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Photographs: Hitesh Harisinghani/Rediff Built on the banks of the Narmada river, facing the Sardar Sarovar Dam, the project was announced in 2010 and later inaugurated on October 31, 2018 by Prime ...
New Delhi: Social activist Medha Patkar was arrested Friday after failing to comply with a Delhi court’s order requiring her ...
This NGO was a staunch opponent of the Narmada Bachao Andolan. Patkar, who became the face of the Narmada Bachao Andolan, took the mantle to protest the construction of the Sardar Sarovar Dam project ...
Patkar's Narmada Bachao Andolan was a movement opposing the Sardar Sarovar Dam project due to its displacement of thousands of people. She has also been involved in various struggles related to ...
Patkar, a social activist who led the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), has long opposed large-scale infrastructure projects such as the Sardar Sarovar Dam, arguing that they result in the displacement of ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — From some of the world’s most powerful leaders to those on society’s margins whom Pope Francis always made a point to minister to, hundreds of thousands of people flocked ...
The lens of Manila Standard’s Edd Castro captures the panoramic view of Angat Dam in Norzagaray, Bulacan which has showed ...
Karan called Sardar Udham "one of the best pieces of art" he has watched so far. He said, “I’ve loved Sardar Udham. In fact, I’ve watched all the movies that depicted the Jallianwala Bagh ...
Authorities demolished houses of Zakir Ahmad Ganie in Kulgam and LeT commander Shahid Ahmad Kuttay in Chotipora, Shopian, raising the total demolitions to five. The demolitions were conducted ...
At the time, Saxena’s NGO was a vocal supporter of the Gujarat government’s Sardar Sarovar Project, while Patkar’s NBA was at the forefront of the opposition movement. Patkar also claimed ...