PIL on gas victims' viscera
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has admitted a public interest litigation seeking an inquiry into the destruction of 300 samples of viscera of the Bhopal Gas Victims by the State Legal Medico Science
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Health Department takes action under PNDT Act
The Haryana Health Department has sealed ultrasound machines of two private units and issued notices to them for violation of the Pre Natal Diagnostic Technique (PNDT) Act prohibiting detection of
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Green mission
International Environment NGO Greenpeace has launched in India to highlight environmental crimes committed by industries across the world and stress the need for corporate accountability. The
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Regional and bilateral deals discriminatory: WTO
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has said that increasing number of regional and bilateral trading agreements, particularly in the Asian region are a matter of concern and discriminatory from its
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Bush rewrites national forest management law
The Bush administration has proposed broad changes to the federal government's management plans for U.S. national forests and grasslands. The new rules would give increased authority to federal
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India seeks $36 million
A day before the start of deliberations of the Montreal Protocol in Rome, India has proposed for assistance worth $36.5 million from the Protocol's multilateral fund. The proposal, mooted for six
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New iron wall to protect Yamuna
To ensure that religious ritual waste does not end up polluting the waters of the Yamuna, the Delhi government is erecting a three metre high iron net wall on both sides of the ITO and Nizamuddin
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Timber smuggling rampant in Udayapur
Since the forest patrolling team has ceased to function owing to Maoist threats, timber smuggling is rampant in the eastern forest belt of Udayapur district (Nepal). Smugglers from Saptari and
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Massive plunder of forests in Dhubri district on
Like elsewhere the forest resources of Dhubri district of Assam are also being slaughtered by greedy smugglers. The roads once beautified by straight lines of green trees bearing a barren look owing
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Workshop on encroachment, forest lands
A two-day workshop on "encroachment and forest lands and related issues" will be held on December 7 and 8 in Bangalore. The workshop will discuss issues related to encroachment and forest lands in
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Action panel asks forest dept. to stop threatening poor with eviction
The DK and Udupi district of Mangalore Forest Evacuees' Action Committee, while welcoming the steps initiated by the government towards protecting the interests of poor agriculture labourers and
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Paniya solidarity sends crucial signals to politicians, NGOs
The Nilayimala forest land in Kerala issue has been settled without bloodshed. The Adivasis led by Aruvikkal Krishnan, chariman of the Adivasi Vimochan of the Adivasi Vimochana Munnani (AVM) today
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Tree felling: MC, CPWD lock horns
The road from Prospect Hill to Chakkar Ambulance Road, which is under construction, is in the eye of a storm due to the cutting of a few trees. The MC and CPWD have virtually locked horns over the
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Diarrhoea in Juhi, dozens affected
Due to lack of cleanliness, in Juhi in Kanpur, and surrounding areas diarrhoea is spreading. Dozens of people have been suffering from it.
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DAD chopes 50 trees to build flats in VK
Hundreds of residents in Vasant Kunj are up in arms against the Delhi Development Authority which has cut 50 trees in the area for building
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53 HIV positive in district
At least 53 people living in Midnapore West district of West Bengal have found to be HIV positive after their blood samples were tested, Dr MG Mandal, chief medical officer of health, Midnapore West,
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'Water poisoning' kill Yaks in Bumthang
Bumthang's estimated 5000 yaks will begin the descent over 1000 metres to the winter grazing grounds in the lower valleys. But some of the animals will not complete the journey, having fallen prey to
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Wildlife champion Goodall embraces American cougar
Wildlife champion Jane Goodall, best known for her pioneering work with chimpanzees, has embraced a new cause - the endangered North American cougar. The cougar, also called the puma or mountain
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UK research lab prompts new animal rights row
Scientists and animal rights campaigners are heading for a showdown over plans to build an medical research laboratory in Britain that would experiment on primates' brains. A public inquiry was
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NII's has no immunity against Maneka's tirade
Animal rights zealots continue to have their way. The National Institute of Immunology (NII) fears that it registration would be cancelled following a report of the Committee for the Purpose of