Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
The Goa Government is working on a compromise with the promoters of the scrapped Special Economic Zone (SEZ) projects to release huge tracts of lands locked in litigation. The Government has also promised to take the parties (local activist groups) who had challenged the ‘SEZ land scam’ in the High …
The Supreme Court today asked the Punjab and Haryana High Court to adjudicate a PIL by Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) chief Kuldeep Bishnoi seeking quashing of laws enacted by Haryana and the Centre to facilitate the setting up of Special Economic Zones (SEZs). Bishnoi had filed the PIL in the …
11 new industrial estates planned The new Industrial Policy Resolution (IPR) 2014, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Special Economic Zone (SEZ) (IPR, 2014, CSR and State’s own SEZ) policies for the State will be announced by the end of this year, informed Industries Minister Debi Prasad Mishra on Saturday in …
State has enough land says CM; specifies that 70% land of SEZ promoters, another 35 lakh square meters plus one crore square meters of private land available; promoters have invested money so we should give some relief, says Parrikar. PANJIM: Chief Minister Parrikar today announced what for long was known. …
An expert committee set up to ascertain whether the wetlands at Kopri in Thane have been reclaimed for an upcoming Special Economic Zone (SEZ) were denied entry to the area on three occasions. The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), which is part of the committee, said the members were prevented …
Say loyalty, other benefits not given for past 8 years Infuriated over not being given royalty for their land acquired for setting up of a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Jhajjar, farmers of 12 villages here have threatened to take possession of the land if the royalty is not released …
MUMBAI: Internal roads, street-lighting, water supply and sewage networks in Mumbai's satellite towns like Kalyan-Dombivli, Bhiwandi-Ulhasnagar, Mira-Bhayander, Panvel, Ambernath, Kulgaon-Badlapur and Nallasopara may get better soon. Officials expect a reasonable slice of the Rs 7,060 crore earmarked for satellite towns will benefit these areas and convert them into smart cities …
Rs. 8,992 crore set aside for irrigation and flood management With focus on Ganga rejuvenation and irrigation, allocation of funds for the Water Resources Ministry has gone up from Rs. 2,076 crore in 2013-14 to a whopping Rs. 13,836 crore in budget allocations for 2014-15. The Rs. 8,992 crore set …
Investors looking to a bull run following finance minister Arun Jaitley’s maiden Budget were a confused lot, with the Budget scoring as many hits as misses. Eventually, after an exceptionally volatile intra-day trading that saw the Sensex move more than 800 points, the benchmark lost 72 points. If hiking FDI …
The terms and conditions with respect to the Smart City project was diluted, which will affect generation of employment opportunities, according to the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. “The government may not be able to ensure the much proclaimed employment generation of 90,000 jobs as the …
Today, we stand at a juncture where the chief beneficiaries of the neo-liberal model of “development” have succeeded in presenting it as the one best suited for everyone’s needs, which the Bharatiya Janata Party has used to garner electoral support. If we are honest about fighting Modi, it is time …
The Delhi High Court today restrained Harayana government from "prosecuting" car maker Maruti Suzuki for not having prior environment clearance (EC) for its unit in Rohtak after the company gave an undertaking that it will apply for the green nod. The court held that the company will have to get …
Haryana has asked the NCR Planning Board (NCRPB) to exclude three patches of land in Gurgaon and Manesar from the natural conservation zones in the regional plan. Of this, about 350 acres have been given to DLF for a recreation and leisure project, which is yet to come up and …
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has questioned the Haryana government for taking no action against Reliance Industries while taking back nearly 1,400 acres of land allotted for developing one of the country's biggest special economic zones under the public-private partnership or PPP model. A division bench headed by …
Opposition parties must support villagers of Mundra against Adani’s shipbreaking project; Adani’s proposal for shipbreaking unit in Mundra disregards grave lessons from Alang’s environmental crisis New Delhi/Mundra (Press Release/April 28, 2014): Opposition parties must unite in support of villagers of Mundra Taluk of Kachchh district, Gujarat against the new ship …
The Odisha government is unlikely to consider the plea of Vedanta Aluminium Ltd (VAL) to use power generated by Sterlite Energy Ltd, also a Vedanta Group firm, to run its smelter complex at Jharsuguda. The company had argued that since Odisha had turned power surplus, sparing 600 Mw out of …
Even as the curtains were drawn on campaigning for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Haryana slated for April 10 on Tuesday, the residents of five villages whose several hundred acres were acquired for setting up of a Special Economic Zone by Reliance India Limited are yet to make up …
The Centre for Dalit Studies (CDS) released an eight-page ‘Dalit and Adivasi Agenda’, a manifesto containing demands from people across 22 different areas, to be circulated among all political parties fielding candidates in the coming elections.
