Medha Patkar Arrested

Social activist Medha Patkar and more than 350 others were arrested on Tuesday during a protest outside a closed private cloth mill in Sannati in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district, an official said.

Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar was arrested today when she was on her way to Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh to meet the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) oustees, the police said.

Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav and social activists Medha Patkar and Swami Agnivesh were released today after being arrested for trying to enter Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur to meet the families of the five people killed in police firing during the farmers' stir.

Social activist Medha Patkar and some of her associates were arrested today in Allahabad while they were going to Kachri village, where farmers had held protests and clashed with police against acquisition of their land by the Uttar Pradesh government for a power plant.

Protests over the arrest of journalist and land rights activist Dayamani Barla are growing in Jharkhand. Ms Barla has been at the forefront of a protest by villagers at the Nagri village, 25 kilometres from Ranchi, where the government wants to acquire over 200 acres of farmland for setting up a law university and a campus of the Indian Institute o...

Activist Medha Patkar was arrested in Chhindwara on November 4 and had gone on a fast, demanding her unconditional release.

Human Rights activists, including Medha Patkar and documentary film-maker Gopal Menon, were arrested here on Friday.

Social activist Medha Patkar and more than 350 others were arrested on Tuesday during a protest outside a closed private cloth mill in Sannati in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district, an official said.

Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader Medha Patkar was arrested today when she was on her way to Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh to meet the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) oustees, the police said.

Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav and social activists Medha Patkar and Swami Agnivesh were released today after being arrested for trying to enter Madhya Pradesh's Mandsaur to meet the families of the five people killed in police firing during the farmers' stir.

Social activist Medha Patkar and some of her associates were arrested today in Allahabad while they were going to Kachri village, where farmers had held protests and clashed with police against acquisition of their land by the Uttar Pradesh government for a power plant.

Protests over the arrest of journalist and land rights activist Dayamani Barla are growing in Jharkhand. Ms Barla has been at the forefront of a protest by villagers at the Nagri village, 25 kilometres from Ranchi, where the government wants to acquire over 200 acres of farmland for setting up a law university and a campus of the Indian Institute o...

Activist Medha Patkar was arrested in Chhindwara on November 4 and had gone on a fast, demanding her unconditional release.

Human Rights activists, including Medha Patkar and documentary film-maker Gopal Menon, were arrested here on Friday.