Chennai November 29, 2006 – Renowned poet Ms. Kanimozhi launched the ‘1000 Bhopals’ photo exhibition at the Lalit Kala Akademy today. The exhibition that displayed images from various toxic hotspots across India is part of the week long activities organized by the International Campaign for Justice in Bhopal as a lead up to […]
Report From Nity: DAY 1, 11:00 pm The big day today, the tour was flagged off at 11.00 am, though on schedule it was not before we faced our first cycle crisis within 20 meters into the start. We got cycle fixed at Old Town, Cuddalore and carried on. Earlier before the flag off […]
– As reported by Nityanand Jayaraman The day started as usual, two cycles broke down and had to be loaded onto the car and sent to Semankuppam village for repairs. The trip to Semankuppam was excellent we were in time for pamphleteering, it was morning time and people were either at the bus stop […]
Young World, Dec 8, 2006 The Hindu by PAROMITA PAIN It happened long ago, but the scars will be there forever. Photo: K. Pichumani STARK REALITY: Living with a nightmare. Nightmares can be terrible. They can leave you sweaty, teary and scared. What would you do if nightmares were of the gaseous variety […]
Young World, Dec 8, 2006 The Hindu In Cuddalore To mark the 22nd Anniversary of the Bhopal Gas Tragedy a series of events have been organised to draw attention to the environmental crisis in Cuddalore. Despite the existing pollution from 19 chemical industries there are plans under way to install more highly toxic facilities. The […]
Friday, December 8 2006 New Indian Express CUDDALORE: Police arrested a youth, who attempted to commit suicide opposite the Collectorate here on Thursday demanding adequate compensation for his land acquired by the government. According to police, the government acquired an acre of land of R Gopalakrishnan (27) from Nochikadu village for construction of a […]
December 06, 2006 NEVIN JOHN MUMBAI The Economic Times India Ahmedabad Edition The Tata group is reportedly close to buying a 26% stake in the Nagarjuna group’s Rs 4,000-crore oil refinery project for about Rs 400 crore. The group is in advanced stages of investing in the six-million-tonne refinery project – with an equity […]