MUMBAI, OCTOBER 8

SHWETA DESAI
JATTAPUR, OCTOBER 8

VILLAGERS and activists in a handful of hamlets in Maharashtra on Tuesday came together to launch a campaign opposing what is expected to be the first big beneficiary of the Indo-US nuclear deal - two 1,000 MW plants proposed to be built by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) in Jaitapur.

Makarand Gadgil / Pen (raigad) October 07, 2008, 0:48 IST

The Anti-Mumbai Special Economic Zone Action Committee (AMSEZAC) today announced its version of the results of the referendum in 22 villages to be covered by Reliance Industries

Meena Menon

MUMBAI: About 95 per cent of farmers from 22 villages in Raigad district have voted against giving up their land for the Reliance Group-promoted Mumbai Special Economic Zone , according to a report of the referendum held on September 21 compiled by activist groups and farmers.

In 2005, muralidhar patel, a young farmer in Shirsoli village in Maharashtra

For thousands of years, this country

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Pune, October 05 The Mastani Lake, believed to have derived its name from Bajirao Peshwa

Tata Power co has the wind and the sun in its hair

Pune, October 3 No new sugar mills should be allowed in the state, even if the sugar commissioner has granted certificates, said Shivaji Deshmukh, director general of Vasantdada Sugar Institute (VSI) in a report that was submitted to the Bombay High Court in late July. The report calls for a master plan to be prepared for the sugar industry in Maharashtra.