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- Little Respite For Surat, People Take Refuge On Rooftops (Hindu, MANAS DASGUPTA, Aug 10, 2006)
People were either on rooftops or forced to leave the city and take refuge on highways .
- 2 Nda Cadets Swept Away In Pune (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Two National Defence Academy (NDA) cadets were swept away by flash floods in the outskirts of Pune, while about 70,000 people were evacuated from across central and south Gujarat, where the Army was called in for the rescue operations on Monday.
- Indian Dam Flooded By Democratic Values (Daily Times, Simon Denyer, Aug 08, 2006)
‘For the construction of the dam, some people will have to suffer but there will be many benefits’
- Rain Batters Gujarat, Maharashtra (Statesman, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 08, 2006)
Surat faces a ‘‘critical’’ flood situation with the release of 8 lakh cusecs of water from the Ukai dam, some 90 km from here. The water was released at 3 p.m. today and will take about four hours to reach the city.
- Analysis - Passions Rise As Flagship India Dam Fills (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Aug 07, 2006)
It is held up as a flagship for the development of modern India, and reviled as a symbol of how the rights of the poor are trampled upon.
- Lands And Ways Of Life (Telegraph, ABHIRUP SARKAR, Aug 07, 2006)
The author is professor of economics, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta
Second, how far should the government indulge itself in the act of acquiring land, by force if necessary, from farmers and hand them over to profit-maximizing investors?
- "Narmada Valley Projects Will Be Completed On Schedule" (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 07, 2006)
M.P. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan chairs review meeting
- India: Empowerment Via The Kitchen (Daily Excelsior, Editorial, Dailyexcelsior, Aug 05, 2006)
Can the tedious task of making rotis (Indian bread) help in fighting discrimination? Amita Khaparde, a Dalit, believes so. "Especially if those rotis stand for self-respect and social acceptance for a class of marginalised women." She says, "Dalit . . .
- Protest In A New Theatre (Telegraph, Editorial, The Telegraph, Aug 05, 2006)
In Marginal Men, his fine history of refugee politics, Prafulla Chakrabarti recounts how Calcutta acquired its by-now-well-founded reputation as a city of protests and protestors.
- Bjp Singles Out Aamir For Soft Drink Ads (Times of India, Mohua Chatterjee, Aug 04, 2006)
With Coke and Pepsi coming under the pesticide scanner again and Parliament debating the issue with full steam, BJP on Thursday used the opportunity to attack actor Aamir Khan for appearing as the brand ambassador for Coca Cola.
- Tribes Stranded As Sardar Sarovar Dam Drowns Valley (Reuters, Simon Denyer, Aug 04, 2006)
Kishore Solanki picks up a rock on the banks of the swollen Narmada river, gesturing towards land, now submerged, where once he grew enough wheat and vegetables to make a comfortable living.
- Bjp Targets Aamir Khan For Cola Ads (Asian Age, Correspondent or Reporter, Aug 04, 2006)
The BJP on Thursday launched a fresh attack on Bollywood star Aamir Khan and ridiculed him for being a brand ambassador of the soft drink Coca-Cola, which the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), an NGO, claims contains a high quantity of pesticide.
- Narmada Rehabilitation: Osg Report And After (Hindu, Ramaswamy R. Iyer, Aug 01, 2006)
The Oversight Group's Report gives the impression that the status of rehabilitation work in the Narmada Valley is reasonably satisfactory. The facts are otherwise. The report needs to be summarily rejected.
- 25,500 Evacuated In Gujarat (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Rains in Gujarat played havoc claiming over a dozen lives in the last 36 hours and forcing many people to evacuate.
- Rain Wreaks Havoc In Maharashtra, Gujarat (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 31, 2006)
Over 70,000 persons were evacuated by the Army from Sangli, Satara and Solapur districts in Western Maharashtra with the Krishna River flowing above the danger level and heavy rains lashing the region since the last few days.
