Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …
New Delhi: The Naveen Patnaik government appears headed for serious trouble as the Supreme Court on Monday sought its response on its environment panel
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Union Ministry for Environment and Forests to examine the environmental impact caused by the cutting of over 6,000 trees for Noida's much talked about Bhim Rao Ambedkar Park project being executed by the Mayawati Government in Uttar Pradesh. Impact …
CHENNAI: Opposition parties have come down heavily on the State government for its position on the Mullaperiyar dam issue. AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa alleged that the government's decisions on river water disputes had turned out to be beneficial for neighbouring States and inimical to Tamil Nadu. She had criticised the …
The Ministry of Environment and Forests is all set to overhaul the process of granting clearances through the Environment Impact Assessments (EIAs). Come June, consultants who prepare EIAs will have to be accredited by the Quality Council of India
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government has constituted a five-member committee under the chairmanship of B Patnaik, director (mines), to prepare a report on the leasing of mines in the state. The report will be submitted to the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) appointed by the Supreme Court. The state steel & mines …
After weeks of dilly-dallying following opposition pressure and the SC's rejection of the State govt's demand to scrap the Empowered Committee, the Executive finally fell in line FALLING in line with the opposition demands, the DMK government on Wednesday nominated a retired Supreme Court judge as the State's representative in …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has constituted a high-level committee to verify legality of various mines to prevent illegal mining in the State following the direction of the central empowered committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court. The committee has been directed to submit its report on legality of mining leases (ML) …
The Orissa government has now constituted a five-member committee to verify the records of all the mines in the state. The move comes after Supreme Court
P M Raghunandan, Bangalore, April 19, DH News Service: Environmentalists fighting against the development of the Mysore-Mananthavadi road cutting through Nagarahole reserve forest, have finally won their decade-old battle. The State Government has reluctantly given up the road project in the interest of wildlife. The Public Works Department (PWD) has …
Apex Court Asks Survey Of India To Probe Allegations Of Encroachment THE Supreme Court has extended the stay on mining activities by the Reddy Brothers in Andhra Pradesh. A bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishanan and Justice Deepak Verma also directed the Survey of India (SoI) to probe allegations …
The Lafarge mining case has highlighted the appalling weakness of the environmental clearance procedures at all levels David Copperfield, described by Forbes as the most successful magician in history, is an illusionist par excellence. He can make things disappear, even structures as large as the Statue of Liberty, for instance, …
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) of the Supreme Court hearing the allegations of violations of forest protection laws in the multi-crore Orissa mining scam on Monday recommended that the state government should strictly enforce the law prohibiting mining within one km radius of a wildlife sanctuary. The CEC, which concluded …
A multi-crore Commonwealth Games project by the Public Works Department (PWD) to widen Siri Fort and August Kranti roads, create separate cycling tracks and plant exotic species after felling 73 trees
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu government suffered a setback on Monday with the Supreme Court dismissing its application seeking to recall the order appointing an Empowered Committee, headed by the former Chief Justice of India, Justice A.S. Anand, to go into the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam. By …
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: Making it clear that the French company Lafarge should comply with Indian laws and get a fresh Environment Impact Assessment done for its limestone mines in Meghalaya forests, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to vacate its stay on mining operations. A Bench of Chief Justice …
Lafarge cement plant hits hurdle NEW DELHI: Is mining activities for the French cement manufacturing company, Lafarge, going the uranium way? It appears so - the Supreme Court while upholding the stay on the ban on limestone mining in Shella, asked the cement giant to get fresh Environment Impact Assessment …
French cement giant Lafarge may have to wait a while to resume mining, with the Supreme Court asking it to seek fresh environmental and forests clearance from the Centre for mining in the eco-fragile East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya. A Bench headed by Chief Justice KG Balakrishnan while rejecting the …
TURA: Appreciating the efforts of NGOs for relentlessly fighting against deforestation in Garo Hills and giving a boost to conservation, the Supreme Court
