Serious differences have emerged between the Centre and Telangana Government over uranium explorations in the Amrabad Tiger Reserve, spread across Mahbubnagar and Nalgonda districts in southern part of the state. The state Forest Department has said it will not allow any exploration that interferes with the natural habitat of the …
For quite some time the print media has been publishing tales of misery caused by high prevalence of cancer cases in the Bathinda district of Punjab. Cancer appears to have
MATTHEW L WALD BURNING fossil fuels costs the US about $120 billion a year in health costs, mostly because of thousands of premature deaths from air pollution, the National Academy of Sciences reported in a study released on Monday. The damages are caused almost equally by coal and oil, says …
SHILLONG: Amid the protests by KSU and other organisations against the proposed uranium project, pro-uranium mining groups will hold a public rally on the issue in the city on Friday. The rally, reportedly financed by business tycoons, will be organised by the newly formed Associations of Meghalaya for Development and …
Stray incidents of violence were reported on the first night of the road blockade called by Khasi Students Union to protest the proposed uranium mining project in Meghalaya. A SUV was burnt near Nartiang in Jaintia Hills district last night and a Government owned vehicle torched in Mawlai area of …
A representative of a United Nations body today said the Government of India should hold intense dialogue with the local people, get their consent and then take up the uranium mining project in Meghalaya.
Prohibitory orders have been imposed in parts of Meghalaya to foil a night blockade call by the Khasi Students Union beginning tonight to protest the proposed uranium mining project in the State.
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, Oct 14: Like the embedded uranium ore that is caught between the warring anti and pro-mining groups, there are common people in uranium deposit sites whose voice is embedded with bamboozling thoughts over the issue. The sentinel
India is aggressively shopping for nuclear fuel and technology to ramp its energy production. But this will be expensive and risky. Read this special report by Down To Earth to know what this means in terms of cost, technology and safety. Read the full story at the following link: http://www.downtoearth.org.in/full6.asp?foldername=20091015&filename;=news&sec;_id=9&sid;=27 …
By Ronald Syiem NONGSTOIN: Member of the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (CWSC&ST;) and Congress legislator Ronnie V Lyngdoh has stated that the anti-uranium group is no different to the militant insurgent groups even as he stated that there is foreign hand sponsoring the anti-uranium …
SHILLONG, Oct 13: Public debate on the vexed proposed uranium mining in Meghalaya has taken a new dimension after a legislator of the Meghalaya United Alliance (MUA) aired his comment on the possible role of the United States of America (USA) in instigating the anti-uranium mining lobby in the State. …
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 …
