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Medha Patkar urges Mamata to agree to Teesta water treaty with Bangladesh

Medha Patkar urges West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to agree to sharing of Teesta water with Bangladesh. She refers to The Helsinki Rules and Parliamentary Standing Committee's recommendation. She also raises concern over construction of barrages and dams on Teesta and manipulation of water level in Narmada river basin. Patkar…

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Delhi L-G gets relief from Gujarat High Court

The Gujarat High Court has granted an interim relief to Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena, by staying criminal trial proceedings against him in his plea on abeyance of trial in a 2002 assault case

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Will discuss tenant farmers’ issues with Andhra Pradesh government, says Medha Patkar

Social activist Medha Patkar was all ears to the woes of tenant farmers and assured them that she would take their plight to the notice of the State government

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Ahmedabad court rejects Delhi Lieutenant-Governor’s plea for stay on trial

A local court in Ahmedabad has declined the plea of Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena seeking a stay on a criminal trial till he holds office, in a two-decade-old case of assault on social and environment activist Medha Patkar.

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Behind ‘Digital Hindu’ conclaves platforming hate speech, BJP leader’s NGO

An event in Bhopal last month which platformed hate speech largely found no mention in the mainstream media, despite the presence of senior BJP leaders from Madhya Pradesh, including a minister.

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Medha Patkar opposes Delhi LG's request to keep trial in abeyance in assault case; questions 'immunity'

AHMEDABAD: Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activist Medha Patkar on Thursday objected to the Delhi lieutenant governor VK Saxena’s request to a metropolitan court in Gujarat's Ahmedabad for keeping the criminal trial against him in abeyance till he remains in the office of the LG.

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Rage, fear in India’s Azamgarh over land acquisition for airport

Months-old protest becomes ‘fight for survival’ as mainly marginalised residents of eight villages resist gov’t’s move.

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From Raghuram Rajan to Riya Sen, top personalities grace Bharat Jodo Yatra

The Bharat Jodo Yatra, which started from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7, is passing through Rajasthan. The yatra completes 100 days on Friday.

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Journalism can be so much more than stenography. Ravish Kumar taught us that

This column cannot begin without mentioning the importance to Indian journalism of Ravish Kumar, who resigned from NDTV yesterday after almost 27 years there. His video statement after resigning is not just moving but also an exemplary lesson for us on what journalism is meant to be – but increasingly…

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Padayatra by mine workers flagged off in Sandur

The three-day walk is scheduled to culminate at the Ballari Deputy Commissioner’s office tomorrow

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'Urban Naxals' trying to enter Gujarat, state will destroy them: PM Modi

BHARUCH: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said 'Urban Naxals' were trying to gain entry into Gujarat by changing their appearance, but the state will destroy them

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'Urban naxals' tried to stall Narmada dam project to deprive Gujarat, Kutch of water, development: CM Patel

Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel also alleged that activist and Narmada Bachao Andolan leader Medha Patkar was an "urban Naxal"

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FIR in Madhya Pradesh against Medha Patkar, 11 others for ‘misuse’ of funds; she denies allegations

Ms. Patkar has dismissed the allegations against her as “wrong”, saying she had a full account and audit of the expenses and hinted at political reasons behind the allegations

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BJP chose Droupadi Murmu as President nominee only to gain tribal votes: Medha Patkar

Wondering what could Draupadi Murmu who could not bring electricity to her native village, or Yashwant Sinha, the Presidential nominee of major Opposition parties and an economist, could do after being elected, Ms. Patkar claimed that a President becomes the rubber stamp of the ruling party.

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Medha Patkar urges Naveen Patnaik to stop harassment of protesters in Dhinkia

BHUBANESWAR: Activist Medha Patkar on Monday urged Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik to immediately stop all ways and means of repression against protestors of a steel plant project from Dhinkia area in Jagatsinghpur district.

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Did not expect Govindasamy Nagar evictions by DMK govt., says Medha Patkar

‘Government should prioritise in situ development and issuance of pattas’

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SilverLine undemocratic and non-sustainable, says Medha Patkar

‘The project follows a development paradigm which is against acceptable priorities’

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Medha Patkar questions eviction of slum dwellers, scrapping of GO 111

Social activist calls the eviction inhuman

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Development needed, not destruction, says Medha

Activist inaugurates mass gathering against SilverLine project

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IEI to hold discussion on Mekedatu project, invite Medha Patkar and Chethan Ahimsa

Social activist Medha Patkar argues that the project will have an adverse impact on the environment and has urged the Karnataka Government to drop the project

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