- Uncared Forever (Business Line, P. Devarajan, Jul 30, 2006)
"As long as the farming community is not in direct touch with the buyers, farming will be a business failure."
- Forest Interlude (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
The forests of the Achanakmar Sanctuary give the visitor an opportunity to be one with Nature.
- Shunglu Panel Findings On Narmada Dam Displaced Questioned (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 30, 2006)
It did not take into account submissions made by the NBA on rehabilitation
Concerns over Manmohan's role in endorsing report
Shift from land-for-land to cash compensation under Special Relief Package questioned
- Iit Professors Denounce Modi (Times of India, M.R. Venkatesh, Jul 29, 2006)
Two IIT Madras professors today protested Narendra Modi’s presence at a convention on the institute’s campus, one of them holding up a placard that said, “Mr Modi, We Disapprove”.
- Differences In The Designs Of Development (Hindu, Amit Bhaduri, Jul 25, 2006)
Unless the course is changed from a corporate-led capitalism to decentralised employment-led growth, resistances will overwhelm the government.
- Opinion: The Rising (Daily Excelsior, Deepti Priya Mehrotra, Jul 24, 2006)
When Narmada Bachao Andolan's Medha Patkar broke her 21-day hunger strike, a journalist asked her whether "pressure tactics" like indefinite fasts should be used to influence decisions.
- Development Must Empower People (The Economic Times, Editorial, Economic Times, Jul 22, 2006)
It’s perfectly understandable that Dr Manmohan Singh does not wish to be seen as putting a spanner in the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) works.
- Belling The Judiciary (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 16, 2006)
The book discusses the helplessness of the media in the face of the contempt of court law and addresses the matter of blind judicial power and legislature privileges.
- Is Narmada A Lost Cause? (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 14, 2006)
When I was coming out of the court of the Chief Justice of India, one top lawyer appearing for Gujarat . . .
- Damning Betrayal (Tribune, Kuldip Nayar, Jul 14, 2006)
When I was coming out of the court of the Chief Justice of India, one top lawyer appearing for Gujarat remarked:
- Ngos Can't Run The Country (Pioneer, Anuradha Dutt, Jul 13, 2006)
Medha Patkar has suffered a setback with the Prime Minister recently slamming NBA's charges of inadequate rehabilitation, says Anuradha Dutt
- Don’T Underestimate Woes Of Oustees (Indian Express, HIMANSHU UPADHYAYA, Jul 12, 2006)
The Supreme Court has legitimised the continuing violation in the Narmada valley yet again.
- Narmada: Bjp Fumes At ‘False Report’ (Deccan Herald, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 12, 2006)
Arun Jaitley said “the clean chit” given by it on the rehabilitation work confirmed that the Group of Ministers (GoM) which visited the dam site had tried to stall the work by giving “false information” to Manmohan Singh.
- Jayati Ghosh: Who Pays For Maheshwar? (Frontline, Jayati Ghosh, Jul 11, 2006)
IT is hardly news that State governments in India continue to deny citizens their basic rights of rehabilitation, or that they continue to flout the law even after repeated court strictures in this regard, all in return for dubiously promised social . . .
- Supreme Court Refuses To Halt Work On Narmada Dam (Reuters, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
The Supreme Court refused on Monday to halt work to raise the height of a controversial dam after an intervention by the prime minister, who pleaded the dam was important for the people.
- Our Land, Their Industry (Statesman, Editorial, Statesman, Jul 11, 2006)
The indebtedness of Indian farmers rose substantially in the 1990s following the tendency of successive governments to market reforms and the opening up of the economy to foreign investors.
- Manmohan Not For Stopping Dam Work (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Jul 11, 2006)
Centre's submission to Supreme Court
No reason to restrict construction at this stage: Bench
Madhya Pradesh should be directed to speed up relief: Prime Minister
Stop construction: NBA
- Pm Panel Found No Major Discrepancy In Mp Report On Rehab (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Jul 11, 2006)
The report of the Shunglu committee set the tone for Supreme Court’s direction.
