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Over Rs 105 crore spent in six months under Ladli Laxmi Yojna

Bhopal: A sum of Rs 105 crore 85 lakh 84 thousand was spent in first six months of current financial year under Ladli Laxmi Yojna that aims at securing the future of girls in the State. Rs 134 crore 94 lakh, 93 thousand was allocated for first and second quarters under the scheme.

Publication Date: 
28/12/2010
Central Chronicle (Bhopal)
Tags:
Balaghat (D), Madhya Pradesh, Health Care, Children, People, Chhindwara (D), Development
Natural Disasters

Scars begin to heal at Nagapattinam

R Venkatramani | ENS Nagapattinam, December 26

ON December 26, 2004, the coastal Nagapattinam district witnessed the worst disaster in its history.

Publication Date: 
27/12/2010
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Tags:
Tsunami, Nagapattinam (D), People
People

Adivasis in Dantewada face only repression

Javed Iqbal

IN Chhattisgarh, the only criminal appears to be the law.

Publication Date: 
27/12/2010
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Tags:
Tribals, Medha Patkar, Human Rights, Social Activists, Naxalites, Chhattisgarh
People

The trial of Binayak Sen

Human rights activist Binayak Sen spent two years in jail before being granted bail. Charged with sedition, waging war against the Indian state, as well as being a Maoist supporter, both under normal laws and under the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act and the Unlawful Activities Act, the evidence has been full of discrepancies and contradictions on material points.

Publication Date: 
25/12/2010
Jyoti Punwani
Economic and Political Weekly
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Human Rights, Chhattisgarh, Personalities, Naxalites, People, Court
People

Tribals starving in Mizoram, claims NGO

Over 4,000 Chakma tribal people in Mizoram have been starving for the past few weeks, a non-governmental organisation said Thursday.
"Over 800 Chakma tribal families comprising over 4,000 men, women and children in four villages in Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC) areas of southern Mizoram have been starving for several weeks," New Delhi based Mizoram Chakma Development Forum (MCDF) said

Publication Date: 
24/12/2010
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
Tags:
Mizoram, Aizawl (D), NGO, Tribals, Food Supply, Poverty
People

Thousands of tribals starving in Mizoram: NGO

Aizawl: Over 4,000 Chakma tribal people in Mizoram have been starving for the past few weeks, a non-governmental organisation said Thursday.

"Over 800 Chakma tribal families comprising over 4,000 men, women and children in four villages in Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC) areas of southern Mizoram have been starving for several weeks," New Delhi based Mizoram Chakma Development Forum (

Publication Date: 
24/12/2010
Shillong Times (Shillong)
Tags:
Tribals, Mizoram, NGO, Food Supply, Food Security
Mining

No tribal lives in Niyamgiri hills: Govt

Bhubaneswar: Annoyed over the Centre's rejection of a proposal to start bauxite mining atop Niyamgiri hills in Kalahandi district, the Odisha government on Wednesday maintained that no tribal was living in Niyamgiri Reserve Forest area spreading over 2,100 hectare.

Making a statement to this effect in the State Assembly in its concluding session, steel and mines minister Raghunath Mohanty while

Publication Date: 
23/12/2010
Pragtivadi (Bhubaneswar)
Tags:
Kalahandi, Orissa (Odisha), Tribals, People, Bauxite, Mining
Land

Jobs for 500 families could have saved Vedanta

If it was the inability to resettle 450 families that ensured Korean steelmaker Posco couldn

Publication Date: 
23/12/2010
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Vedanta Aluminium, People, Land Acquisition, Forests, Orissa (Odisha), Bauxite, Mineral-Based Industry, POSCO
People

Number of child labourers goes up in Tangail

The number of child labourers has increased in Tangail as poverty forces their parents to send them to work for earning livelihood.

Publication Date: 
20/12/2010
New Age (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Bangladesh, Child Labour, Poverty, Children
Energy

The Rape Of Eden

Endangered Landscape

District-wise breakdown of the major projects

Thane

Ancillary development of Navi Mumbai airport, green areas released for housing and commercial exploitation

Raigad

Navi Mumbai airport MahaMumbai SEZ.

Publication Date: 
20/12/2010
Smruti Koppikar
Outlook (New Delhi)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Nuclear Power, Jaitapur, Nuclear Power Corporation Of India (NPCIL), People, Ratnagiri (D), Sindhudurg, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)

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