NAGAPATTINAM: The National Fisher folks' Forum has expressed strong opposition to a few measures and issued a charter of demands.

Global nuclear power major Areva is open to giving a minority stake in its uranium enrichment plant

Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan has announced a hike in compensation for the project-affected people from Jaitapur.

While rubbishing the worries raised about the environment and security in regard to the nuclear project, Chavan said that the resistance against it was driven by the misconception spread due to vested interests.

The issue related to the proposed project at Jaitapur in Ratnagir

Nagpur Deputy Chief Minister and Energy Minister Ajit Pawar urged Opposition leaders not to protest against power projects in the state, referring to the opposition to the upcoming nuclear power plant at Jaitapur from various quarters.

The 9,900-MW nuclear power project in Ratnagiri district, for which a deal was signed recently between PM Manmohan Singh and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, is

JAIPUR: The Union Government has given financial sanction for establishment of two new power reactors of 700 MW capacity each at the Rawatbhata Atomic Power Station (RAPS) in Rajasthan.

Work on the project has started with the digging of land for installation of reactors, Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs V.

NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India on Wednesday asked the Centre to take into account public demonstrations in Maharashtra against the setting up of nuclear power plants there and raised environmental issues connected with the Jaitapur project.

It urged the government to make public the contract signed between French civil nuclear company Areva and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Li

NEW DELHI: The Communist Party of India on Wednesday asked the Centre to take into account public demonstrations in Maharashtra against the setting up of nuclear power plants there and raised environmental issues connected with the Jaitapur project.

It urged the government to make public the contract signed between French and Indian nuclear power companies.

Demanding that the government revi

Russian official says there are no unsolved problems in the unit that can hamper early operationalisation The project is ready as of today. The main equipment has been tested and is in operation.

New Delhi and Paris had begun preparations for French President Nicolas Sarkozy

France, India Ink Multi-Billion-$ N-Deals
FRANCE and India signed multi-billion-dollar agreements that will usher in an era of civilian nuclear energy in this country, two years after the US helped end India