ANOTHER BLOW TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY OF THE COUNTRY – RELIGIOUS OUTFITS SHUNTING THE DOORS OF SECULARISM IN INDIA National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM) strongly condemns the murder of senior rationalist scholar Prof. M M Kalburgi and demands Govt….
* Narendra Modi failed my dream: Ram Jethmalani on OROP delay: http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/narendra-modi-failed-my-dream-ram-jethmalani-on-orop-delay_1665128.html * Health service doctors to go on indefinite hunger strike: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Health-service-doctors-to-go-on-indefinite-hunger-strike/articleshow/48738872.cms? : Striking Army veteran faints, hospitalised: http://dc.asianage.com/india/striking-army-veteran-faints-hospitalised-617 * Will take quota agitation to national level, says Hardik Patel at…
A.Coal & Energy Singareni receives 13 bids offering mines on foreign soil: http://www.thehindu.com/business/hyderabad-runners/article7587419.ece World’s biggest coal port joins fossil fuel divestment push: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/aug/28/worlds-biggest-coal-port-joins-fossil-fuel-divestment-push PIB grants pre-construction clearance to Khurja Super Thermal Power Plant: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/PIB-grants-pre-construction-clearance-to-Khurja-Super-Thermal-Power-Plant/articleshow/48717165.cms Indonesian president inaugurates power plant project despite land…
Day 14: Jeevan Adhikar Satyagraha People’s Movements announce National Bhu Adikar Jan Vikas Yatra 15 states decide intensive support actions: Country rallies for Narmada Stop Installation of SSP Gates: Review Sardar Sarovar 25th August, 2015: Support and solidarity kept soaring for the Narmada valley…
* OROP row: Ex-serviceman on fast-unto-death shifted to hospital as protests continue: http://www.firstpost.com/india/orop-row-ex-serviceman-on-fast-unto-death-shifted-to-army-hospital-as-protests-continue-2405870.html * Residents fight for stoppage of Nanded train in Muktsar: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Residents-fight-for-stoppage-of-Nanded-train-in-Muktsar/articleshow/48660948.cms? * OROP Hunger Striker’s health Scare Raises Tension:http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/OROP-Hunger-Strikers-health-Scare-Raises-Tension/2015/08/25/article2992048.ece * LIVE! Jung, Delhi police on agenda as Kejriwal reaches…
* Elangovan comment on Jaya brings BJP, AIADMK closer: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Elangovan-comment-on-Jaya-brings-BJP-AIADMK-closer/articleshow/48567425.cms * Palestinian hunger striker - From obscurity to symbol of resistance: http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/palestinian-hunger-striker-from-obscurity-to-symbol-of-resistance_1650367.html * Anganwadi workers block NH: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/anganwadi-workers-block-nh/article7564261.ece * Bengal: Women, men clash again over ladies’ special train: http://dc.asianage.com/india/bengal-women-men-clash-again-over-ladies-special-train-751 * 92% of…
A.Coal & Energy Coal prices plunge to 12-year low: http://www.asianage.com/business/coal-prices-plunge-12-year-low-736 Coal finds utility in science: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150820/jsp/northeast/story_38039.jsp#.VdVpAPmqqko Green energy sector gets only a small share of NGEF: http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/green-energy-sector-gets-only-a-small-share-of-ngef/article7558351.ece Vandana Gombar: Cost down, efficiency up: http://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/vandana-gombar-cost-down-efficiency-up-115081901195_1.html China’s carbon emissions from fossil fuels may be 14%…
A.Coal & Energy Resolution of compensatory tariff issue key for Tata Power, Adani Power: analysts: http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/resolution-of-compensatory-tariff-issue-key-for-tata-power-adani-power-analysts-115081800316_1.html Kerala in pact with Adani for Rs 7,525-crore Vizhinjam port projecthttp://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/48516296.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst Power distribution companies made money from meters, says CAG: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/48524167.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst MP Pollution Control Board faltered…
* Veterans rebuff PM’s aide; one more joins fast: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/veterans-rebuff-pms-aide-one-more-joins-fast/article7555627.ece * INLD seeks more money for farmers as compensation: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/inld-seeks-more-money-for-farmers-as-compensation/article7555454.ece * CAG report: AAP demands criminal case against power discoms: http://www.hindustantimes.com/newdelhi/cag-report-aap-demands-criminal-case-against-power-discoms/article1-1381640.aspx * Villagers of north Karnataka stage rasta roko at Jamboti: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Villagers-of-north-Karnataka-stage-rasta-roko-at-Jamboti/articleshow/48534536.cms?…
* Ex-servicemen intensify protests seeking OROP: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/exservicemen-intensify-protests-seeking-orop/article7551712.ece * Former services chiefs write to PM, condemn police action: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/former-services-chiefs-write-to-pm-condemn-police-action/article7551697.ece * Resume bypass work, say farmers: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/resume-bypass-work-say-farmers/article7552141.ece * 10 ex-chiefs urge PM Modi to take swift action on OROP: http://www.asianage.com/india/10-ex-chiefs-urge-pm-take-swift-action-orop-008 * Rank-holders to observe…