Police cracks down on retrenched UCIL mine workers in Jharkhand

Most of the protesting workers are tribal people who were displaced from their land by the Bandhuhurang mining project

Pre-dawn police crackdown on village at POSCO site

Move marks restart of land acquisition for steel plant; police say they were only protecting farmers who wanted to give land

Dumping garbage in rivers is now a crime in Maharashtra

Bombay High Court orders municipalities to register cases and take action against anyone who violates the law

“Come elections, our forests are looted”

Angry villagers from the hotbed of political violence told Sayantan Bera, the day a new government took oath in West Bengal

Jharkhand police opens fire on people protesting NTPC project; one killed

Pagar village residents were protesting start of work on mining and power project in spite of gram sabha decision not to part with land

Pune police to crack down on noise on New Year’s Eve

Green tribunal orders confiscation of cars fitted with unauthorised DJ systems to check noise pollution

S Kumars loses defamation appeal against Narmada activists

Narmada Bachao Andolan cites cheating and fraud cases registered by police in support of its press statement against S Kumars and state financial …

CRPF for garbage trucks?

Kerala High Court suggests CRPF protection for garbage trucks dumping Thiruvanthapuram's waste in village

Environmental crimes threaten global security, says UN

Illegal forestry and ivory products worth up to US $213 billion a year are helping fund terrorists, militants and criminals

Simply Put: Eyes everywhere, ears closed

Simply Put: Police atrocities

Simply put: Every third traffic cop suffers from lung ailments

MP forest dwellers protest eviction, 4 hurt by police pellets

Allegation against state: Violation of Forest Rights Act

Cloudburst in Himachal village adjacent to Indo-Tibetan border, heavy losses for farmers

This is the third incident of cloudburst in Himachal this monsoon

Kolkata protests blanket ban on cycling

Police extends ban to 174 roads, extracts fines from riders illegally

The curious case of Delhi’s proposed tunnels—if you cannot solve something, make it more complex

This trained urban designer relearns urban planning, desi-style

100 panchayat members resign in tribal Korchi tehsil

Protest against police violence; administration blames mining, Naxals

Niyamgiri: CRPF sets up camp in gram panchayat office

Prominent tribal rights leader held for protesting against the move

Bihar women ‘marry’ minor boys to get houses

Use loopholes in implementation of government housing scheme; police at a loss

Whose homeland security?

Godmen jostle for space near Sangam

Availability of land on the riverside has reduced because the river has shifted course

Hunger games – it’s the real India show

Kolkata revokes earlier order, restricts cycling ban to 62 roads

On some roads in the ban list, restriction on cyclists will be only during day time

Monsoon arrives early; kills over 30 people in Uttarakhand

Extreme rains over weekend contribute to 68 per cent surplus rainfall in the country