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3 days national seminar on "Social Economy, Self Sustained Green Society, Climate Change, Economic Justice, Local Governance and Alternative Media"

GRI Cover Reports, Environment, Freedom-of-Expression, Human Rights, Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 324 A three days seminar on 27th to 29th of the November 2010 is being co-organized by Local Governance & Decentralized Economy Social Group and Gokul University and co-sponsored by the Ground Report India. on “Social Economy, Self Sustained Green Society, Climate Change, Economic Justice, Local Governance and Alternative Media”. More than 70 persons […]

Dead Ceremony of Bore-Well & Birth day celebration of the pond in Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh

GRI Cover Reports, Environment, Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 260 Dewas district, Madhya Pradesh, India Hundreds of farmers participated in the Dead Ceremony of the Bore-Well and Birth Day celebration of the Rewasagar (the holy name of the Pond in the region). Umakant Umrao, IAS, former district collector Dewas motivated farmers of Dewas district to construct ponds in 10% to 15% of their […]

Basudha Festival :: Regenerating local festivals strengthening community bonds

GRI Cover Reports, Environment, Indian States, Reports, Writers in Solidarity 0

Visitors: 262 Photo Album: For more photos of Basudha Festival please visit: more photos of Basudha festival Photos by: Vivek Umrao Glendenning MCIJ

HOW CERTAIN SHOULD WE BE, THE PROBLEM OF RELIGIOUS PLURALISM : Full text of Sir Mark Tully's 9th Rev. Dr. Stanley Samartha Memorial lecture

GRI Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 276 The ninth Rev. Dr. Stanley Samartha Memorial Lecture delivered by Sir Mark Tully, on 7th October, 2010 at the Rotary House of Friendship, Bangalore, organised by the Bangalore Initiative for Religious Dialogue (BIRD) Thank you very much for that very kind introduction. It’s a great honour to be here, but I’d say that […]

ALL INDIA ESSAY COMPETITION FOR STUDENTS ON MAHATMA GANDHI MAHATMA GANDHI HAS GONE INTO HISTORY, SAY THE STUDENTS

GRI Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 204 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE OBSERVATIONS MADE BY THE STUDENTS Holiday on Gandhi Jayanthi day Quite a number of students shockingly pointed out that Mahatma Gandhi would have largely gone out of public memory due to the present happenings in the country, but for the holiday given on his birthday on 2nd October. Humiliating Mahatma […]

India preaches to Biodiversity Conference while presiding over destruction at home

GRI Cover Reports, Environment, Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 252 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity, and this week, signatories to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are meeting in Nagoya, Japan. It is hoped that this 10th Conference of Parties (COP10) will see the development of a plan to address drastic worldwide decline in biodiversity. The Indian Minister of Environment and […]

MAJORITY REPORT OF MOEF COMMITTEE A VINDICATION OF PEOPLES JUST STRUGGLE AGAINST POSCO PROJECT

GRI Environment, Human Rights, Reports 0

Visitors: 255 The Majority Report of the 4 member Committee appointed by Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Mr. Jairam Ramesh to go into all issues relating to the environmental and forest clearances granted to the POSCO project in Orissa, has unequivocally recommended the revocation of the environmental, coastal regulation and forest clearances […]

A VIEW POINT ON GMO FOODS AND PLANTS

GRI Environment, Human Rights, Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 241 One has heard so much about Genetically Modified Organisms, Seeds and Plants. Much money has been spent on research and validation processes and a few nations have given a green signal for the growing of some GM plants and their sale for consumption to citizens. Maise or Corn is one GM item. Here […]

human rights defender under arrest, illegal detention in a fabricated charge

GRI Human Rights, Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 288 Name of the victim: Mr. Ajit Mahato, son of Mukunda Mahato, aged about-30 years, by faith-Hindu, by caste-Schedule caste(Kurmi), residing at village-Golbandi, Police Station-Jhargram, District-West Medinipur, West Bengal, India. Name of the perpetrators: The police personnel of Manikpara Police Camp under Jhargram Police Station and the members of the Joint Force who were […]

THE JAMMU & KASHMIR PROBLEM: PARAMETERS OF A FINAL RESOLUTION

GRI Human Rights, Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 224 Recent unrest in the Kashmir Valley, once again has drawn attention to the Jammu & Kashmir problem. Statements of Indian, Pakistani and Kashmiri leaders reflect the same old rhetoric. To anyone who has closely studied developments there, that the successive governments as well as political leaders of India, Pakistan, and Jammu & Kashmir […]

