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Unchecked urbanisation, waste dumping: Study warns of ‘invited disaster’ as khadi floods threaten half of Surat

An action research report, “Invited Disaster: Khadi Floods in Surat City”, published by two civil rights groups, Paryavaran Suraksha Samiti and the People's Union for Civil Liberties, Surat, states...

Why did J. Sanjiv Khanna dissent from the Central Vista majority judgment?

While the top court upheld the Central Vista Redevelopment Project, the decision was split 2:1 with Justice Khanna giving his distinct and separate opinion

EXCLUSIVE! River erosion washes away over 35 percent of Assam’s agricultural land

Erosion of land has been a key reason for migration, and therefore a major factor affecting the citizenship issue in Assam

Equity to be maintained between industrialisation and ecosystem: Orissa HC

The court noted that although development is necessary for enhanced revenue, it cannot be at the cost of human beings

Gujarat’s environmental group demands cancellation of GPCL’s environmental clearance

The NGO expressed anger at the company’s lax attitude towards past tragedies that put local village-life in danger

Maharashtra’s fishing community fights to protect its ‘golden belt’ coast

Fearing a fate worse than Maharashtra’s southern sea-coast, Dahanu fishing communities demand suspension of Vadhavan port project

Central Vista Project: SC bars Centre from construction, allows paperwork and foundation stone ceremony

SG Tushar Mehta undertook that no construction, demolition or cutting of trees will be carried out

Goa: Environmental groups call on political parties to protect generational resource inheritance

The GMM manifesto aims to protect natural resources and wealth for future generations in an economically beneficial manner

Goa Foundation reconsiders its stand on the mining auction announcement:  Victory at last?

After initial celebrations, environmental action group takes a step back to consider the real benefits of the auctioning of mining leases

Dahanu locals reject JNPT survey that pushes for a new port at Vadhavan

Women, children, workers, adivasis, farmers, all gathered at the shores of Shankhodar beach to oppose the biodiversity survey by the JNPT

Goa government considers auctioning 88 halted iron ore mining leases

After two years of halt, the state government finally blows the dust off the dormant mining leases and considers auctioning

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Harassment by Delhi Police, blatant extortion & human rights’ violation in process of identification of “illegal Bangladeshi immigrants”: Brinda Karat to HM Amit Shah

Brinda Karat, former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from the Communist Party of India (Marxist-CPIM), has in a letter to the union home minister, Amit Shah highlighted the blatant violation of human rights, harassment and extortion, in the ongoing process of "identification of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants" by the Delhi police and other agencies.

Bengali Migrant Workers Detained in Odisha: Calcutta High Court demands answers, seeks coordination between states

Court poses six pointed questions on detention of Sainur Islam and demands answers from Odisha over detention of youth during ‘identification drive’; Court directs West Bengal to appoint nodal officer

Thane School Horror: Principal, attendant arrested for forcing girls to strip in menstruation check, case registered under POCSO

Girls as young as 10 were allegedly stripped and subjected to invasive checks by school staff in Thane’s Shahapur after bloodstains were found in a washroom, prompting arrests, protests, and charges under POCSO and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

Bihar:  SC signals that ECI should consider Aadhaar, EPIC (Voter ID card) & Ration card for electoral roll revision 

Hearing a batch of petitions challenging the sudden “special intensive revision” being conducted in Bihar by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Supreme Court (SC) pressed ECI to include Aadhaar, Voter ID Card, and Ration cards in Bihar's electoral roll revision process, since the only concern for the constitutional body was establishing accurate identity not citizenship

Mumbai’s Second Lifeline in ICU: Mumbaikars respond to call of “Save BEST”

By deliberately running Mumbai’s unique and stellar public transport system to ‘die’, the BMC backed by a land-grabbing state government is set to make transport even more unafordable for working Mumbaikars

Dissent Note: Maharashtra Special Public Safety Bill, 2024

Sweeping powers, vague definitions, and silencing of dissent entrenched in law; deliberative process exposed as political theatre

One of Urdu’s Greatest Scholars, C.M. Naim, Passes Away

The UP-born professor was said to be among the finest and authoritative voices on Urdu.