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Articles 121 through 220 of 500:
- "No Fresh Nod For Raising Narmada Dam Height" (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Jan 05, 2007)
Centre tells NBA delegation
- Bhaskar Ghose: Cost Of Freedom (Frontline, Bhaskar Ghose, Jan 04, 2007)
Bandhs organised to protest against `anti-people' policies inflict great suffering on people who are deprived of their day's earnings.
- For Lasting Rights (Frontline, Ashish Kothari, Jan 03, 2007)
The forest rights Bill finally gives forest-dwelling communities a legal basis for their rights to forest resources.
- Learn From Narmada Dam Experience (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jan 03, 2007)
Even as the troubles at Singur show no sign of resolution, another project that was, perhaps, the first to bring the issue of relief and rehabilitation of the displaced centre-stage, quietly marked its completion.
- India Finishes Controversial Dam (British Broadcasting Corporation, Correspondent or Reporter, Jan 02, 2007)
India has completed construction of a controversial dam on the Narmada river, nearly two decades after it launched the project.
- Dam, Good (Hindustan Times, Editorial, HindustanTimes, Jan 02, 2007)
As 2006 faded out, it also seems to have turned the page on one of the most controversial chapters in the country’s developmental history:
- Nda Meets President, Asks Him To Intervene (Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2006)
Keeping up pressure on the Left Front and lending support to Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee who is on a marathon fast against the allotment of farm land to the Tatas in Singur, NDA leaders today met President A P J Abdul Kalam demanding . . .
- And Finally, The Narmada Dam Reaches The Desired Height (Indian Express, SYED KHALIQUE AHMED, Dec 29, 2006)
The Sardar Sarovar dam over the Narmada will reach its crest level of 121.92 metres tomorrow.
- Almanac Politics (Telegraph, Swapan Dasgupta, Dec 29, 2006)
There is a prominent leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party who is unduly partial to astrology and astrologers.
- Despite Assurance To Court, Narmada Dam Height Raised (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Dec 29, 2006)
Gujarat preparing to install gates up to final height
- Singur: Medha Joins Protest (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 29, 2006)
"Depriving farmers of their resources not acceptable"
"Will continue struggle against anti-farmer policies of State Government"
Against law to displace people without proper rehabilitation: Rajinder Sachar
- Singur Irony (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Dec 29, 2006)
The Opposition NDA leadership, throwing its weight behind the fasting Mamata Banerjee over the Singur issue, has raised an interesting question.
- Nda To Move Kalam On Singur Issue (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2006)
"If anything unfortunate were to happen to Mamata, CPI (M) and Congress would be responsible"
- One Pm, Two Women, Two Yardsticks (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 28, 2006)
The Centre's indifference to Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's indefinite hunger strike is in sharp contrast to the concern displayed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in persuading anti-dam activist Medha Patkar to end her similar protest . . .
- Makers Of Deadly Cocktail (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Dec 27, 2006)
For the proper enforcement of law, which is supposed to treat all equally, every law breaker must be punished, says MN Buch.
- Tourism Ministry Approves Two Madhya Pradesh Projects (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 26, 2006)
The Union Ministry of Tourism has accorded sanction to two ambitious tourism projects submitted by the Madhya Pradesh Government for approval.
- Rows May Cost States River Rights (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 20, 2006)
Water resources minister Saifuddin Soz’s angst-ridden plea to Parliament yesterday to strengthen the Centre’s hands in resolving river water disputes between states may result in a fundamental change in the constitutional status of water.
- The Dialectic Of Progress (Deccan Herald, Avijit Pathak, Dec 20, 2006)
The development logic is so powerful that all those who think differently are branded as enemies of progress.
- The Story Of The ‘Big River’ Dam (Deccan Herald, Papri Sriraman, Dec 19, 2006)
A look at Periyar’s history is of interest in the wake of the quarrel between Kerala and Tamil Nadu over the waters.
- Agitated On Singur (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 13, 2006)
Singur is clearly on top of the Left Front government’s agenda and this is reflected in no fewer than six pieces in the latest issue of People’s Democracy.
- High-Profile Activists Affect Development In India (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 13, 2006)
West Bengal Left Front chairman and CPIM politburo member Biman Bose on Monday alleged that there were high-profile outsiders in the garb of social activists who were being funded by overseas agencies to disrupt economic development in parts of India.
