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Greenpeace did not fund Channel 4 trip to Mahan; Channel 4 refutes MHA allegations
New Delhi | April 11, 2015| Channel 4 today rubbished the Ministry of Home Affairs’ claims, which alleged that Greenpeace had funded the Channel 4 trip to Madhya Pradesh to…
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Mahan celebrates democracy and the victory of peoples’ rights. Villagers protest against Land Acquisition Bill
Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh| March 30, 2015| The Government’s decision to stop Mahan coal block from mining, saving the forests and livelihoods of thousands was celebrated by villagers from 20 villages…
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VICTORY: Coal Ministry confirms Mahan will not be auctioned!
The Ministry of Coal confirmed in a Right to Information reply that the Mahan coal block will not be auctioned, pursuant to the MoEF’s recommendation that it be kept off…
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Coal Ministry confirms Mahan block will not be auctioned: RTI reply
New Delhi | March 20, 2015 | The Ministry of Coal confirmed in a Right to Information [1] reply that the Mahan coal block will not be auctioned, pursuant to…
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Victory for Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai; Delhi HC overturns offloading, terms move undemocratic
New Delhi| March 12, 2015| In a major embarrassment to the NDA government, the Delhi High Court’s Justice Rajiv Shakder today termed the Ministry of Home Affairs decision to bar…
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Mahan forests inviolate– No Go for mining says MoEF
India’s most controversial coal mine project may not go ahead, according to government documents acquired by Greenpeace through RTI. An Office Memorandum of the Ministry of the Environment Forests and…
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Waidhan District Court dismisses Essar’s plea against Greenpeace
Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh | 20 February, 2015| As government battles it out with Greenpeace on the Priya Pillai offloading case, the NGO won an interim plea against Essar’s attempt to…
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Priya Pillai denounces Government “gag” offer
New Delhi| February 18, 2015| Greenpeace campaigner Priya Pillai today termed the government’s ’gag’ offer a taint on the democratic rights of citizens. The government offered that Pillai would be free to travel if…
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Greenpeace to wait for the government’s official statement before the court in Priya Pillai case
On February 11, media reports surfaced quoting unnamed government officials justifying the travel ban on Greenpeace India’s Priya Pillai on the basis that she was “presenting a negative image of…
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Dissenting views not anti-national: HC tells ASG on Priya Pillai Offloading Case
New Delhi| February 6, 2015| Hearing Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai’s writ petition on her arbitrary offloading from a London-bound flight on January 11, the Delhi High Court today told the…