- Dam Work Must Go On: Pm To Sc (The Economic Times, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
In a big blow to the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activists and a section of the Congress, which attempted to use the issue for scoring political points against the BJP-led Madhya Pradesh government, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday told the . . .
- Sc No To Stopping Work On Sardar Sarovar Dam (Tribune, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
The Supreme Court today declined to stop the construction of controversial Sardar Sarovar dam following Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s decision in this regard and allowed raising its height evenly up to 119 meters in all blocks to save it from any . . .
- Narmada Dam Work To Go On, Says Sc (Times of India, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 11, 2006)
In a major setback to the Medha Patkar-led Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), the supreme court ruled on Monday that there would be no restriction on the Sardar Sarovar Project after being categorically told by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that work on . . .
- Manmohan Meets Sonia, Reviews Political Situation (Daily Excelsior, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 08, 2006)
Against the backdrop of embarrassing developments for the UPA coalition and rumours of his resignation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today held discussions with Congress president Sonia Gandhi and some senior party leaders and took stock of the . . .
- Manmohan Buckling Under Pressure: Bjp (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jul 07, 2006)
"Developments prove that he is ready to compromise to stay in power'
- Washed Up Rhetoric (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 06, 2006)
The Supreme Court hears the Narmada case on July 10. The Shunglu Committee’s report on resettlement and rehabilitation (R&R) will be part of the government’s submission.
- The Facts Speak (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jul 05, 2006)
What the Shunglu Committee report signifies: time to put an end to the Narmada controversy
- Maheshwar Stalled (Frontline, LYLA BAVADAM, Jul 05, 2006)
The MoEF halts the Maheshwar project and asks for R&R plans. The move squashes the promoters' attempts to get finances for the project.
- Gaps In Rehab But Mp Can Fix: Narmada Panel Reports Back (Indian Express, Sonu Jain, Jul 04, 2006)
There are several gaps in the relief and rehabilitation of people affected by the Sardar Sarovar dam project but these gaps can be plugged in the next few months if the Madhya Pradesh government acts in a concerted manner.
- Deficiencies Found In Resettling Narmada Families (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Jul 04, 2006)
Shunglu panel report submitted to Prime Minister
Panel upholds Action Taken Report
Defends cash compensation for dam oustees
Calls for involvement of district authorities in rehabilitation
- Your Coffee And Your Conscience (Indian Express, SAUBHIK CHAKRABARTI, Jul 02, 2006)
When you are in a coffee shop, a cup of latte and a wedge of blueberry pie keeping you company, where do you keep your social conscience?
- Cauvery Waters: Karnataka Rejects Assessors' `Report' (Hindu, J. Venkatesan, Jun 30, 2006)
The advice of the assessors is only "notes" and not a "report", says Government
- Democracy Under Stress (Daily Excelsior, Atul Cowshish, Jun 30, 2006)
Democracy is not just about a multi-party system that allows free participation in elections.
- The Larger Vision (Tribune, B.G. Verghese for and Sanjay Sangvai , Jun 28, 2006)
The Sardar Sarovar dam is a reality. The Supreme Court will on July10 hear from the Prime Minister the findings of the NSS-assisted Shunglu committee on the progress of R&R in the 111-112 metre reach currently under construction.
- Rajasthan Govt. Officials To Review Narmada Project Works (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 27, 2006)
Adequate infrastructure developed to receive and transport water; Task Force meeting to be convened in July
- Drug Abuse : More A Health Problem (Daily Excelsior, Joginder Singh, Jun 27, 2006)
The involvement of a high profile deceased politician's son in an alleged drug abuse case has focussed attention on the sale of narcotics in the country.
- Are Lions Gujarati? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 25, 2006)
Fobbing off the National Wildlife Board, the Gujarati wildlife experts succeeded in getting a decision on the decade-old proposal to relocate a few pairs of lions from Gir to Kuno-Palpur Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh (MP) postponed.
