Gujarat's Forest Department has temporarily banned fishing in the Narmada river following the first-ever sighting of a Dolphin in waters near Shuklatirth and Angeshwar areas, about 80 km from here.SK Pandya, Ranger Forest Officer, today said "it was necessary to do so as Dolphin falls into protected category of species and the fishermen have been asked not to do fishing in the river."Environmentalists...
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Friday suspended a Madhya Pradesh High Court order directing the state government to give land to the adult children of those displaced by the Indira Sagar dam project on Narmada river.A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice J.M. Panchal, while suspending the Sep 2 order of the Jabalpur bench of the high court, also issued notices to the Narmada Bachao Andolan, whose lawsuit had yielded...
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Narmada Bachao Andolan activist Medha Patkar is alleged to have concealed some material facts from the Supreme Court, as per the accusations of the complainant in the defamation case pending against her in Gujarat.Medha Patkar has filed a petition in the Supreme Court, seeking the transfer of the defamation case outside Gujarat on the grounds that a free and fair trial is not possible in the state...
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Supreme Court Friday suspended a Madhya Pradesh High Court order directing the state government to give land to the adult children of those displaced by the Indira Sagar dam project on Narmada river.A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice J.M. Panchal, while suspending the Sep 2 order of the Jabalpur bench of the high court, also issued notices to the Narmada Bachao Andolan, whose lawsuit...
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Barwah (MP): The mortal remains of veteran journalist Prabhash Joshi were consigned to flames on Saturday on the banks of Narmada river here in the presence of a large number of dignitaries.The 72-year-old scribe, whose body was brought to Indore by a plane yesterday from New Delhi and kept in his house at Moti Tabela area, had died of a heart attack in Ghaziabad on Thursday night.Prominent among those...
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Delhi.The mortal remains of veteran journalist Prabhash Joshi were consigned to flames on Saturday on the banks of Narmada river in Barwah in the presence of a large number of dignitaries.The 72-year-old scribe, whose body was brought to Indore by a plane on Friday from New Delhi and kept in his house at Moti Tabela area, had died of a heart attack in Ghaziabad on Thursday night.The funeral pyre was...
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Sonia Gandhi brought the saris back in fashion and Sheila Dikshit is another big admirer of them, but Maheshwaris have been in vogue since the late 18th century, when Ahilyabai Holkar, the rani of Indore, popularised them as gifts for her royal guests. These are not just saris, but conversation pieces as well, and just in case you are not getting yours from the Madhya Pradesh town of Maheshwar, check...
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Some of the most ambitiousprojects of Baroda Dairy, including plans to launch tomato ketchup, may not seethe light of day thanks to a change of guard.The newly-electedCongress board has a majority of 11 candidates. It is all set to drop thedairy's project of Narmada Neer and launching tomato ketchup, floated during thetwo-year BJP rule.Narmada Neer is a project to sell packaged waterof river Narmada...
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Thousands of people displaced by the Narmada Valley Dam Project take out a rally in Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh, on Wednesday demanding land.©...
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Madhya Pradesh High Court today reserved the verdict on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activist Medha Patkar.The petitioner challenged the construction of hundred meters long canals under Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar projects in Khandwa district.Chief Justice Anang Kumar Patnaik and Justice Ajit Singh heard the petition and reserved the verdict.The petitioner...
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