Medha Patkar

Madhya Pradesh: Medha Patkar, 11 others, booked for misusing donation funds

Pritam Raj Badole has alleged that the activist misled people by impersonating a social worker, who provides primary-level education and hostel to tribal children of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra

Prashant Bhushan, there’s no need to lie, learn from Medha Patkar

When the media spoke to Patkar about her impressions on the low turnout, she dismissed the numbers as a non-issue. Bhushan, meanwhile, claimed that the Mumbai rally saw as many as 25,000 supporters attending.

'BJP must be taught a lesson': Protesting farmers to hold meetings across Bengal urging people to defeat saffron party

Farmer leaders are likely to attend the mahapanchayats in Kolkata's Bhowanipore, and in Nandigram on Saturday. Similar events will be held in Singur and Asansol on Sunday

Republic Day violence: Delhi Police issues lookout notice against farmer leaders named in FIR

Police have named 37 leaders, including Rakesh Tikait, Yogendra Yadav and Medha Patkar, in the FIR that mentioned charges of attempt to murder, rioting and criminal conspiracy (edited)

Farmers' protest: Slogans, songs and drumbeats fill the air at Delhi's Burari ground

The farmers, mostly from Punjab and Haryana and also from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, arrived at the ground in trucks and tractors to protest against Centre's new farm laws

Passport dept seeks MEA nod to prosecute activist Medha Patkar for concealing details of pending criminal cases in application

The Mumbai Regional Passport Office has sought the external affairs ministry's nod to prosecute Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) activist Medha Patkar for not disclosing criminal cases against her in her passport application

Narendra Modi will visit Sardar Sarovar Dam on birthday, says Vijay Rupani; PM to witness water in reservoir reaching full level on 17 September

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be present at the dam site to celebrate the feat on 17 September, which is also his 69th birthday

Anna Hazare calls off seven-day fast: Is he no longer the force he was back in 2003 and 2011?

As Anna Hazare called off his seven-day fast for the formation of a Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in the states, the anti-corruption crusader who once drew thousands to the national capital's central protest grounds must now grapple with his new image as an activist diminished.

Illegal sand mining: Congress govt in Madhya Pradesh fails to address menace despite tall pre-poll promises; state rivers suffer

Although the new government in Madhya Pradesh promised a slew of measures to tackle the problem, the ground reality is much grimmer.

Ganga pollution protest: Bizarre disappearance of Swami Gopal Das from Dehradun hospital puts doubt on govt's intent

On learning of her son’s disappearance, Gopal Das’ distraught 60-year-old mother Shakuntala went on a fast unto death at Triveni ghats in Rishikesh from 13 December.