-Business Standard But the BJP govt at the Centre and state supports the project Mumbai: Despite being in the government, Shiv Sena has not revised its belligerent stance on the Jaitapur nuclear power project, and reiterated it on Monday. "There has been no change in the party's stand in this regard. Shiv Sena is strongly opposed to Jaitapur nuclear power project which may be highly dangerous for the environment and human being. Shiv...
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Muslim village decides to teach Congress a lesson -Sayli Udas Mankikar
-The Hindustan Times Sakhri Nate: In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, the 5,000-odd voters of Sakhri Nate, a Muslim village, took their day off from fishing activities, sacrificing a day's earning, to vote for Congress candidate Nilesh Rane. Five years later, the story is different. They have dared Congress leader Narayan Rane and his son Nilesh to enter their village. On Thursday, the Ranes cancelled their scheduled meeting here when they learnt that...
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-Outlook The real story of a ‘decisive' UPA blowing away the eight-year cloud around Posco's project Bend It Like Moily Seven reasons why UPA's pre-poll green clearance for Posco is more about spiel than steel Posco got green clearance after the sudden removal of MoEF Jayanthi Natarajan, who was reluctant to sign on the file. The nod came days before South Korean President Park Geun-hye's visit;...
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-The Hindu Mumbai: The anti-Jaitapur nuclear power plant groups on Monday protested in front of the Japanese embassy here against a possible nuclear agreement between India and Japan. The protesters claimed that the Japanese government, which has ordered the closure of all 50 nuclear power plants, is eyeing India as a potential market for its companies through the agreement. "On one hand the Japanese government, under people's pressure, is closing down the nuclear...
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-The Telegraph Mumbai: The Maharashtra government today announced that enhanced compensation for land acquired from locals for the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Park project would be disbursed by October 15. Chief minister Prithviraj Chavan made the announcement after talks with the Janhit Sewa Samiti at Sahyadri guest house in Malabar Hill this evening. What the compensation has been hiked to from Rs 22.5 lakh per hectare in February was not clear. The Janhit Sewa...
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