Lake assault
Udaipur s waterbodies run dry, authorities run amok
Udaipur s waterbodies run dry, authorities run amok
Tamil Nadu government halts project on Coleroon riverbed
In the Kerala High Court, a village panchayat loses its battle for water with Coca-Cola. The Perumatty village panchayat in Palakkad district of Kerala has lost its legal battle for the right to water
Forest fires, tribal discontent in Melghat Tiger reserve
Minutes of the nineteenth meeting of the Task Force - set up in compliance with the Orders of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh at Jabalpur.
Please act: The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Union government on January 3, 2004, in response to a petition by the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) that seeks a thorough
It was former chief minister Biju Patnaik's dream to set up a second steel plant in the state. His arch rival and three-term Congress chief minister J.B. Patnaik, too, was obsessed with the idea. But not so Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
"... Your ministry is responsible for all the destruction and killing of 12,000 people on the coast..."
Orissa s Kashipur alumina project rekindles tribal wrath
Two Rajasthan high court advocates, Madhav Mitra and R.S. Chauhan, under the auspices of NGO Public Action Group, have filed a public inerest litigation demanding that packaged food companies, like soft drink makers, be directed to print the exact level of pesticide content on the food packs. A bench comprising S.K.
Print pesticide levels on soft drinks, court orders colas
Malnutrition petition: In a suo moto petition taking cognisance of the increasing number of child deaths in Maharashtra's tribal areas, the Bombay High Court has ruled that there are inherent flaws
legal backing: The Delhi High Court has asked the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and other civic agencies to permit water harvesting in as many public sector buildings as possible. In an order issued on
Manufacturers won t mix fly ash in bricks; to go on strike
damage control: The Tokyo District Court awarded US $458 in damages to a municipal employee over passive smoking he suffered at his workplace. This is the first such ruling in Japan. The court said
Even the polluters paid up. But not Gujarat s government
HC takes note of hospital waste recycling racket
construction halted: The Patna High Court has stayed the proposed construction of a shopping complex at the Sandies compound in Bhagalpur, Bihar, because the site lies in a green belt. A division
Proposed bill may imperil West Bengal s waterbodies
Cell phone networking antennae can be injurious to health