- Land To Tatas: A Leftist Turnaround (Tribune, Amulya Ganguli, Dec 11, 2006)
Rarely has there been a more variegated collection of personalities battling for a single cause.
- Cpm Gets Taste Of Own Medicine Over Singur (Indian Express, Tavleen Singh, Dec 10, 2006)
As someone who blames Marxists, demi-Marxists and Nehruvian socialists for nearly all of India’s economic and administrative ailments, it was heart-warming for me to see protestors outside the Marxist party’s office in Delhi last week.
- Didi On Fast Despite Buddha's Plea (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 09, 2006)
West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee on Friday made his first official communication to fasting Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee. In a communiqué, the chief minister requested Mamata to end her fast.
- Singur: Arundhati Roy Warns Of The Perils Of `Anti-People' Policies (Hindu, Prashant Pandey, Dec 08, 2006)
In the name of development, people are being displaced without proper relief'
- Cpm Shines In Bengal, Cong Sweeps M’Rashtra (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Dec 08, 2006)
The CPM on Thursday retained the Islampur Assembly seat in Murshidabad district when its candidate Sayeeda Farhat Afroz won the byelection in West Bengal defeating Trinamool Congress candidate Chaudhury Abdul Karim by 7,511 votes.
- Hullabaloo In West Bengal (Deccan Herald, PRASENJIT CHOWDHURY, Dec 06, 2006)
Why is Singur important? It is located right in the prime farmlands of the Hooghly river valley.
- Beacons Of Hope (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Dec 06, 2006)
Is someone undertaking an indefinite fast a `hero' to his or her people because a huge `sacrifice' is being purportedly made for the general good?
- Remember Narmada (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Dec 06, 2006)
The BJP’s decision to join Mamata Banerjee’s agitation in Singur is baffling. The Trinamool Congress’s agitation against the Tata Motors project is, as has been noted in these columns, based on bad economics and a self-defeating politics.
- Dam: Kerala, Tn Meet Today (Indian Express, CITHARA PAUL, Nov 29, 2006)
The Mullaperiyar battleground has shifted to the Capital with the Tamil Nadu and Kerala chief ministers arriving here today to attend a meeting convened by Union Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz on Wednesday.
- The State From Below (Hindu, Arvind Sivaramakrishnan, Nov 28, 2006)
Accessible human stories providing excellent contemporary accounts of the state
- Water Of India (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 25, 2006)
Few disputes raise visceral passions quite as much as those involving the sharing of river waters.
- Water War: Kerala Calls Navy, Karunanidhi Writes To Centre (Indian Express, RAJEEV P I, Nov 24, 2006)
Tamil Nadu and Kerala are on collision course over the 110-year-old, British-built masonry dam on Mullaperiyar, leaving both M Karunanidhi and V S Achuthanandan rolling up their sleeves for some aggressive sabre-rattling today.
- India's New-Age Landlords (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 14, 2006)
Is the desire and day-dreaming about loot without labour gripping most of us, including rulers and pseudo-rulers, namely the Government, politicians, property dealers, speculators, HNIs (High Networth Individuals) and businessmen?
- Modi’S Asmita (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 14, 2006)
Despite the high-voltage campaign of the Narmada Bachao Andolan earlier this year, the Supreme Court refused to stop construction work on the Sardar Sarovar Project, given its immense infrastructural importance, and was entirely right in doing so.
- India's New-Age Landlords (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Nov 13, 2006)
SEZs are mostly aimed to make a select few super-rich at the cost of the poor, without adequate compensation, says Vipin Malik
- `Financial Inclusion', Survival Strategy For Banks (Business Line, Editorial, Business Line, Nov 08, 2006)
India may be `the world's second-fastest growing economy'. But that may mean nothing to nearly half of India's 1.1 billion, because they `have no access to loans and insurance,' notes www.chinapost.com.tw in a report dated November 6.
- ‘This Is Licence To Loot ... Hence Our Struggle’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Nov 04, 2006)
Responding to commentaries and reports in the Indian Express and asking whether she will have to join a ‘battle of truth’ with this newspaper, Medha Patkar makes the case that poor Indians cannot but see current policies of industrialisation and . . .
