Public hearing for Jindal coal project in Raigarh held amid protests

Will National Green Tribunal accept the second public hearing; it had dismissed the first one held five years ago as a ‘farce’

‘Forest department is the encroacher’

When V Kishore Chandra Deo became the Union Minister for Panchayati Raj and Tribal Affairs three months ago, both the ministries were in inertia.…

When mining interests prevail over SC order

Uttar Pradesh where IAS officer Durga Shakti got suspended after taking on politicians involved in sand mining is not the only state to bypass …

Green tribunal suspends environmental clearance to Gogte Minerals

Chairperson of expert committee that granted clearance had conflict of interest

State has no absolute right over subsoil minerals: SC

Ownership over minerals vest with land owner, says apex court; question of payment of royalty to state referred to a larger bench

Companies fined heavily for mining over limit in Odisha

State authorities send notices to 103 mines

Treasure in troubled land

International aid has supported the economy of Afghanistan for 12 years. With aid flow gradually declining, the war-torn country will now have to …

Lift your head from the sand

Odisha miners to pay royalty for tribal welfare

State CM approves formulation of new mining regulation; funds to be used for local infrastructure in Scheduled Areas

Rajasthan's amended mining rules could spell fresh legal trouble for state mining department

New rules allow cluster mine holders to circumvent environmental clearance; high court had stressed on obtaining the mandatory clearance

Ban paves the way

The bar on polluting brick kilns opens up opportunities for cleaner technologies

MoEF clears mining in 36 new sand reaches in Andhra

Move effectively overrules high court stay; approved sand reaches fall in districts acutely affected by overexploitation of river sand

India granted 'observer' status in Arctic Council

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Chinese suplex

As China plays smart games in the business of rare earths, India braces itself to enter the fray