NG Junior Luwang, February 11, 2008

India’s Special Economic Zone Act, 2005, and the rules thereunder, will require substantial revamping if the country’s SEZ policy is to succeed. (more…)

S. Harpal Singh

Adilabad, February 10, 2008: By peddling some of the more serious concerns of our times, a 11-member team of cyclists led by well known social activist Dr. Anil Prakash Joshi is out to garner support for an ‘agriculture act’. The team started on a bicycle campaign from Kanyakumari and is slated to reach New Delhi in March while learning the problems and gathering opinions of farmers on the subject en route. (more…)

Salem, February 10, 2008: Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) founder leader S. Ramadoss has said his party was taking a stand similar to that of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on the Sethusamudhram project issue. (more…)

Kolkata, February 10, 2008: The West Bengal government Sunday ordered a judicial probe into the police firing in a northern town that left five Forward Bloc supporters and a cop dead last week. (more…)

New Delhi, February 10, 2008 (IANS): The United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) Sunday announced plans for a protest rally in New Delhi Feb 26 to highlight the plight of the farmers of the country. The UNPA has sent an invitation to the Left parties to join the protest rally. (more…)

Mangalore, February 10, 2008: Mixed response was expressed regarding Mangalore Special Economic Zone (MSEZ) during an introspective discussion on various topics convened by ‘like-minded persons’ at Kalangan at Shakthinagar on Saturday. (more…)

New Delhi, February 10 2008 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has lampooned the West Bengal Government for failing to stop Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) and Bhoomi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee (BUPC) activists from indulging in acts of violence against farmers and land owners in Nandigram between November 2006 and March 2007. (more…)