Supreme Court bans mining in Goa

Mining operations in all the 90 mines in Goa were ordered to be halted by the Supreme Court on Friday on the basis of the Justice M B Shah Commission report which estimated a whopping Rs 35,000......

Public trust thrown in waste bin: SC on illegal construction in Corbett

Observing that the "public trust doctrine" has been thrown into the waste bin, the Supreme Court pulled up former Uttarakhand minister Harak Singh Rawat and a former divisional forest officer on......

Sorry state of affairs: SC slams Uttarakhand for forest fires

Slamming the Uttarakhand government for its "lackadaisical" approach to controlling forest fires, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the state's chief secretary to personally present himself......

Supreme Court scraps Jat reservation

The Supreme Court today set aside the notification issued by the erstwhile United Progressive Alliance government to include Jats in the Central list of Other Backward Classes for according......

Posco to pay more to displaced persons

The South Korean steel major Posco, proposing a 12 million tonne greenfield steel plant near Paradip in Orissa, will announce an additional package for the project displaced families after the......

Environment Ministry clears Posco proposal

Posco's mega steel plant in Orissa is inching forward with the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests clearing a proposal under which the South Korean firm will plant trees on an area equivalent......

Goan miners fear a Karnataka-like crisis

The mining crisis in Goa, the country's largest exporter and second-largest producer of iron ore, is set to worsen. With the probe of the Centre-appointed Shah commission into alleged......

ATMs to loans: All eyes on the road for finance world

A South Block and Mint Road tango is in the offing in 2025, foregrounded by deeper consultations with various stakeholders. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In the Union Budget for......

Mudgal panel seeks IPS officer M L Sharma's services for IPL probe

The probe panel, headed by Justice (Retd) Mukul Mudgal, has sought the assistance of a few individuals, including former CBI Special Director M L Sharma, to carry out further investigations into......