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Unravelling the Gujarat SEZ model Recently the Supreme Court ordered a stay on one of the largest special economic zones (sezs) in the country. The stay order on the Mundra sez in Gujarat
Unravelling the Gujarat SEZ model Recently the Supreme Court ordered a stay on one of the largest special economic zones (sezs) in the country. The stay order on the Mundra sez in Gujarat
Putting a price tag to forests hasn
Goa minister wants a shift in the period of monsoon ban on fishing GOA"s fisheries minister Joaquim Alemao wants to advance the monsoon ban on fishing by 15 days, from the June 16-July 31 period to June 1-July 15. He said the second half of July, when the ban is relaxed for small-scale fishers, yielded a good catch and after August 1 there was not much yield. The state government
A few years ago I wrote about a textile town called Pali, in Rajasthan, which had completely toxified its seasonal river Bandi with industrial discharge. Then, I said the real story was not about
anti-naxal drive NHRC justifies Salwa Judum Salwa Judum in Chhattisgarh is a spontaneous revolt of the tribals against years of atrocities and harassment suffered by them at the hands of the Naxalites, said the National Human Rights Commission (nhrc) in its final report submitted to the Supreme Court. Contrary to its initial report, submitted in mid-September, the final report
Supreme Court orders worry Mumbai residents Mobile hoarding vans that advertise brands, bollywood films, saas-bahu serials among other products will remain on Mumbai roads, said a September 4 Supreme Court order. The same day, the court ordered redevelopment of dilapidated buildings built before 1940. These orders overruled Bombay High Court
Faced with growing congestion in the city, a doctor in Mumbai filed a petition in the high court. The petition was against mobile hoarding vans parked along the roads. The court upheld the petition and banned the vans citing reasons of safety and traffic congestion. The high court also cracked its whip on the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, which it claimed had failed to check the growth
Discriminatory disease: A leprosy patient cannot contest a civic poll or hold the post of a councillor or chairperson of a municipality, the Supreme Court ruled on September 19. This comes in the wake of patient Dhirendra Pandua challenging his disqualification from the post of councillor and chairperson in Balasore municipality. After winning the elections held on September 19, 2003, he was
The Mumbai skyline. After the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court today issued notice to the Haryana government on a bunch of petitions seeking renewal of mining licenses in the Aravalli Hills region.
Aizawl, Oct 19: Teak planters under the Tut-Langkaih Reserved Forest today vowed that they would employ any means to sell their
The Supreme Court today gave the green signal for a Rs 503-crore drinking water project meant for 930 villages and towns in Karauli and Sawai Madhopur districts of Rajasthan. The project, which will be implemented by the Public Health and Engineering department in about a year, involves laying of a 160-km pipeline to draw water from the Chambal river.
BY YOJNA GUSAI NEW DELHI
Ranchi, Oct. 16: The Jharkhand adviser to N.C. Saxena, Supreme Court commissioner for food security, would send his report on the alleged hunger death of eight Birhors in Chatra district to the apex court on Friday.
Govt plea in SC to end forest land row Residents of buildings on private forest land in Mumbai and Thane may have won half the battle against the decision to term their buildings illegal.
the government might find it easier to acquire land after a September 5 ruling of the Supreme Court. The court held that the state as a
TO MINE OR NOT: The Supreme Court of India has asked the Madhya Pradesh government to explain why the mining activity in the state should not be restrained. Petitioner Ajay Dubey, secretary of Prayatna, a Bhopal-based NGO, pointed out that a number of mining leases were functioning illegally across the state. The state pollution board had also admitted that of the 5,069 mining leases across the
House Panel Wants Bill To Be Scrapped
Press Trust Of India / New Delhi October 14, 2008, 0:51 IST The Supreme Court today issued notices to the Centre and others on petitions challenging government
Mohali, October 13 Tussle within the Punjab Government has once again stalled the development and expansion of Nayagaon, comprising Karoran, Kansal and Nada villages in the periphery of Chandigarh. The forest department has objected to the development and expansion plans envisaged by the Department of Local Government in the Draft Master Plan of Nayagaon-2021 released in August.