State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) plans to take up to 49 per cent stake in one of the five proposed nuclear power plants of Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL).

New Delhi: In an attempt to sharpen its agitation against the Jaitapur nuclear project in Maharashtra, a 15-member national committee has been constituted consisting of top Left leaders Prakash Kar

The people of Jaitapur and the surrounding areas in Ratnagiri district have been struggling against the setting up of the giant nuclear project which will have six nuclear reactors bought from the French Areva company. This project has displaced farmers and mango orchards. The livelihood of thousands of fishermen is threatened,” the CPI (M) said in a statement here on Sunday.

The Government is committed to the Jaitapur nuclear project in Maharashtra and is awaiting completion of French review of safety aspects of the EPR design, the Minister for External Affairs, Mr S.M

India and France have resolved to strengthen and widen bilateral ties and have made commitments to increase cooperation on a range of issues, including high end defence technology and nuclear energ

New Delhi France has assured India that the proposed nuclear reactors at Jaitapur in Maharashtra would follow the highest safety standards.

New Delhi: In its post-Fukushima review of nuclear safety, India has ramped up safeguards at its atomic power plants with three layers of power back-ups, water pipes drawn from offsite locations, e

The Bombay High Court today granted permission to two former judges to hold a public meeting for the second time to hear the grievances of villagers regarding proposed nuclear power plant at Jaitap

The six villages around the site of the proposed 9,900MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant (JNPP) have asked to be included in the list of Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs).

In the first-ever judicial intervention in the matters relating to the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP), the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has served notices on the Ministry of Environment and

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