An NGO has written to the National Human Right Commission (NHRC) for immediate release of activist Medha Patkar and 21 others arrested on Sunday evening in Madhya Pradesh's Chhindwara district.

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A Delhi court on Tuesday paved the way for the trial of Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activist Medha Patkar by framing charges against her in a defamation case filed by an NGO chief in 2001 following a

Noted social activist Medha Patkar, who is on fast to protest eviction of slum-dwellers from Golibar Slum in suburban Khar since May 20, is likely to end her protest on Saturday (May 28), with Maharas

Social activist Medha Patkar on Saturday ended her nine-day hunger strike to protest eviction of slum-dwellers from Mumbai's Khar suburb after the state government agreed to her demands, Patkar's associate said on Saturday.

The railway minister and Trinamool Congress chief, Ms Mamata Banerjee, will hold a public rally in Lalgarh against the Left Government misrule in West Bengal on Monday.

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