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Dalit boy's death: Pilot critical of Gehlot govt; 12 councillors quit

In veiled criticism of the Ashok Gehlot government on Tuesday, Congress leader Sachin Pilot called for zero tolerance to incidents like the recent killing of a Dalit boy and called for action......

PM sets up committee to assess status of tribals

On the lines of the Sachar Committee for Muslims, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has set up a panel to assess the status of Scheduled Tribes, to ensure their progress in socio-economic, health and......

Government faces Sonia's ire in NAC report

On a day when a full-page email interview with the prime minister appeared in the Hindustan Times, the National Advisory Council, chaired by Sonia Gandhi, on Friday slammed the United Progressive......

Politics to heat up as land bill gets Cabinet nod

After a discussion which went on for over 90 minutes and amid opposition to some of the proposals by ministers, the Union Cabinet Monday evening passed the draft Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation......

Zoos across India on 'highest' alert after tiger in US gets COVID-19

The Central Zoo Authority (CZA) on Monday put all zoos across the country on 'highest' alert and asked them to collect samples fortnightly in suspected cases after a tiger at a United States zoo......

Gong-beating at Posco to keep away land grabbers

Twice everyday Dhinkia village in Orissa's Jagatsinghpur district, which lies on the periphery of the proposed POSCO steel project site, reverberates to the sound of a beating gong which reminds......

Sterlite mining project in Niyamgiri is illegal: Panel

After one stop-work order on the Rs 54,000-crore (Rs 540 billion) Posco project, a four-member panel appointed by the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has dealt a body blow to yet......

No forest rights violation at Posco site: Orissa

The Orissa government has refuted allegations of the four-member committee of the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA), on the issue of violations of......

FDI does not benefit any country: Madhav Gadgil

Madhav Gadgil headed the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel set up by the ministry of environment and forests in 2010. The report zoned 75 per cent of the Western Ghats into different grades of......

As debate rages on GM crops, GEAC in limbo

Even as the Supreme Court is set to hear the petition to ban testing of genetically modified (GM) crops on October 29, the apex body that is supposed to regulate GM crops in the country, the......

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Dalit boy's death: Pilot critical of Gehlot govt; 12 councillors quit

PM sets up committee to assess status of tribals

Government faces Sonia's ire in NAC report

Politics to heat up as land bill gets Cabinet nod

Zoos across India on 'highest' alert after tiger in US gets COVID-19

Gong-beating at Posco to keep away land grabbers

Sterlite mining project in Niyamgiri is illegal: Panel

No forest rights violation at Posco site: Orissa

FDI does not benefit any country: Madhav Gadgil

As debate rages on GM crops, GEAC in limbo

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