Tamil Nadu CM Vijay opposes Mekedatu project, writes to PM Modi after SC nod to KarnatakaTamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to halt Karnataka's Mekedatu Reservoir Project. Vija...
26 May, 2026, 09.35 PM IST
2025 landslide in Shimla Act of God, NHAI tells NGT, rejects compensation claimThe National Highways Authority of India has told the National Green Tribunal that it is not liable for compensation for agricultural land ...
22 May, 2026, 03.12 PM IST
In major development, Satheesan-led new Kerala govt set to scrap Silverline high-speed rail projectSilverline high-speed rail project: The scrapping of SilverLine marks the end of a project that had dominated Kerala’s political discourse ...
20 May, 2026, 02.10 PM IST
Great Nicobar project a recipe for ecological disaster: Jairam Ramesh to Defence ministerCongress leader Jairam Ramesh has alerted Defence Minister Rajnath Singh about the Great Nicobar Island Project. He states the project in i...
17 May, 2026, 12.40 PM IST
UCIL to extract uranium from Hindustan Copper's tailings, to set up recovery plant in Jharkhand: CMDUranium Corporation of India will establish a new plant in Jharkhand. This facility will extract uranium from waste materials produced by H...
17 May, 2026, 10.55 AM 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
Great Nicobar project concerns must be debated in parliamentary forum; govt rattled by Rahul Gandhi's visit: CongressThe Congress party has detailed serious concerns regarding the Great Nicobar project. They highlight ecological damage, tribal rights viola...
03 May, 2026, 05.21 PM IST
Ex-military officers defend Great Nicobar push, reject Rahul Gandhi’s concernsRetired military officials are backing the Great Nicobar Project. They counter allegations of land grabbing and corruption, highlighting it...
02 May, 2026, 10.29 AM IST
Establish 'GST-like' industrial land council for dispute resolution: CIIIndustry lobby CII proposes a National Industrial Land Council, mirroring the GST framework, to standardize regulations and resolve dispute...
19 Apr, 2026, 03.14 PM IST
500 GW of renewable energy by 2030: What India must do nowWith policy certainty, innovative financing, accelerated manufacturing, and modernised grids, India can deliver clean, affordable, and home...
16 Apr, 2026, 11.56 AM IST
Single-window system, project dashboard accelerate industrialisation in Odisha: IPICOL MDReforms streamline processes without diluting safeguards, says Aboli Sunil Naravane, MD, IPICOL
13 Apr, 2026, 10.36 AM IST
Bombay High Court rules in favour of RIL: Directs MMRDA to refund Rs 646 croreBombay High Court quashed a Rs 1,116 crore demand against Reliance Industries for alleged construction delays on its BKC complex. The court...
10 Apr, 2026, 11.00 AM IST
AERB may get to grant green nod to strategic nuclear power plantsThe government is looking to free up the environmental clearance process for strategic nuclear power projects from the purview of the union...
24 Sep, 2021, 06.48 AM IST
Full acquisition of land not pre-requisite for environmental clearance: Environment ministryThe ministry has told statutory environment clearance bodies that full acquisition of land is not a pre-requisite for considering a project...
10 Oct, 2014, 11.02 AM IST
Moily eases state-level green clearance norms for industryThe environment ministry has eased the environmental clearance process for industry, particularly at the state level.
27 Dec, 2013, 05.39 AM IST
- HC rejects Vedanta plea to overrule green ministry
Vedanta's plans for an aluminium refinery in Orissa suffered a setback with the Orissa high court refusing to overrule the Union environmen...
20 Jul, 2011, 01.37 AM IST
- Rely on self-regulation for green clearance: Panel
A report of the department of economic affairs has recommended that parts of the environmental clearance process be outsourced by the gover...
28 May, 2009, 01.00 AM IST