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Activist Medha Patkar Challenges Conviction In Defamation Case
Social activist Medha Patkar has moved sessions court to challenge the judgment in a defamation case registered against her based on a complaint lodged by VK Saxena, the lieutenant governor of Delhi.
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Delhi Lt Governor Not Same As Governor, Activist Medha Patkar Tells Court
Social activist Medha Patkar on Thursday opposed in a Gujarat court Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena's plea seeking that the trial against him in a 2002 case of alleged assault on her be kept in abeyance.
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Case Filed Against Activist Medha Patkar For Allegedly Misusing Donation Funds
A complainant named Pritam Raj Badole has registered the FIR alleging that Medha Patkar misled people by impersonating herself as a social worker who works to provide primary-level education to tribal children.
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BJP Chose Droupadi Murmu Only To Gain Tribal Votes: Activist Medha Patkar
Social activist Medha Patkar believes that the BJP has fielded tribal leader Droupadi Murmu as the NDA's presidential candidate only because the community forms a major part of the vote bank but the party is not pro-Adivasi.
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Medha Patkar, 350 Workers Arrested For Protest At Madhya Pradesh Cloth Mill
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.
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"Thousands Drowning, Dam Filled For 1 Person": Medha Patkar's Barb At PM
Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his supporters, social activist Medha Patkar who is leading the Narmada Bachao Andolan has said that PM Modi's birthday celebrations overshadowed the grief of those affected by the Sardar Sarovar Dam project.
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Activist Medha Patkar's Health Worsens As Hunger Strike Enters 2nd Week
Social activist Medha Patkar's health has started deteriorating a week into her indefinite hunger strike to demand swift rehabilitation of thousands affected by floods in areas surrounding the Sardar Sarovar Dam. She launched the agitation -- called the "Narmada Chunauti Satyagraha" -- at Chhota Barda in Madhya Pradesh's Barwani district on August ...
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Activist Medha Patkar Removed By Police From Protest Site
Social activist Medha Patkar was on Monday forcibly removed by Madhya Pradesh Police from the site, where she was on the 12 day of her indefinite fast to protest against closing of the gates of the Sardar Sarovar dam in neighbouring Gujarat.
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Yogendra Yadav, Medha Patkar Arrested Outside Mandsaur, Released
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.
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Medha Patkar Supports Writers Returning Sahitya Akademi Award
Hailing several writers' move to return their Sahitya Akademi award in the aftermath of Kannada scholar MM Kalburgi murder and Dadri lynching incident, social activist Medha Patkar on Friday said an atmosphere of communalism and divisive forces was prevailing in the country.
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Activist Medha Patkar, Her Associates Arrested in Allahabad
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.
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AAP to support Medha Patkar if she contests Lok Sabha polls
The Aam Aadmi Party is willing to extend its full support to social activist Medha Patkar if she contests the Lok Sabha polls.
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Activist Medha Patkar calls off fast after assurance of inquiry into Mumbai slum demolition
Social activist Medha Patkar called off her fast late last night after Maharashtra's Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan assured her that an inquiry into the demolition of a Mumbai slum would be completed within eight days. She had been fasting for the past nine days after 43 houses of the Ganesh Krupa Housing Society in Mumbai's Golibar Slum area wer...
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Medha Patkar on indefinite hunger strike after Golibar demolition as political back and forth continues
Social Activist Medha Patkar has been on a seven-day hunger strike to protest against the demolition of 43 houses in the Ganesh Krupa Housing Society in the Golibar Slum area of Mumbai.
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Anna Hazare inaugurates new office, says country lacks leadership
Social activist Anna Hazare Sunday accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of "betrayal" on the Jan Lokpal bill and warned of another protest if it was not passed before the 2014 general election.
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Activist Medha Patkar Challenges Conviction In Defamation Case
Social activist Medha Patkar has moved sessions court to challenge the judgment in a defamation case registered against her based on a complaint lodged by VK Saxena, the lieutenant governor of Delhi.
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Delhi Lt Governor Not Same As Governor, Activist Medha Patkar Tells Court
Social activist Medha Patkar on Thursday opposed in a Gujarat court Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena's plea seeking that the trial against him in a 2002 case of alleged assault on her be kept in abeyance.
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Case Filed Against Activist Medha Patkar For Allegedly Misusing Donation Funds
A complainant named Pritam Raj Badole has registered the FIR alleging that Medha Patkar misled people by impersonating herself as a social worker who works to provide primary-level education to tribal children.
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BJP Chose Droupadi Murmu Only To Gain Tribal Votes: Activist Medha Patkar
Social activist Medha Patkar believes that the BJP has fielded tribal leader Droupadi Murmu as the NDA's presidential candidate only because the community forms a major part of the vote bank but the party is not pro-Adivasi.
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Medha Patkar, 350 Workers Arrested For Protest At Madhya Pradesh Cloth Mill
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.
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"Thousands Drowning, Dam Filled For 1 Person": Medha Patkar's Barb At PM
Taking a dig at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his supporters, social activist Medha Patkar who is leading the Narmada Bachao Andolan has said that PM Modi's birthday celebrations overshadowed the grief of those affected by the Sardar Sarovar Dam project.
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Activist Medha Patkar's Health Worsens As Hunger Strike Enters 2nd Week
Social activist Medha Patkar's health has started deteriorating a week into her indefinite hunger strike to demand swift rehabilitation of thousands affected by floods in areas surrounding the Sardar Sarovar Dam. She launched the agitation -- called the "Narmada Chunauti Satyagraha" -- at Chhota Barda in Madhya Pradesh's Barwani district on August ...
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Activist Medha Patkar Removed By Police From Protest Site
Social activist Medha Patkar was on Monday forcibly removed by Madhya Pradesh Police from the site, where she was on the 12 day of her indefinite fast to protest against closing of the gates of the Sardar Sarovar dam in neighbouring Gujarat.
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Yogendra Yadav, Medha Patkar Arrested Outside Mandsaur, Released
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.
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Medha Patkar Supports Writers Returning Sahitya Akademi Award
Hailing several writers' move to return their Sahitya Akademi award in the aftermath of Kannada scholar MM Kalburgi murder and Dadri lynching incident, social activist Medha Patkar on Friday said an atmosphere of communalism and divisive forces was prevailing in the country.
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Activist Medha Patkar, Her Associates Arrested in Allahabad
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.
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AAP to support Medha Patkar if she contests Lok Sabha polls
The Aam Aadmi Party is willing to extend its full support to social activist Medha Patkar if she contests the Lok Sabha polls.
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Activist Medha Patkar calls off fast after assurance of inquiry into Mumbai slum demolition
Social activist Medha Patkar called off her fast late last night after Maharashtra's Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan assured her that an inquiry into the demolition of a Mumbai slum would be completed within eight days. She had been fasting for the past nine days after 43 houses of the Ganesh Krupa Housing Society in Mumbai's Golibar Slum area wer...
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Medha Patkar on indefinite hunger strike after Golibar demolition as political back and forth continues
Social Activist Medha Patkar has been on a seven-day hunger strike to protest against the demolition of 43 houses in the Ganesh Krupa Housing Society in the Golibar Slum area of Mumbai.
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Anna Hazare inaugurates new office, says country lacks leadership
Social activist Anna Hazare Sunday accused Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of "betrayal" on the Jan Lokpal bill and warned of another protest if it was not passed before the 2014 general election.
