Villagers and activists had long been alleging over-exploitation and pollution of groundwater and soil by the unit.
After rows over water usage at its plants in Kerala and Uttar Pradesh, it is now the turn of its Gujarat factory.
Central Ground Water Authority declared Arajiline block, where the bottling plant in located, as "over exploited" in 2011
Its goodbye to Coke and Pepsi at the Banaras Hindu University campus in Varanasi. The university has banned these drinks on its campus from August 1, 2007.
Sumit Kumar, a class VII student of St. Paul Public School in Patna, left for school on Tuesday morning, but has not returned since.
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