The government today refused to give in to demands to halt work to build nuclear power plants at Jaitapur in Maharashtra but in a big step to instil public confidence in the harnessing of nuclear energy, it decided to make the sectoral regulator, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, an independent and statutory body.

The government said it will move a Bill in the monsoon session of Parliament to cre

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Nuclear Regulatory Authority soon to check safety, higher compensation for displaced

The Centre will go ahead with the 9,900 MW Jaitapur nuclear power park in Maharashtra.

Senior activist and Narmada Bachao Andolan spokesperson, Medha Patkar, on Monday threatened to launch a massive agitation in Satara and Pune districts if the problems of the project affected people (PAP) are not resolved soon.

Patkar was in Pune for a meeting with the state minister for rehabilitation and forests, Patangrao Kadam, on the issue of rehabilitation of PAP in Pune.

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The Haryana Government has notified a District Task Force in each district to ensure strict implementation of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994 (PC and PNDT Act).

An official spokesman said here on Monday that the task force would help in checking an adverse sex ratio and promote gender equality in the State.

The Deputy Commissioner concerned will be the chairp

Indian Social Action Forum, Janhastakshep, People's Union for Civil Liberties, All-India Students Association and other citizens' groups jointly staged a protest demonstration near Maharashtra Sadan here on Monday condemning the detention and harassment of yatris taking part in the anti-nuclear yatra in Maharashtra.

In a memorandum to the Resident Commissioner of Maharashtra, the protesters dem

Demographers, social activists and concerned citizens came together here on Sunday to deliberate on the sharp decline in child sex ratio in Rajasthan, as revealed in the 2011 Census figures, and resolved to take drastic steps to check the disappearance of girl child by establishing her value in the society and completely stopping female foeticide.

The occasion was a State-level workshop organis

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Two days after Tabrez Sayekar was killed in police firing near Jaitapur, the deadlock between the villagers and local authorities ended on Wednesday afternoon following which the villagers accepted the victim

As the ruling Congress-NCP accuses the Shiv Sena for