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Indian Gov’t on Collision Course With Civil Society

Police accost women protesting against the Kudankulam nuclear plant in India. Credit: K. S. Harikrishnan/IPS. NEW DELHI, May 23 2013 (IPS) – For years India’s pro-liberalisation, Congress party-led coalition government chafed at civil society groups getting in the way of grand… Continue Reading →

Kalpakkam must be made a case study: Medha Patkar

24 May Addressing the people, social activist Medha Patkar said, “Going to the seashore was once tourism and an entertainment. But now, the ‘man-made tsunami’ has changed that pleasure. (File/PTI) On the second day of her visit to the State,… Continue Reading →

PRESS RELEASE – The Koodankulam Mystery : Russian Officials’ Anxiety

People’s Movemenmt Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE) Idinthakarai 627 104 Tirunelveli District Mobile: 9842154073, 9865683735 Email: [email protected]                                                      For Immediate Release May 24, 2013 The Koodankulam Mystery : Russian Officials’ Anxiety The periodic interventions of the Russian diplomats in India in defense of… Continue Reading →

The Supreme Quash Court of India

Dianuke.org Dr. Surendra Gadekar A well-known Indian anti-nuclear activist and physicist, Gadekar lives in the remote tribal village of Vedchhi near the Kakrapar atomic power plant in the western Indian state of Gujarat. There, with his wife, a physician, he… Continue Reading →

Activists bristle as India cracks down on foreign funding of NGOs

By Rama Lakshmi, Monday, May 20, 7:14 AM E-mail the writer, WP NEW DELHI — Amid an intensifying crackdown on nongovernmental groups that receive foreign funding, Indian activists are accusing the government of stifling their right to dissent in the world’s largest democracy.India has tightened the rules… Continue Reading →

KNPP Commissioning Postponed

    CHENNAI | MAY 15, 2013   Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd has postponed the expected date of commissioning of the first unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant to next month. With a physical progress completed upto 99.66 per… Continue Reading →

Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant – From Supreme Court to People’s Court?

M.G.Devasahayam Shri M. G. Devasahayam is a former IAS and Managing Trustee, Citizens Alliance for Sustainable Living, Chennai He is the Convener of the PMANE Expert Group on Koodankulam. Shri Devasahayam can be reached [email protected] Supreme Court Judgment–The Essence On… Continue Reading →

PRESS RELEASE- Supreme Court Verdict on Koodankulam: A Travesty of Justice

PRESS RELEASE Mumbai, May 15 , 2013 The Supreme Court’s verdict on Koodankulam rests on three hugely contested premises: the judges’ belief in the necessity of nuclear energy for India’s progress, their faith in the  nuclear establishment to perform its… Continue Reading →

Does the Supreme Court care about Indian lives?

The reasons behind clearing the Koodankulam nuclear plant defy logic and democratic principles SP Udayakumar 18-05-2013, Issue 20 This week, a bench of the Supreme Court (SC) cleared the commissioning of the nuclear power plant at Koodankulam, against which the… Continue Reading →

Koodankulam:A Court in the Supreme Contempt of its People

  The Supreme Court’s verdict on Koodankulam rests on three hugely contested premises: the judges’ belief in the necessity of the nuclear energy for India’s progress, their faith in the country’s nuclear establishment to perform its role, and the judges’… Continue Reading →

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