- The ‘N’ In Ngo (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 25, 2006)
Aruna Roy’s letter resigning from the National Advisory Council is more revealing than she perhaps intended it to be.
- Are Lions Gujarati? (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 24, 2006)
Fobbing off the National Wildlife Board, the Gujarati wildlife experts succeeded in getting a decision on the decade-old proposal to relocate a few pairs of lions from Gir to Kuno-Palpur Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh (MP) postponed.
- Massive Protest Against Narmada Project (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 24, 2006)
Many will be washed away if State Government goes ahead with arbitrary and illegal exclusion: NBA
About 5000-6000 houses excluded from land acquisition, rehabilitation in Indira Sagar, Omkareshwar areas
- The ‘N’ In Ngo (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 24, 2006)
NAC loses a member, the government, hopefully, gets a lesson: activism and governance don’t mix
- ‘8% Growth At Some People’S Cost’ (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 23, 2006)
I joined the NAC two years ago, encouraged by many of the assurances contained in the National Common Minimum Programme (NCMP) of the UPA government.
- Tulbul Talks On June 22, 23 (Hindu, Nirupama Subramanian , Jun 22, 2006)
India and Pakistan will hold two-day talks here starting June 22 on the contentious Tulbul navigation project in Jammu and Kashmir.
- Medha Patkar, 100 Others Detained (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 20, 2006)
"Almost the entire Delhi is under Section 144 CrPC. How canaam admiseek redress?"
Held outside Sonia's residence for violation of prohibitory orders under Section 144 CrPC in VVIP area
- Records On Narmada Dam Destroyed (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 19, 2006)
Important documents relating to the construction of the Narmada dam were feared destroyed in a fire that broke out on the fourth floor of the state-owned Sardar Sarovar Narmada Development Corporation's office in Vadodara on Sunday.
- Medha Patkar Alleges Conspiracy To Crush Nba (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Jun 19, 2006)
"Time has come for political parties to take a position on equitable development" "If you get power from big dams, but have no farm land how would you feed growing population?"
"World Bank now wants land-for-land policy to be finished"
Shunglu . . .
- Crime And Punishment (Pioneer, Joginder Singh, Jun 19, 2006)
The recent involvement of a high profile deceased politician's son in a case of drug abuse has focussed attention on the problem and sale of narcotics in the country.
- No Secrecy, Please (Tribune, Editorial, The Tribune, Jun 16, 2006)
The Second Administrative Reforms Commission, headed by Mr M. Veerappa Moily, has rightly recommended the repeal of the Official Secrets Act (OSA), 1923.
- Alchemy Of Intolerance (Times of India, Editorial, The Times of India, Jun 16, 2006)
The image of Gujarat in the rest of India and the self-image of Gujaratis are diametrically opposite.
- Why Deve Gowda Is Bad For Bangalore (Rediff on the Net, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 16, 2006)
Bangaloreans must banish H D Deve Gowda if they wish to see any developmental works come to fruition.
- Protest Farce (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 15, 2006)
The editorial in the latest issue of Organiser on the fuel price hike has already made headlines. Entitled “Protest, but honestly” it slams the UPA government’s decision to hike petrol and diesel prices for the seventh time in two years.
- Madhya Pradesh Foams At Maheshwar Block (Pioneer, Rahul Noronha/ Bhopal, Jun 14, 2006)
NBA obstructing State progress, say Cong, BJP ---- The Union Environment Ministry's decision to abruptly order halt to construction work at the 400 MW Maheshwar hydel power project under pressure from Narmada Bachao Andolan has come in for severe criticis
- Picking Up The Resettlement Gauntlet (Business Line, Sharad Joshi , Jun 14, 2006)
Mr Raghuvansh Prasad Singh will need to be wary in drafting the Bill on the issue of resettlement of project-affected people.
