Madhya Pradesh village protests for right to vote

There is no village, says collector

Uttar Pradesh to revive dry rivulets under MGNREGS

Revival of small river in Fatehpur district shows the way

Land stir against Bhandara power plant intensifies

Farmers stall ground levelling work at site; fear police reprisal

Tribals protest brutality, destruction of plantations by forest officials

Villager dies following brutal beating; police claims heart attack is the cause

POSCO begins work on boundary wall at steel plant site in Odisha

Move violates stay order of National Green Tribunal, say protesting activists

Pali industrial units discharge untreated effluent into river

Authorities shut down industries, but they continue to operate clandestinely

MIHAN forced solution comes undone

Project-affected people to file petition for return of land

Tamil Nadu district climate change missions: Is it really decentralised governance?

Climate change governance at the local / district level should be collaborative, flexible, strategic and reflective, rather than a bureaucrat-…

Odisha braces for cyclone Phailin

People in vulnerable villages in coastal districts are being evacuated to safe areas, cyclone shelters

Police register FIR against 32 people for 'encroaching' on POSCO land

POSCO says people have already been compensated for land acquired; residents say their land was taken at gun point and have no means of livelihood

Not being kept in loop: Odisha’s sarpanches on CM’s power decentralisation move

Several sarpanches who were given powers of district collectors alleged their administrative or financial roles were not spelt out clearly 

Cyclone Helen hits Andhra coast

Makes landfall close to Machillipatnam; people evacuated from vulnerable areas; 130 relief camps opened in Krishna district

Phailin intensifies into 'super' cyclone

Storm winds moving at speed of over 200 km/hr head to districts that bore the brunt of 1999 super cyclone

POSCO to get water from Mahanadi

People protest Odisha government's decision to allocate water from the Mahanadi and Hansua rivers, saying it will turn large tracts of farms …

How people weathered Phailin storm

Bitter lessons from 1999 cyclone and a prepared community helped reduce the impact of the night-long cyclonic storm that raged across coastal …

Farmers boycott land acquisition hearings for Chhindwara SEZ

Villagers refuse to part with land; object to individual hearings, land acquisition by dubious means

As Hudhud approaches, coastal people move to safer areas

Many people hit by Phailin last year yet to overcome food and water shortages, find source of livelihood