Nandigram, November 10, 2007: The Left Front government is under immense pressure to bring peace in Nandigram after Governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi said the place had become a “war zone”. Gandhi, in a press statement on Friday, said attacks on social activist Medha Patkar and other human rights activists in Nandigram “were against all norms of civilised political behaviour”. Continue reading ‘Left cornered as Guv calls Nandigram war zone’
Daily Archive for November 10th, 2007
Sujoy Dhar
Kolkata, November 10, 2007: Assaulted and intercepted by the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) for trying to reach Nandigram, social activist Medha Patkar dubbed the ‘war zone’ of West Bengal’s East Midnapore constituency a concentration camp where the communists have unleashed a reign of terror to recapture lost ground. Continue reading ‘Nandigram is like a concentration camp: Medha Patkar’
Sangita Mehta
Mumbai, November 10, 2007 (TNN): Promoters of special economic zones in the country have had enough issues to tackle before their projects are off the drawing board. Now there is one more challenge they need to overcome — the reluctance of institutional lenders to fund acquisition of land for such projects. Continue reading ‘Banks keep safe distance from SEZ land acquisitions’
Kolkata, November 9, 2007 (IANS): National Alliance of Peoples Alliance (NAPA) leader Medha Patkar and some intellectuals and rights activists Friday appealed to West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi help open up Nandigram to human rights groups. ‘We demand that peaceful defenders of human rights belonging to known peoples’ organisations be protected and their entry to Nandigram area facilitated,’ said Medha and other human rights activists in a letter to Gandhi. Continue reading ‘Medha, activists demand right to enter Nandigram’
Ganesh Kanate
Mumbai, November 09, 2007: Venugopal Dhoot, promoter of Videocon, must be busy calculating how much more he may need to cough up to buy land for his proposed multi-product special economic zone (SEZ) on the outskirts of Pune. Whatever be his calculations, he has the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president and Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar to thank for it. Continue reading ‘Somersault by Pawar will hike SEZ land costs’
Kolkata, November 8, 2007: Rights activist Medha Patkar was allegedly roughed up by supporters of West Bengal’s ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Thursday on way to Nandigram even as the state government announced a clutch of measures, including deployment of police patrols, to restore peace in the trouble-torn region. Continue reading ‘Medha attacked near Nandigram; government announces new measures’
Sukarno Sen, CNN-IBN
Nandigram, November 8, 2007: Nandigram’s violence continues to rage on, with 12 people being killed so far this week. In a shocking move, CM Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee’s plan to deploy the CRPF has been stalled by the Left Front government, which fears that rather than curbing the violence, such a move would be considered even more provocative. Continue reading ‘Nandigram violence claims 12, Mamata wants talks’
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