polluted industrial zone in the country, the environment ministry did a U-turn, having cleared a private 3x350 MW thermal power plant. The move overlooks not only the freeze the ministry had imposed, but also the venture is in violation of green norms.

In response to a petition from human rights activist and Supreme Court lawyer Radhakanta Tripathy that the villagers were forcibly asked to vacate their lands for the Lower Suktel dam in Balangir d

Environment ministry does not evaluate cumulative environmental impact of multiple dams in a region. Funded by the project proponent, the EIA report of a project too downplays the environmental costs, reports M Rajshekhar

Housed in the ministry of environment and forests is a quasi-independent body whose job is to scrutinise every hydel-power project for environmental damage. In its six years, the hydel environmental assessment committee (EAC) has evaluated 262 hydropower plants and irrigation projects, according to a February 2013 study by the South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People, a Delhi-based antidam organisation; it hasn’t rejected a single one.

Hectic parleys with political parties have been ongoing in the past few months to reach a consensus on the Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2011, so that it gets passed in th