India Can Never Honor its Heroes

GRI Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 319 India since its independence have been marred by controversies in each and every event or thing it did however that very event eventually lead to the rise of national fame and prestige. With the ongoing controversies of Commonwealth games corruption and also of the debacle we had with the IPL I am being […]

My dear Buffalos and cows pl. coperate as men and women can not……..: by Alok Tholiya

GRI Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 222 Confidential mail to all milk producing animals. Pl. fwd to them if it reaches you by mistake: Pl.note that Diwali has come. The demand for sweets and other milk products will be 100 times more then the normal time. So u will have to work over time and produce 100 times more milk […]

Open letter to CM, Dy. CM and Leader of the Opposition….: by RTI activists, Maharashtra

GRI Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 258 To, The Chief Minister – Shri Ashok Chavan, The Deputy Chief Minister – Shri Chhagan Bhujbal, and Leader of the Opposition – Shri Eknath Khadse. Sub. :– Credentials of the Information Commissioners and the Chief Information Commissioner of Maharashtra selected by you as members of the “Selection Committee”. Respected Sirs, We are concerned […]

Writ Filed in High Court in the RTI matter related with Vigilance Department

GRI Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 458 A writ has been filed today by Dr Nutan Thakur, Convener of the National RTI Forum in the Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench. Sri Ashok Pande is the counsel for the petitioner. The writ is against the Notification No 2339/39-4-2010- 21/05, dated September 22, 2010 issued by Principal Secretary, Vigilance, Uttar Pradesh through […]

Koyapad The Bastar Band protecting tribal music & instruments from extinction

GRI Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 222 Koyapad the Bastar Band was formed by Anoop Ranjan Pandey, Chhattisgarh with the support by local tribal youth and others to protect traditional tribal music & instruments from extinction. All instruments, all clothes and other stuffs used in the Koyapad the Bastar Band are made by local tribals themselves by hands. Many team […]

Koyapad the Bastar Band :: video report 05

GRI Indian States, Reports, Video Reports 0

Visitors: 199 Video Report by:Vivek Umrao Glendenning MCIJ

Koyapad the Bastar Band :: video report 04

GRI Indian States, Reports, Video Reports 0

Visitors: 173 Video Report by:Vivek Umrao Glendenning MCIJ

Koyapad the Bastar Band :: video report 03

GRI Indian States, Reports, Video Reports 0

Visitors: 175 Video Reports by: Vivek Umrao Glendenning MCIJ

Koyapad the Bastar Band :: video report 02

GRI Indian States, Reports, Video Reports 0

Visitors: 151 Video Reports by: Vivek Umrao Glendenning MCIJ

Koyapad the Bastar Band :: video report 01

GRI Indian States, Reports, Video Reports 0

Visitors: 182 Video Reports by: Vivek Umrao Glendenning MCIJ

CLOSURE ORDER ON STERLITE INDUSTRIES – IS THERE NO OTHER WAY ?

GRI Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 225 The order of the Madras High Court closing down the copper smelting plant of Sterlite Industries at Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu is one more serious set back for the growth of the chemical and allied industries in Tamil Nadu. A few years back, a well operated and profit making South India Viscose Ltd., […]

WILL FOOD MINISTER EAT ROTTEN FOOD GRAINS ?

GRI Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 173 The Supreme court has ordered and the Government of India has agreed that the poorly stored food grains (may be rotten and not fit for human consumption) should be distributed to the people living below poverty line. The Supreme Court has not suggested and the Government of India has also not thought it […]

Tamil RTI Activist’s Murder in PDS Scam

GRI Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 185 Murugan, belonging to Devendrar, Scheduled Caste community, hailing from Thoothukudi District of Tamilnadu, died on 7 September under mysterious circumstances. Murugan was working as Assistant Quality Control Inspector in the State Civil Supplies Corporation, Thoothukudi. While on duty, he had noticed some pilferages and illegal smuggling of the stored food items of the […]

IS THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES THE LAST STRAW ON THE CAMEL’S BACK?

GRI Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 215 Dr. Manmohan Singh’s government is the cause for the humiliation faced by the country , with the Commonwealth Games village being termed as filthy by no less a person than the Chief Executive of the Commonwealth Games Federation. Millions of Indians feel bitter about this and think that they deserve better. One wonders […]

National Fishworkers Forum comprehensively rejects the Draft CRZ Notification : NATIONAL FISHWORKERS’ FORUM (NFF)

GRI Indian States, Reports 0

Visitors: 205 The National Fishworkers Forum completely rejects the draft CRZ Notification 2010 put up on the MoEF website. Given the fact that there are only cosmetic differences between the pre-draft Notification and the Notification pertaining to Coastal Regulation Zone, it appears that either the Minister for Environment and Forests is trying to fool the […]