Monthly Archives: September 2010
Hollywood goes green
HOLLYWOOD bigwigs often like to be seen as eco-savvy.But America’s movie industry has been criticised for skyrocketing energy bills from lights and cameras and tossing movie sets in the dumpsters.
In its report on the controversial project to mine for bauxite in the Niyamgiri Hills, the four member-committee headed by Saxena, a member of Congress President Sonia Gandhi’s National Advisory Committee, has roundly taken the Orissa government to task for … Continue reading
Vedanta and lessons in conservation
The Forest Rights Act of 2006—also known as the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act—came after considerable and bitter opposition from conservation groups
Land Titling Bill: silent on rights of tribals and the poor
THE Union government has proposed giving conclusive ownership titles to landholders across India through the Land Titling Bill 2010.The draft bill, open for public comment till August 31, envisages a transition from registration of sale deeds to registration of ownership, … Continue reading
Arctic sea ice shrinks to third lowest area on record
Arctic sea ice melted over the summer to cover the third smallest area on record, US researchers have said, warning global warming could leave the region ice free in the month of September 2030.
Babri Masjid demolition: HC refuses to defer verdict
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has refused to defer the verdict in the Ayodhya title suit case. The verdict will be pronounced on September 24. The court rejected the petition filed by Ramesh Tripathi, who had cited … Continue reading
All-party delegation leaves behind hope, fear in Jammu & Kashmir
The all-party delegation led by union home minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday wound up its three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir and returned to New Delhi from here, leaving behind a gleam of hope and a cloud of fear.
The legal case behind the Ayodhya issue
It is the longest running legal dispute in India. Call it by any name – Babri dispute or Ram Mandir dispute, but it all simply boils down to just who owns the 60 sq feet by 40 sq feet land … Continue reading
‘Liberhan report soft on Advani, pulls up Rao govt’
The Liberhan Commission report on the circumstances leading to the Babri Masjid demolition has reportedly gone soft on BJP leader L.K. Advani but taken a stern view of the role of the then Narasimha Rao government at the Centre.
India’s longest serving Commission of inquiry concludes.
The Liberhan Commission has become the country’s longest serving commission of inquiry. It was set up 10 days after the demolition of the Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992.