Farmers Hold Rally To Oppose Land Acquisition

Gandhinagar: More than 5000 farmers, including women and children from 70 villages of proposed Mandal-Becharaji Special Investment Region (SIR) marched to Gandhinagar on Tuesday to oppose the state government’s plan to take away their agricultural land to industrialize the region.

Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh unit of NCP has urged the state government and its Assam counterpart to complete the 2,000 mega watt Lower Subansiri Hydropower Project (LSHP) at Gerukamukh under mi

Says non-availability of land is major bottleneck for the growth of industrial sector in state

Industry body Associated Chambers of Commerce (Assocham), said non-availability of land is a major bottleneck for the growth of the industrial sector in Karnataka.

The organisations fighting for the rights of farmers have launched a struggle against government's decision to acquire agricultural land situated in at least seven villages of Ludhiana district.

Several organisations of the State has urged the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council (KHADC) to pass a resolution during session of the council demanding a moratorium or final stop on acquisiti

Bhubaneswar : Seventeen years after Parliament passed the PESA Act that empowers tribal society to take control of their own resources, the Orissa government has finally decided to make necessary c

JSPL, Tata Power, Monnet Power, Jindal Photo in the dock

The Ministry of Coal (MoC) has issued showcause notices to two more coal blocks in Odisha over delay in developing the mines, continuing its crackdown on non-serious allocatees.

Uttarakhand today announced its first resettlement and rehabilitation policy for hydel projects. It claimed the policy was the best in the country.

At a meeting of the Cabinet here, presided by Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna, the government decided it would provide Rs 2 lakh a hectare for the development of the fallow compensatory land, which is given in lieu of the land acquired.

The Bharatiya Kisan Morcha today held a demonstration in protest against the 'anti-farmer policy' of the state government at Ballabarh.

Both required fresh clearance as coal availability was an issue

The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) of the Union Environment and Forests Ministry has reiterated its recommendation, given three years ago, for granting environmental clearance for the Rs. 8,400-crore Udangudi supercritical thermal power project.