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RTI activist shot dead near Gujarat HC

A prominent Right to Information activist, who had filed a public interest litigation against illegal mining in Gir forest region, was shot dead by two unidentified gunmen opposite Gujarat high......

Veerappan encounter was fake: Rights activists

Human rights activists have claimed that the Special Task Force had staged-managed the encounter in which forest brigand Veerappan and his three associates were killed in October last......

'We politicians have given the Naxals a walkover'

Maoists killed senior Congress leader Mahendra Karma on Saturday, May 25. Three years ago, Karma had explained why he opposed the Maoists in an exclusive interview to Rediff.com The man accused in......

Questions India needs to ask on world biodiversity day

India is the chair of Convention on Biological Diversity till 2014. India has the chance to lead the world with setting high standards on biodiversity protection within India and with operations......

Domestic abuse scandal: Oppn demands Chandy's resignation

The resignation of Forest Minister K B Ganesh Kumar following allegations of domestic violence had its echo in the Kerala Assembly on Tuesday where opposition Left Democratic Front demanded that......

Was it right to stop Vedanta?

The Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh's order stopping Vedanta Aluminium and the Orissa Mining Corporation from mining bauxite in the Niyamgiri hills to feed the company's......

No forest rights violation at Posco site: Orissa

The Orissa government has refuted allegations of the four-member committee of the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA), on the issue of violations of......

It's the right climate for change

The new Indian position articulated in Parliament by the minister of state for environment and forests is a mix of pragmatism and principle, says Business Standard.In defining a new and nuanced......

Sounds to come alive on Google Earth

Here's good news for Internet enthusiasts. Ethnic sounds - right from the Brazilian rain forest to Arctic ice sheets - will now accompany the location-sighting venture on Google Earth."Our......

Vedanta and international standards on mining

The most significant development over the last 10 years is that such organisations have accepted the need to operate on the basis of the principle of FPIC, namely Free, Prior and Informed Consent,......

Review: Epic tells a heartwarming story

Epic is the classic good-versus-bad film with a heartwarming story, writes Ankur Pathak.Bluesky, the animation studio behind admirably crafted films like the Ice Age series, Robots, and most......

'Haridas was a new experience for me'

Actor Kishore is popular for playing tough roles either as a cop or as a villain in both Kannada and Tamil films. He debuted in Malayalam cinema as well in 2012. Kishore's tryst with Kannada......

Review: Okkadine isn't appealing

Telugu film Okkadine has action, romance, twists and turns in the plot and even an item number. Yet, it fails to sustain interest due to its predictable story, says Radhika Rajamani.Director......

Veerappan's biopic set to release on February 14

Attahasa, the bilingual biopic of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, directed and produced by AMR Ramesh, has been making headlines ever since it was announced. First, it was curiosity about the......

Review: Samar is a commercial entertainer

Pavithra Srinivasanfeels despite several plot-holes, Samar works because of its entertaining plot. The ancient, tried-and-trusted commercial, formulaic entertainers are now receiving newer,......

Cardiff get promotion to Premier League after 51 years!

CardiffCity were promoted to the English Premier League on Tuesday after a 0-0 draw at home to Charlton Athletic guaranteed the Welsh side a top-two finish in the Championship (second division).......

FIFA probe bad boy Suarez for 'punching' Chile player

Uruguay forward Luis Suarez is being investigated by FIFA for allegedly punching Chile defender Gonzalo Jara during a South American World Cup qualifier last month. “FIFA have opened a case......

British PM Cameron apologises for 1989 stadium disaster

British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday he is "profoundly sorry" for failures and cover-ups in the wake of the 1989 Hillsborough soccer disaster in which 96 spectators died after a......

People speak for forest rights

QNA

Q. how many men would not touch a beautiful lady if they meet lonely in forest, on river, beach in railway bogie, where there is nobody around except the two? I think hardly 5% will be saint and others ????
Vaishali: A. more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/how-many-men-would-not-touch-a-beautiful-lady-if-they-meet-l/25629331/answers/

Q. can you write an essay about india ?
Cnanu Shree: A. you are right more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/can-you-write-an-essay-about-india-/25295112/answers/25629359

Q. If you are stuck in the forest with your wife and your mother a tiger comes and tells you he will eat one of them as he only eats female humans? whom do you plan to save
Anindya Mukherjee: A. FACTS ABOUT INDIA THAT MAKE US PROUD.1)"India never invaded any country in her last 10,000 years of history."2)"It is the only...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/if-you-are-stuck-in-the-forest-with-your-wife-and-your-mothe/24448723/answers/25295123

Q. Save trees ..... save forest to save man and animals...
BABASAHEB ANDHARE: A. you offer yourself or say kill all of us, cant choose one is left eye and other is right eye both are equal and important to me one gives me birth...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/save-trees-.....-save-forest-to-save-man-and-animals.../23818363/answers/24448732

Web results for Forest Rights

'Coffee estates will not be acquired for laying power line'

Power Grid Corporation officials have clarified that they will not acquire paddy fields or coffee estates for the work of laying high-tension power... ...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/334657/039coffee-estates-not-acquired-laying.html

Maoists kill top Congress leaders in Chhattisgarh

Former Union Minister Vidya Charan Shukla was injured in a Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh. Suspected Naxals opened fire on the Congress party's... ...

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/maoists-kill-top-congress-leaders-in-chhattisgarh/1120639/

Restoring the dead

The large Reserve Collection Room at Regional Museum of Natural History (RMNH), Bhubaneswar, Odisha is an animal kingdom in itself. And Siba Prasad... ...

http://newindianexpress.com/magazine/Restoring-the-dead/2013/05/26/article1602852.ece

Master of small things

Ravindran has been growing bonsais, lots and lots of it, for the last four decades on his one-and-a-half acre garden in Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu. |... ...

http://newindianexpress.com/magazine/Master-of-small-things/2013/05/26/article1602849.ece

Congress leaders killed in Maoist strike

Raipur, May 25 (IBNS): Two senior leaders of the Congress party's Chhattisgarh unit were killed on Saturday after Maoist rebels attacked a convoy... ...

http://www.indiablooms.com/NewsDetailsPage/2013/newsDetails250513x.php

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