Ban request only from Kerala and Karnataka, says Manmohan Singh He will go to Kasaragod during next Kerala visit CPI(M), DYFI members stage protests in Delhi As Kerala observed “Anti-endosulfan Day” on Monday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reportedly told the State's Leader of the Opposition Oommen Chandy and Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president Ramesh Chennithala that the Centre would consolidate opinions from various States before deciding on the requests for a nationwide ban...

The National Alliance of People's Movement, representing several civil society groups, on Monday sought a “complete ban” on the use and manufacture of the controversial toxic agri-chemical endosulfan. “The deadly pesticide is banned by 81 countries and by the Kerala and Karnataka governments, yet it doesn't seem to be reason enough for the Centre to ban it all over the country. Since 1976, continued aerial spray of endosulfan has led close...

Coincides with Conference of Parties to Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in Geneva Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan went on a seven-hour fast at the Martyrs' Column here on Monday demanding a ban on endosulfan and seeking Central assistance for the victims of the pesticide. About 500 people from different walks of life joined the fast, held as part of a State-wide observation of Anti-endosulfan Day by the government. Later, they...

India is seeking a postponement of the decision on a global ban on endosulfan to the next meeting of the conference of parties to the Stockholm Convention in 2013, according to observers. C. Jayakumar and Dr. Mohammed Asheel, observers from Kerala to the ongoing conference of parties to the Convention in Geneva, said in an email message that India had distributed a draft of its proposal among the Asia Pacific group...

Activists of the student and youth wings of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M), on Monday, staged a protest here to demand a ban on endosulfan across the country. The activists of the Students Federation of India (SFI) and the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) also burnt Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in effigy at Jantar Mantar. The demonstration coincided with ‘Anti-endosulfan Day' being observed in Kerala where Chief Minister V.S....