- Partners In Terror (Pioneer, Utpal Kumar, Nov 04, 2006)
It is bewildering to see human rights organisations queuing up to get Afzal's death sentence commuted. But they turn a blind eye to the fact that many of Delhi blast victims are yet to get compensation even a year after the dastardly act
- Midterm Half Blues (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 30, 2006)
The Congress’s first coalition government at the Centre completes two-and-a-half years this week looking at clear duality:
- If Bapu Recedes Again, Who Is To Blame? (Indian Express, Yogendra Yadav, Oct 27, 2006)
Will Gandhigiri survive October? Will it survive the festivities of Diwali, Eid and the Champions Trophy? Or will Gandhi get discounted before the khadi discount ends?
- Bansagar Project: Centre Snubbed By Madhya Pradesh (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI, Oct 18, 2006)
Chauhan behaved liked a feudal lord, says Soz.
- India Bachao (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Oct 17, 2006)
Medha Patkar appears to be not just, as earlier, against callous treatment of project oustees. Patkar-led protests these days seem to question economic modernisation in as much as the latter involves industrialisation and therefore arrival of . . .
- Posco: Activists, Police Clash (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
The anti-POSCO agitation in Orissa took an ugly turn on Sunday when nearly 150 activists led by Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar clashed with police in front of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s residence here.
- Posco Project: 100 Held (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
Medha Patkar demands open discussion
- 100 Held Outside Orissa Cm House (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 16, 2006)
About 100 persons, including women, were today arrested outside the residence of Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik here after Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar led a noisy demonstration opposing the establishment of the . . .
- Sezs: How To Land A Good Deal (Business Line, P. V. Indiresan , Oct 16, 2006)
If SEZ developers plan large, comprehensive settlements, of a thousand hectare or more, on uncultivable or degraded land, and introduce quality transport services, build hospitals, schools, and offer such other services, they will be welcomed with . . .
- Gujarat, Centre Hand In Glove: Medha Patkar (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 14, 2006)
Dam construction has resumed quietly
- It Is Like Death Penalty: Medha (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Oct 14, 2006)
"If farming and labour is killed how will naukriwalas survive. What will they eat?"
- Afzal Must Not Hang (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Oct 13, 2006)
India's justice delivery system will undermine its own credibility if Mohammed Afzal, accused in the Parliament attack case, is hanged.
- Advani To Inaugurate Maan Irrigation Project In Mp (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, L K Advani, will inaugurate Maan irrigation project at Zirabad village in tribal-dominated Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh tomorrow.
- Demand To Commute Afzal's Sentence (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Oct 05, 2006)
Arundhati Roy says Parliament attack case is full of fabricated stories and evidence
Execution will widen the rift between communities: Medha
No direct evidence to link him to the incident: Yasin Malik.
- Plotting A Future (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Sep 30, 2006)
This newspaper has been looking at the serious issues of land and water scarcity. Apart from my commentaries on these pages, I have dealt with these issues in lectures and academic contributions.
- New Narmada For News Television? (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Sep 30, 2006)
Will SEZs become the new Narmada of news television? The ingredients are there. Panning shots of big, shiny, glass and concrete structures, then jump cuts to farmers talking of “losing” land their great grandfathers had tilled.
- 'Alternate Nobel' For Indian Woman Activist (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Indian activist for Dalit women's causes, Ruth Manorama, has bagged the 2006 Right Livelihood Award, better known as Alternate Nobel Prize, it was announced here on Thursday.
- `Gram Sabha Nod Must For Sezs' (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 29, 2006)
Civil society groups and farmers' representatives oppose creation of Special Economic Zones
SEZs allowed to come up without compensating the displaced farmers
Every job offer in the SEZ would displace 30 jobs in the unorganised sector
- Beyond Politics (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Sep 28, 2006)
In New Delhi, the special investigation team (SIT) is about to wrap up its report on the omissions and commissions of the police team that investigated the Jessica Lal murder case.
- Gujarat Using Folk Dance Forms To Promote Tourism (Hindu, R. Sujatha, Sep 27, 2006)
An event involving many artists displays dance forms
Mega cultural event arranged at helipad near the residences of Governor and Chief Minister
About seven lakh people in tribal belts have benefited from the tourism initiative.
- How Tv Missed The Bush For The Trees (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Sep 24, 2006)
The “liberal” media, not for the first time either, demonstrated its prejudice against George W Bush. While covering the UN General Assembly session, news television was enchanted by Hugo Chavez, who doubled up as . . .
