AHMEDABAD: A video of a pride of 14 lions quenching their thirst from a mad-made water pond some 20 km away from Gir sanctuary in neighbouring Amreli district went viral on social media on Thursday. Once a rare sight, videos capturing huge lion families have become rather common place with …
Wednesday's incident in which local tribals in Naxalite infested Dantewada threw rotten eggs and tomatoes at Narmada Bachao Andolan chief Medha Patkar and Magsaysay award winner Sandeep Pande for their alleged nexus with the Maoists was the surest indication that NGOs and human right bodies poking their noses in the …
Narmada Bachao Andolan activist Medha Patkar lent her support to the cause of providing space to cyclists and other poor people who can ill afford private transport by demanding that the original design of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) be retained in all such corridors coming up in the city. …
'The Constitution which framed the Right to Information (RTI) Act also constituted the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) under the nose of democracy, thereby violating the basic human rights of the less privileged class,' said noted activist Medha Patkar from the National Alliance of People
What is called the Special Economic Zone (SEZ), in true sense, stands for Special Exploitation Zone and it is not in consonance with the spirit of democracy, said activist Medha Patkar. Addressing the People
SOON, SOCIAL AUDIT OF SEZS IN THE STATE: PATKARSOCIAL activist Medha Patkar termed the SEZ (Special Economic Zone) Act as the special exploitation act, during her visit to Chennai, on Thursday. She announced that as a mark of people's protest against this kind of land grab displacement, National Alliance of …
Saubhadro Chatterji / New Delhi September 22, 2009, 0:55 IST While trying to revamp the environment ministry, he has ruffled more feathers with his non-stop flow of irreverent one-liners than Shashi Tharoor did with his 'holy cows' tweet. When we meet him, Jairam Ramesh is reading the first of the …
Hasan Suroor LONDON: Oxford University finds itself dragged into an alleged land-grab scam in Maharashtra, where it plans to set up its first overseas campus, said to be a favourite project of its outgoing Vice-Chancellor John Hood. The campus, part of the university
Siddhesh Inamdar Mumbai: Project-displaced people from Pune, Hingoli, Nandurbar, Satara and other districts of Maharashtra gathered at the Azad Maidan here on Thursday and announced the start of an indefinite demonstration, asking for justice. The agitation has been organised by the National Alliance of Peoples Movements and is being led …
MUMBAI: Former Union minister Ram Naik and National Alliance of People's Movements leader Medha Patkar have come out strongly against the displacement of thousands of families from Laljipada in Charkop which is to be acquired for a carshed for Mumbai Metro's second line from Charkop to Mankhurd via Bandra. On …
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the order of Madhya Pradesh high court suspending disbursal of compensation to project-affected people of Sardar Sarovar project after allegation of corruption was levelled by Medha Patkar-led Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA). A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) K.G.Balakrishnan said,
Mumbai * We have been living in the area for nearly three decades now. We run businesses here and now the government wants to raze it for a metro car shed at Charkop. We cannot allow this. * Limited open spaces cannot be occupied by overhead metro, when underground metro …
Legal Correspondent New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to V.K. Saxena, president of the National Council for Civil Liberties, on a petition filed by Medha Patkar, leader of the Narmada Bachao Andolan, seeking transfer of a criminal defamation case against her from an Ahmedabad court to a …
Shimla: Social activists Medha Patkar and Sunderlal Bahuguna are expected to join the Himalaya Bachao Campaign, which would be kicked of in Himachal from Bilaspur district on April 9, where they would join activist groups from all over the state in the
Rahi Gaikwad MUMBAI: Ahead of the State Cabinet meeting, usually slated for Wednesday, Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar and people affected by various projects in Maharashtra protested outside Tilak Bhawan, the Congress party headquarters in Mumbai. Police rushed to the spot and brought Ms. Patkar and the agitators to …
Pune, October 14 Social activist Medha Patkar has demanded the appointment of an inquiry committee to probe into the land acquisition and diversion of water for developmental projects. Patkar who was in Pune on Monday is touring the state to take up issues of those, who have to bear the …
