Farmers turn to CBI against cement firm
The Keran Taryamber Kisan Kalyan Samiti has filed a complaint before the SP, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Shimla, alleging that Harish Cement Company was cheating farmers whose land would be
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SEZ victims join nationwide protest
IN a campaign against Special Economic Zones, villagers who had lost their lands across the State protested on Wednesday against the government, which was responsible for their loss of livelihood.
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Cheyyar farmers want plans for industrial park scrapped
Yogesh Kabirdoss Cheyyar, Villagers threaten poll boycott as the State government plans to take over 2,300 acres of land in nine villages in the new Arani constituency despite their protests
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Stripped of land, ignored by authorities
You tell us whom we should elect, say Shivangaon villagers, who have vowed to boycott polls Rahi Gaikwad NAGPUR This summer, the votes may be frozen in Shivangaon village in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Stripped of their land and ignored by the authorities, the people here have decided to boycott the Lok Sabha elections.
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Sanand farmers file petition on Nano land compensation
Ahmedabad: The farmers of Khoda village in Sanand taluka on Wednesday moved Gujarat High Court seeking direction to the state government that it should give compensation towards market value of their land sold to Tata Motors for the upcoming Nano project.
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Tatas to get land for car project by month-end
Unfazed by stiff political opposition to the Tatas' proposed car manufacturing plant in the state, the West Bengal Government is continuing its land acquisition process at Singur in Hooghly district
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Accept compensation, or else will deposit cheques in court: Mansa admn to villagers
<p> Even and acquisition row over Gobindpura power plant seems to be spiralling into a poll issue and farm unions vowing to intensify the struggle against “forced” acquisition, the Mansa
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Singur land hearing continues
No notice is required to be given to the lessee, Tata Motors Limited (TML), after The Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act is a “legislative command”, Mr Shaktinath Mukherjee appearing for the
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The wheel of life - Food, climate, human rights, and the economy
The links between climate change and industrial agriculture create a nexus of crises—food insecurity, natural resource depletion and degradation, as well as human rights violations and inequities. A central
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Militant left radicalism, state and civil society: The centrality of tribal land rights
The growth of militant left radicalism, known as the Naxalite movement in official documents and civil society discussions, has acquired considerable prominence in the public policy discourse, media coverage
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Farmers warn of stopping work on Yamuna Expressway
At a mahapanchayat held in Ronija village, farmers from about 30 villages have served one-week notice to Yamuna Expressway Authority on their seven-point demands. The farmers said if their demands were not met within a week, they would not allow the construction work on Yamuna Expressway to proceed.
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LF bid to close ranks before all-party meet on Singur
CPM Polit Bureau member and Left Front chairman Biman Bose has convened a meeting of the Front on October 3, a day before the chief minister is scheduled to discuss the Singur land acquisition issue
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Farmers charter of demands: SEZs in villages, better compensation
Chandigarh: In a rally held at Khuda Alisher village today, the farmers of the region demanded that they be allowed to set up Special Economic Zones (SEZs) of non-polluting and IT-enabled industries in the villages. Various other resolutions were also passed during the rally.
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Anti-Sindol bandh disrupts Western Orissa
SAMBALPUR: Normal life was hit in western Orissa on Thursday following disruption in train and bus services during a bandh, demanding scrapping of the proposed Sindol hydro power project and setting up
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HC orders rent compensation of Rs20L to Tarapur plant PAPs
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Thursday directed the state government to pay within three weeks Rs 20.37 lakh to 163 families, displaced due to the Tarapur power plant's construction, as compensation
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Rehab & resettlement, most challenging in Phase-II
Mumbai: Even as the railways grapple to complete the Phase-I of the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP), work for the Phase-II has already got underway. This phase involves laying of the fifth and sixth lines between Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CSTM) and Kurla, as well as Thane and Diva and the sixth line between Borivali and Mumbai Central.
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Congress U-turn in Kerala: Suzlon windmills to stay
In a major climbdown from its stand during the opposition days, the Congress in Kerala on Wednesday decided not to evict energy major Suzlon from tribal land at ecologically-sensitive Attappadi hills,
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Cement Plant: Farmers urge Dhumal to cancel MoU
Farmers of the Sundernagar region have opposed the construction of the cement plant being set up at Chambi on the ground that it would render the fertile agriculture field into waste land, degrade the environment and leave local people landless.
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Study to ensure dumping grounds are used better
Mumbai: To ensure better coordination and proper usage of dumping grounds in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), the MMRDA would ask the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to conduct a study on these grounds.
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Land & rehab bills passed by LS dead as RS fails to clear em
Devesh Kumar NEW DELHI