- Eyecatchers (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 24, 2006)
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- How Tv Missed The Bush For The Trees (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Sep 23, 2006)
The “liberal” media, not for the first time either, demonstrated its prejudice against George W Bush. While covering the UN General Assembly session, news television was enchanted by Hugo Chavez, who doubled up as Noam Chomsky’s publishing agent, . . .
- Befitting Honour For Shabana Azmi (Tribune, Harihar Swarup , Sep 17, 2006)
Shabana Azmi looked different than other members whenever she raised an issue or participated in a debate in the Rajya Sabha.
- Narmada Dam To Develop 500 Mn Units Of Power (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 15, 2006)
The Madhya Pradesh High Court's decision to increase the water level of the Indira Sagar reservoir to its maximum limit would facilitate generation of 500 million units of electricity in peak season, said officials.
- Army Deployed For Rescue Work In Two Gujarat Districts (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 09, 2006)
The Army and para-military forces have been deployed in Gujarat's Anand and Kaira districts for rescue and relief operations as more than 20 villages were submerged in the Sabarmati floodwaters following heavy discharge from the Dharoi dam.
- Progress At What Cost? (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 08, 2006)
The government is concerned about statistics and graphs on GDP but not greenery and the welfare of people.
- Manic Development (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Sep 08, 2006)
Money, more aptly, the mafia, with the help of corrupt public servants, is destroying our national heritage in the shape of forests and fields. This is supposed to be modernisation.
- Pm Urged To Identify 'Mole' Stalling Developmental Projects (Pioneer, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 06, 2006)
The National Council for Civil Liberties (NCCL), a Gujarat-based NGO in the forefront of opposing Medha Patkar-led campaign against the Sardar Sarovar dam, has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to identify the "mole" allegedly planted by . . .
- Listing Her Support (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Sep 04, 2006)
Lists, like opinion polls, should not be read at face value but for clues.
- Heavy Rains Lash Madhya Pradesh, Alert Sounded In Bhopal (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Sep 02, 2006)
Flight operations affected in the State capital as water inundates part of the runway at Raja Bhoj airport; death toll mounts to 134.
- Where Does The Buck Stop? (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Aug 24, 2006)
Despite poverty, India has emerged as a world leader. The PM’s expression of helplessness is not understandable.
- Where Does The Buck Stop? (Deccan Herald, Prem Shankar Jha, Aug 22, 2006)
Despite poverty, India has emerged as a world leader. The PM’s expression of helplessness is not understandable.
- Central Gujarat Villages Remain Marooned, Death Toll Rises To 243 (New Indian Express, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 22, 2006)
Rescue and relief operations continued on Monday in marooned villages of central Gujarat though the water outflow from various dams decreased considerably and the situation in Ahmedabad was returning to normal.
- Ongc Resumes Gas Production At Surat Outlet (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
Plant at Hajira was closed for 12 days due to flooding in the Tapi river; water discharge reduced from dams
- Flood Situation Slightly Improves In Gujarat » (Hindustan Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 21, 2006)
The flood situation slightly improved in north and central Gujarat as inflow of rain water from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh decreased even as more than 70,000 people have been evacuated and Army deployed in affected areas, officials said.
- Floods: Army Called Out Again In Gujarat (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Aug 20, 2006)
Red alert in 100 villages following warning of heavy rainfall in central, northern parts
- Unravelling Of Hope (Frontline, Praful Bidwai, Aug 19, 2006)
The government is drifting on numerous issues ranging from economic to foreign and security policy, and from handling of terrorism to the right to information.
- Hare Krishna Coming Of Age (Deccan Herald, Editorial, The Deccan Herald, Aug 18, 2006)
What became of the Hare Krishna devotees whose saffron robes and chanting once graced many a street corner in the US?
- Mismanagement Of Dams Led To Floods: Expert (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Aug 18, 2006)
`Officials waited for the dams to fill up before releasing the water'
The dams had 47 per cent water before the monsoon
Seeks probe into "negligence" of operations
- `Mismanagement Of Dams Led To Floods' (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Aug 17, 2006)
Expert says the authorities waited for the dams to fill up before releasing the water
- Gift From Natwar (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Aug 10, 2006)
His attacks on the PM have brought party close to government. Will Congress remember the lesson?
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