Road, yes. Trod, no
Controversy reared its head once again on the East Coast Road (ECR), a 700-km-long highway being constructed from Madras to Kanyakumari. Activists of the ECR action committee (AC) were assaulted
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Villagers protest against land acquisition move
Villagers of Ajabpur (Uttaranchal) gathered in large numbers under the banner of the 'Bhoomi Bachao Sangharsh Samiti' on 15 April to protest against the acquisition of 450 acres of their fertile land
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Who owns the land?
Arunachal Pradesh's tribals believe they have an absolute right over the state's land and forests. The state takes a different view of the matter. The entire area lying
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Unwilling bull's eyes
The people of the Netarhat plateau in Bihar refuse to move out of the range of fire
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Sonia hailed for relief to farmers
Dressed in traditional attire and accompanied by musicians beating drums, a large number of senior Delhi Congress leaders met party president Sonia Gandhi at her 10 Janpath residence here on Wednesday to thank her for enhancing the compensation payable to farmers on acquisition of their land from Rs.25 lakh per acre to Rs.75 lakh per acre. Led by Outer Delhi MP Sajjan Kumar, the delegation also lauded the permission granted to farmers -- through the new Master Plan for Delhi-2021
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Barmer farmers protest Jindal power project
People in Kapurdi hamlet, some 30 km from Rajasthan's Barmer town, are unusually suspicious of strangers. They stop and question every outsider driving through the area. What is making them so wary
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Tannery project stalled
The Supreme Court yesterday asked the Calcutta High Court to hear the case regarding the acquisition of 500 acres of land for tanneries on a day to day basis and deliver the judgment early. This
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Plan to acquire more areas for sanitary landfill
Reviewing the performance of the Urban Development Department, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today said the Action Plan for the year 2001-2002 envisaged the acquisition of large tracts of land on the
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Draft coal policy not okayed for differences over royalty, acquisition of land
The much-talked-about 8th draft coal policy was not approved at the Advisory Council meeting due to strong differences over the issues of payment of royalty, acquisition of land, and quite a large number of ambiguities in it. Sources at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources told The New Nation yesterday that the draft coal policy was sent back to the ministry concerned for further scrutiny. Besides, the meeting of the Council of Advisers held on Wednesday in Chittagong suggested to make the draft coal policy smaller in size removing all the ambiguities.
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For government s eyes only
The Indian official machinery has excelled for 50 years in keeping secrets. But with the right to information campaign gaining momentum, people may soon be in the know
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No stay on HC's Tata order
The Supreme Court today refused to stay the Calcutta High Court order upholding the acquisition of 1,000 acres in Singur for the Nano plant. A bench headed by Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan rejected pleas by a Calcutta lawyer and two Singur farmers to stay the January 18 judgment that held the land was acquired in "public interest'. The apex court, however, issued notices to the Centre, the state and Tata Motors. The farmers' counsel, Kalyan Bandopadhyay, alleged that the land had been acquired "illegally'.
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Beyond progress
compulsory acquisition of land by public and private sector companies often displaces people, forcing them to give up their homes, assets, means of livelihood and even vocation. More often than
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Tata Motors gets keys of JLR
Signs Long-Term Agreements With Ford For Future Support In Major Areas Tata Motors finally got the keys for Jaguar and Land Rover, the two British marques it acquired from Ford for $2.3-billion, and announced long-term partnership agreements with the US auto major for future support. The company, that earlier this week announced plans for three rights issues to fund the acquisition, said it would be an all-cash transaction even as Ford would contribute about $600 million to the pension plans of the two brands.
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Goa greens oppose golf courses
Environmentalists in Goa are protesting the building of golf courses in the state, which they say will cause immense ecological degradation
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POSCO officials in Orissa kidnapped
orissa's rich mineral resources have turned the state into a veritable battleground. On May 11, 2007, three Pohang Steel Company (posco) officials were kidnapped in Govindpur village in
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Striking while the iron is hot
<p>This is a case study of the Pohang Steel Company's (POSCO's) Porposed Project in Orissa by National Centre for Advocacy Studies. The local communities at the proposed plant site in Jagatsinghpur have been opposing the project tooth and nail for the past two years, objecting to the forced acquisition of their lands.
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"Power" to the people irks Bengal villagers
Villagers near Calcutta contend they have been unfairly done out of their land by a private thermal power plant project
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A few good acres
Acquisition rates have to be responsive to give armers a good information environment
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A valuable study of
Big Dams, Displaced People: Rivers of Sorrow, Rivers of Change<br> Edited by Enakshi Ganguly Thukral<br> Publisher: Sage Publications, Delhi<br> Price: Rs 120
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Monsanto avoids Gene controversy by quitting bid for Delta & Pine Land
Monsanto Co.'s decision to scuttle its long-pending acquisition of cotton seed giant Delta & Pine Land Co. makes moot its promise never to commercialize the so called terminator gene. The