Soudhriti Bhabani

Kolkata, November 13, 2007 (IANS): Social activist Medha Patkar has demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the Communist Party of India-Marxist’s (CPI-M) offensive in West Bengal’s violence-torn Nandigram region. (more…)

Mumbai, November 12, 2007 (PTI): Twelve Special Economic Zones have been cleared for Vidarbha to ensure greater development in the region, which has witnessed several farmer suicides in recent times, Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshukh today said. “For the overall development of Vidarbha, 12 SEZs will be set up in the land owned by the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) in various parts of the region,” Deshmukh told reporters here. (more…)

Panaji, November 13, 2007 (UNI): The NGO Utt Goenkara today demanded a judicial inquiry into the mega scam, relating to allotment of huge tracts of land for the proposed Special Econmic Zones (SEZ), to bring to book the ”masterminds”. (more…)

New Delhi, November 13, 2007 (UNI): The New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA), Uttar Pradesh, has ruled out the possibility of compulsory acquisition of land for the upcoming Anil Ambani group’s Noida Multiproduct SEZ (NMSEZ) in the state. (more…)

Panaji, November 13, 2007: Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat on Tuesday said there will be no more special economic zones (SEZs) in the state. Under constant pressure from anti-SEZ groups including alliance partner Nationalist Congress Party and local Church, Kamat said the government will also review those SEZs which have already been approved. (more…)

Hyderabad, November 13, 2007: The Government has acquired only 0.05 per cent of crop area in the State for 45 SEZs notified so far in the State, Major Industries Minister J. Geetha Reddy informed the Legislative Council on Monday. (more…)