-The Hindu Last week's jail sentence for two prominent Shiv Sainiks is historic as it upholds the first such conviction against a member of that party Sent to jail for two months and fined Rs.5,000. Twenty years after their crime, this was the sentence handed down last week by a sessions court to two Shiv Sena leaders. This was for their provocative speeches during the Mumbai riots following the Demolition of the...
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Slum Demolition: Medha Patkar ends fast
-PTI MUMBAI: Social activist Medha Patkar called off her over a week-long fast following an assurance by Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan that an inquiry would be conducted into the Demolition of a slum here. She ended her fast after midnight on Friday night, an associate of the veteran activist said. Patkar was fasting since April 4 after 43 houses of the Ganesh Krupa Housing Society in Mumbai's Golibar slum area were razed...
More »Aruna Roy seeks Sonia’s help to end Medha Patkar’s fast
-The Times of India Activist Aruna Roy has sought UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi's intervention to end the fast undertaken by fellow activist MedhaPatkar in Mumbai to protest the Demolition of slums. "I want to reiterate the urgency of this matter, given both the democratic imperative and in light of Medha's failing health and thus request your immediate personal intervention in this matter," Roy said in a letter to Sonia. According to Roy, Union...
More »Despite Maken’s plea, 43 houses pulled down in Mumbai slum
-The Hindu Mumbai: Despite Union Minister of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Ajay Maken's plea to the Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan for stopping the Demolition of the houses of slum-dwellers, 43 houses were pulled down at the Golibar slum here on Wednesday, under the supervision of the Collector's office. The activists of the National Alliance of People's Movement (NAPM) have alleged that Shivalik Ventures, which develops the prime property of...
More »Ajay Maken ticks off Chavan, tells him to stop slum Demolition
-The Hindu Mumbai: Union Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Ajay Maken on Tuesday wrote to Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, asking him to stop Demolition of the houses of slum dwellers, after a delegation of the National Alliance of People's Movements headed by Medha Patkar met him in New Delhi. He asked Mr. Chavan to see that the Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) was implemented with much more enthusiasm and in...
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