New Delhi: After regularizing hundreds of unauthorized colonies to woo voters in the election year, the Congress-led Delhi government is planning to ease norms under Section 81 of the Land Reforms

The Barmer refinery-cum-petrochemical complex is likely to be relocated to Pachparda tehsil following protest by farmers at Leelala over compensation.

BHUBANESWAR: Some villagers of Gobindapur have accused the district administration of forcibly dismantling their betel vines for the proposed Posco project.

Social activist Medha Patkar met residents affected by the Chennai airport expansion project in Manapakkam here on Wednesday.

Though the CAG has pointed to poor performance of MGNREGA, a joint study by the UNDP and Sambodhi, a Delhi-based research organisation, has found the scheme has made a “significant impact” in gener

Heeding a petition filed by an NRI of Goan origin, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to consider constituting small/inquiry committees he

Cabinet might discuss this on Thursday; govt and party brass still undecided if wait till monsoon session desirable

The government has readied an ordinance to put the land acquisition Bill into effect but would prefer to have Parliament enact it in the next session.
“We have no guarantee that the Bharatiya Janata Party (the principal opposition party) will let Parliament function. Their behaviour in the last session does not inspire confidence. They could demand the resignation of somebody else in the monsoon session and derail that as well.

It, however, says that the sample collected during exploration activity should not be used for commercial activity

The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has accorded 'green signal' to Oil India Ltd's (OIL's) proposed exploration activities in KG–ONN–2004/1 block in the Krishna-Godavari basin.

Bombay High Court last week turned down petitions questioning the constitutional validity of sections of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971 (the Slum Ac