Social activist Medha Patkar has a new mission: to bring relief to the dalits affected by the December 26, 2004 tsunamis."Even though majority of those affected by the tsunami are fishermen, the......
Activist Medha Patkar on Tuesday suggested that Anna Hazare may have taken the decision to disband his team in view of his "concerns" about getting involved with their proposed political front.......
Thousands of people, including Left party leaders and others from all walks of life, bid a tearful adieu to veteran Communist leader Govind Pansare who was cremated on Saturday sans any religious......
Ruth Manorama, activist for Dalit women's causes and social justice and winner of the 2006 Right Livelihood Award, known as the 'Alternative Nobel Prize, on Saturday said she would take up more......
Sandeep Pandey salutes women who have contributed to social transformation in India after 1980. Medha Patkar Photograph: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Probably the best known woman activist in......
N Chandrababu Naidu, when he was chief minister of the state, had sought funding for the project in 2015, but the Bank had deferred its decision in the light of the alleged government excesses.......
Think of protests against 'anti-people' policies of the government and the first name that comes to mind is that of Medha Patkar. Long associated with the Narmada Bachao Andolan, Patkar has now......