Great Nicobar project not about defence, transshipment port but aimed at helping one businessman: LoP Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi criticizes the Great Nicobar Island Project. He states the government's defense and transshipment port claims are false. Gandh...
05 Jun, 2026, 12.56 PM IST
Great Nicobar project commercial enterprise; ecological havoc assured: Congress' Jairam RameshJairam Ramesh, a senior Congress leader, has strongly criticized the Great Nicobar Island Project. He labels it a commercial venture that w...
03 Jun, 2026, 12.59 PM IST
Jairam Ramesh flags violation of FRA in clearance of Great Nicobar Island Project, urges action from Ministry of Tribal AffairsIn a letter addressed to Jual Oram, Ramesh argued that the project proceeds in direct violation of the Forest Rights Act (FRA) and the righ...
27 May, 2026, 11.13 AM IST
Nearly 5.49 lakh candidates appeared in civil services preliminary exam: UPSCNearly 5.49 lakh candidates appeared for the civil services preliminary examination, which saw the successful implementation of real-time f...
24 May, 2026, 07.23 PM IST
Vladimir Putin sends nuclear warning. Here is the message for Donald Trump, other world leadersRussian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly reminded the world about Moscow’s nuclear arsenals after sending troops into Ukraine in Feb...
21 May, 2026, 06.51 PM IST
'Insult to science, make a mockery of EIA process': Jairam Ramesh on Great Nicobar projectSenior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has written to the Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupinder Yadav over escal...
10 May, 2026, 10.26 PM IST
Around 20 metric tonnes of honey from Assam exported to USThe first consignment of One District One Product honey from Assam's Baksa district has been exported to the United States. This initiative...
09 May, 2026, 06.22 PM IST
Deepak Das takes charge as new Controller General of AccountsDuring his 35 years long career, he has held important positions at different levels in ministries such as Science & Technology, Environmen...
01 Aug, 2021, 02.27 PM IST
Gujarat High Court orders partial Mundra closureThere are 21 manufacturing units in the Mundra Sez including the 12 which have been asked to shut down.
14 Jan, 2014, 05.46 AM IST
Expert Appraisal Committee defers clearance of Petronet's LNG project in Andhra PradeshPetronet LNG Limited is jointly promoted by BPCL, GAIL, IOCL and ONGC, and it owns and operates first LNG Regasification Terminal in India.
11 Nov, 2013, 05.27 PM IST
- Another spanner in Posco's Orissa project: Coast along port site eroding
Shoreline surveys have found the Orissa's coastline to be highly erosive. Worse still, 50%, that is 4.8 km of the 9.3 km coastline along th...
12 Jan, 2011, 02.34 AM IST
- Posco Orissa plant: Coastal Regulation Zone defers decision on approval
The expert appraisal committee of Coastal Regulation Zone on Tuesday decided to defer its decision on giving approval to the project.
01 Dec, 2010, 05.30 AM IST
- Green panel defers decision on Posco steel plant in Orissa
A green panel today decided to defer decision on its Posco steel plant's fate citing absence of sufficient details on the likely environmen...
30 Nov, 2010, 04.08 PM IST
- Govt committee gives divided opinion on Posco
The environment panel probing violation of laws by South Korean steel major POSCO's $12 billion project in Orissa Monday submitted to the e...
18 Oct, 2010, 06.24 PM IST
- Govt committee gives divided opinion on Posco
Uncertainty continued over Posco's Orissa steel plant project today with a government committee to assess violation of forest laws giving a...
18 Oct, 2010, 05.17 PM IST
- SC notice to environment ministry, Orissa on Tata-L&T port project
The applicants have sought imposition of penalty on the Dhamra Port Company Ltd (DPCL) for seriously endangering forest and wildlife, espec...
11 Oct, 2009, 08.28 PM IST
- SC notice to environ ministry, Orissa on Tata-L&T port project
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the ministry of environment and forests, and the Orissa government on a plea filed by environmentali...
11 Oct, 2009, 06.20 PM IST