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Shillong, March 19: A Meghalaya Assembly panel today recommended that the government take up a uranium mining project in West Khasi Hills district without further delay but subject to some conditions. The 10-member committee, headed by Congress legislator HDR Lyngdoh, made the suggestion regarding the Kylleng Pyndengsohiong Mawthabah uranium mining …
JORHAT, March 1: What prevents Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (UCIL) from making a formal announcement about the reported discovery of a uranium reserve at Borhola along the Assam-Nagaland border in November 2009? Speculations from various quarters are diverse, but the move on …
House witnesses intense debate SHILLONG Dec 7: The Meghalaya Assembly today dwelt on the proposed uranium mining in the State with Chief Minister DD Lapang reiterating that the Government was yet to give consent to uranium mining. Replying to a motion moved by Independent legislator Manas Chaudhuri after a three-hour …
The Uranium Corporation of India plans to expand its mining and ore processing operations in Jaduguda, Jharkhand, which will require an additional 6.37 hectares of forest land. The public hearing on the environmental clearance in May was a farcical exercise with company employees and their families crowding out the affected …
SHILLONG: Union Minister of Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday informed the Lok Sabha that majority of people in Meghalaya supported the proposed uranium mining project in the State. "The positive outcome has emerged following the joint efforts of the Department of Atomic Energy …
The plan to mine uranium in Meghalaya to address the needs of the nuclear industry in India has run into opposition and protests in the state. A complicated story featuring the opposition led by the Khasi Students Union emerges as one delves into the issue. Placing an active source of …
nongstoin: The fourth political movement of Ardent Basawiamoit ended peacefully on Wednesday at Nongstoin. The meeting was chaired by Jostic Hashah, Ex MDC of Mawthengkut, and was attended by Ardent Basawiamoit MLA Nongkrem, Shri Latiplang Kharkongor MDC Nongthymmai, Carmel Sohtun, Adelbert Nongrum,Shri K.B. Bsawiamoit,Local MDC of Nongstoin, L.G.Nongsiej , K.P.Pangngiang …
The chips have gone higher in the controversial uranium mining project in Meghalaya with the State Government announcing that a whopping Rs 2,098 crore would be pumped in to develop roads in the impoverished district. The government announced after a meeting with the Coordination Committee of Social Organisations (CCSO) and …
SHILLONG: Union Minister of State for Water Resources Vincent H Pala is in disagreement with the claims of the Congress led MUA Government that the UCIL would also develop the whole of West Khasi Hills district. Talking to the Shillong Times, the Minister who also belongs to the Congress said …
contract labourers working at the Banduhurang mines in East Singhbhum district of Jharkhand went on strike last month demanding health facilities and minimum wages. The protesting workers said the mine operator, Uranium Corporation of India Ltd (ucil), had turned down their demand to give information about radiation levels in the …
Protests over the proposed uranium mining project in Meghalaya are veering towards a confrontationist path, as the influential Khasi Students Union (KSU) spearheading the campaign announced a two-night road blockade of the national Highway 44. The blockade that starts from 7 pm on Wednesday till 5 in the morning next …
SHILLONG: Reiterating HSPDP's stand on the issue of uranium mining, party leader Fenella Lyngdoh has said that the repeated mistakes of UCIL in Jaduguda have proved that it is a "third class company." Terming uranium mining in the State an issue of life and death for the indigenous people, Ms …
SHILLONG, Oct 13: Years of untold misery and hardship prompted eight village chiefs and land owners of Mawthabah-Nongbah Jynrin to endorse the government
nongstoin: The Khasi Student Union (KSU), Warsan Lyngdoh Circle claimed that the support extended by landowners in and around the area where uranium deposits are found is a farce. The organization will hold a rally in the coming weeks to enlighten the public on the issue. Vice President of the …