By planning to bring before Parliament a Bill on the resettlement of people displaced by land acquisitions for various . . .
- Where Leaders Come To Learn (Deccan Herald, Manu N Kulkarni, Jun 14, 2006)
The country's political and academic institutions must take firm efforts to groom future leaders
- "Suspend Work On Maheshwar Dam" (Hindu, GARGI PARSAI and SUNNY SEBASTIAN , Jun 13, 2006)
Responding to representations by the Narmada Bachao Andolan, the Centre has directed the Madhya Pradesh Government to ask the private company constructing the 400 MW Maheshwar hydroelectric project in the Narmada valley to suspend work on the dam . . .
- Nba Blocks Maheshwar Project (Pioneer, Yoga Rangatia, Jun 13, 2006)
Yielding to pressure by the Narmada Bachao Andolan, the Union Environment Ministry has abruptly suspended works on the 400 MW Maheshwar hydel power project on the river Narmada, citing non-submission of rehabilitation plan.
- Land Acquisition Problems.. (The Financial Express, Editorial, Financial Express, Jun 13, 2006)
With the private sector setting up an increasing number of greenfield projects, infrastructure facilities and special economic zones (SEZs), it has become imperative for the Union government to come out with a comprehensive land acquisition policy . . .
- Land And Man (Indian Express, Yoginder K. Alagh, Jun 09, 2006)
Indian statisticians do a thankless job. In the present, they can only go by what the sahibs tell them. Later when the facts come in they tuck them away in their reports and get the short end of the stick.
- Centre Drafting Law For Resettling The Displaced (Hindu, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 08, 2006)
It will help those affected by major developmental projects: Minister
Take to land reforms, States told
States should send figures of landless people
- Development With A Disclaimer (Indian Express, Editorial, Indian Express, Jun 08, 2006)
Kerala\'s new chief minister V.S. Achutanandan has a reputation for being conservative on development issues, but the Left clearly realises that jobs and investment in business can fetch good political dividends.
- 'A Dangerous Trend' (OutLook, Mahesh Bhatt, Jun 08, 2006)
'Do not forget that student wing of Congress party, the NSUI has also opposed Fanaa in Gujarat and my petition also includes that,' argues the outspoken film director, reiterating also that 'it is wrong and illogical for the states to ban Da Vinci . . .
- Targeting Free Speech (Times of India, Rajeev Dhavan , Jun 07, 2006)
Aamir Khan is a distinguished actor who speaks in many voices. He sells Coca-Cola with wit and panache. The multinationals live off him — adding legitimacy and profit to their commercial product.
- Courage, In The Face Of Ban And Bombs (Telegraph, Correspondent or Reporter, Jun 07, 2006)
A cinema owner in Jamnagar has defied the unofficial ban on Fanaa in Gujarat, becoming the first to show the Aamir Khan-starrer in the state.
- State Breakdown (Tribune, Rajinder Sachar, Jun 05, 2006)
The public at large has been very critical of the lumpen brigade of the BJP in Gujarat threatening theatre owners and cinema-goers who dare to show any inclination to see Aamir Khan’s latest film. And all this because the actor has shown concern . . .
- Bhatt Masala (Pioneer, Editorial, The Pioneer, Jun 03, 2006)
For someone who first tasted success directing two future MPs - Vinod Khanna to the right and Shabana Azmi to the left - in Lahu ke Do Rang, Mahesh Bhatt has, appropriately, established himself as a deft exponent of the "rent a cause" game.
- Gujarat Communalised (Deccan Herald, Kuldip Nayar, Jun 02, 2006)
The BJP attempted to make Gujarat chauvinism synonymous with Hindutva for better poll prospects
- Mumbai's Season Of Conflicts (Hindu, Kalpana Sharma , Jun 02, 2006)
The south-west monsoon has set in, but some of the long-term issues concerning the development of the country's commercial capital still await direction.
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