Karnataka forms task force to clear encroachments, illegal resorts in forests and western ghatsKarnataka Forest Minister Khandre had on Friday directed the forest department's additional chief secretary to issue orders for the removal...
04 Aug, 2024, 04.44 PM IST
Delhi-Meerut Expressway: Why India's widest highway is getting choked at nightCommuters on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway face nightly frustrations as trucks and goods carriers congest the route between 9 pm and 11 pm. T...
08 Apr, 2024, 12.09 PM IST
'We want our forest land to be cleared', says SC on Aravali encroachmentThe apex court on June 7 had directed the state and the Faridabad municipal corporation to remove "all encroachments" in Aravali forest are...
17 Jun, 2021, 03.11 PM IST
29k flats ready in Delhi, poor still in no-man’s landOver 29,000 ready-to-move flats constructed for the urban poor under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission in Delhi have lain vac...
16 Sep, 2020, 08.34 AM IST
Siddaramaiah’s pet houses-for-poor plan makes little progressKarnataka government’s ambitious project of building one lakh houses for Bengaluru’s poor and the homeless is miles away from its goal.
25 Jun, 2019, 10.58 AM IST
Mantri, Coremind yet to comply with 2016 NGT orderFor non-compliance, the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority has revoked environmental clearance to Mantri Techzone and Coremind.
07 Mar, 2017, 10.53 AM IST
Consent of tribal and forest-dwellers not required to decide on diversion of forest land: Environment MinistryAccording to the environment ministry, compliance with the Forest Rights Act is to be considered only when the central government decides t...
29 Apr, 2015, 02.00 AM IST
Supreme Court verdict on private forest to pave way for real estate development: CredaiThe Supreme Court's direction to the Maharashtra government to remove "private forest" tag attached to huge land parcels across the state i...
01 Feb, 2014, 12.01 PM IST
Supreme Court wants regulator for environmental clearances of projectsThe Supreme Court ordered the Centre to appoint a national regulator which would take up comprehensive environmental impact assessment of p...
07 Jan, 2014, 10.04 AM IST
NGT stays Karnataka DRDO project for encroachmentThe petition submitted that over 10,000 acres of farm lands called 'Amrit Mahal Kaval' were being converted for industrial purposes violati...
22 Aug, 2013, 01.15 PM IST
- Baglinga project proves tiger reserves buffer no hurdle in development
The proposal involves construction of Baglinga project in compartment number 26 in East Melghat division and within 10 km of Melghat sanctu...
31 May, 2013, 12.37 PM IST
- Delhi govt approves development of 91 unauthorised colonies
The Delhi Government has decided to carry out development works in 91 unauthorised colonies which encroached land belonging to ASI and Fore...
22 Jan, 2013, 09.09 PM IST
Regularisation of 200 unauthorised colonies gets go aheadA meeting of the Delhi Cabinet presided over by Sheila Dikshit approved the long-pending proposal to regularise the settlements.
05 Jan, 2013, 02.47 PM IST
- National Investment Board will cut project delays, but improve governance to regain public trust
We need to cut down the delays associated with project clearances, so that industrial progress can be sustained to create more jobs.
29 Oct, 2012, 08.23 AM IST
- Vedanta's Lanjigarh refinery expansion put on hold
In yet another blow to the Anil Agarwal-owned Vedanta Alumina Ltd, the environment ministry has decided to halt the company’s plans of expa...
20 Oct, 2010, 04.12 AM IST
- Vedanta Alumina gets violation notice
The environment ministry has issued environmental violation notice to Anil Agarwal-promoted Vedanta Alumina’s Lanjigarh refinery.
02 Sep, 2010, 04.53 AM IST
- MoF, DCA at odds over search powers to Sebi
The Ministry of Finance and the Department of Company Affairs are locked in a turf war on the vexed issue of empowering Sebi with search an...
11 Apr, 2002, 03.52 AM IST