Supreme Court allows reopening of 90 more mines in Karnataka subject to conditions

Leases of 51 mines cancelled; embargo on new leases lifted

Land bill gets diluted on way to Parliament

Bill provisions now favour government and industry, not farmers, say activists

Government considering pumping funds into Maheshwar dam

LIC expresses interest in funding project even as increased capital costs make power from the project too expensive

Letters

UPA's development report card

A look at the progress of the Congress-led alliance's flagship programmes

MIHAN forced solution comes undone

Project-affected people to file petition for return of land

Stop forceful land acquisition for Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor project, say farmers of Raigad

They want state to follow the proposed land acquisition Bill likely to be passed soon by Parliament

Manual scavengers: Existing in the shade

Several government departments continue to maintain silence on plight of manual scavengers, despite an array of schemes for them 

Will land Bill cross Rajya Sabha hurdle?

Narendra Modi government accuses rival parties of opposing amendments in the land acquisition law for the sake of opposition

Land Bill gets new name and many amendments

States get freedom to decide whether land under multi-crop is to be acquired

ADB’s flawed water programme promotes scarcity

As the annual meet of the board of governors of Asian Development Bank gets under way near Delhi, a critique of the bank’s approach to …

Promises broken, justice delayed

Bhopal gas tragedy survivors continue to suffer as court cases are delayed and government promises prove hollow

Rehabilitation of Uttarakhand disaster-affected top priority for new chief minister

People displaced by floods and landslides last summer spent harsh winter months in makeshift tents

South Asia

Chidambaram visits Bhopal on June 5

Gas disaster victims say they would like to present actual injuries, death reports