Bitter sweet

Who should have the first right over sugar produced by Uttar Pradesh's sugar mills - the banks who loaned the mills or the farmers who supplied …

Coal scam: spare 46 coal blocks, Centre urges SC

BJP government seeks to protect 46 mines, already producing coal, from imminent cancellation by Supreme Court. Cites investments and a looming …

All schools must have separate toilets for girls and boys: Supreme Court

Apex court says toilets, drinking water facilities are integral to RTE Act; pulls up Andhra Pradesh government for not ensuring these facilities …

SC dismisses petition seeking to stall Kudankulam commissioning

Rejects demand for panel to examine whether court’s directions on safety measures are being properly implemented

Supreme Court to probe illegal mining in Odisha

Hearing on plea to stay illegal mining to be taken up next Monday. Petitioners argue that the illegally recovered wealth from the miners should …

Centre set to dilute tribal rights over forestland

Affidavit filed in Vedanta case says government can acquire forests in public interest by ‘extinguishing’ tribal rights

Myriad gains, we all lose

The US appeals court has upheld the patents for isolated human genes, ignoring scientists’ warning that it would obstruct vital research …

Wildlife tour operators, resorts to shell out conservation fee

Fund so collected will be spent on conserving forests, managing human-wildlife conflict and generating livelihood for local communities

Forest states want money in lieu of felling

On August 1, 2003, Madhya Pradesh made a plea in the Supreme Court seeking a fund-generating mechanism for forest protection. Earlier, in June, …

Jobs Jobs Jobs

The government is obsessed with economic growth. Employment is bound to follow, it claims. That's a delusion. The swelling numbers of unemployed …

Mining Bill gives people their due

It ensures that mine owners share profit with people

Supreme Court gives go ahead to local polls in Andhra

Elections will be held as per existing reservation quotas

SC slams health ministry for unchecked clinical trials

Says trials of all new drugs must be supervised by health secretary

Sethusamudram alternative route not feasible: report

Supreme Court gives Centre eight weeks to decide fate of the project

Pesticide makers build case to get endosulfan ban lifted

Affidavit filed in court claims pesticide is safe

Supreme Court says no to increasing Tehri reservoir level

Negates its earlier order that gave temporary permission to do so

Afforestation wages in cash

Chhattisgarh violates Supreme Court order

The green goblins

After officialdom

Churning issue

Does the concept of interlinking India's rivers hold water? The debate rages on...

Andaman and Nicobar: Beyond India's landmass

Excerpts from Troubled Islands! by Pankaj Sekhsaria

Narmada, Bhopal are issues of democracy, fair deals

Dispute over status of forestland in MP, Chhattisgarh

Tamil Nadu blacklists Mahyco's Bt Cotton seeds after crop failures

Tamil Nadu and Kerala slug it out over Mullaperiyar dam