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Aarey protest: Conditional bail for 29 protesters

Aaditya slams Metro over tree cutting, urges CM to spare activists

9:34 pm October 5, 2019

Mumbai: Hitting out at the Mumbai Metro authorities for felling trees in Aarey Colony, Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday came out in support of environmental activists who have been detained or arrested. Thackeray, whose party is ally of the ruling BJP, requested Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis to ask the city police not […]

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Aarey not forest, Javadekar defends felling of trees

8:35 pm October 5, 2019

Lucknow: Amid strong opposition from green activists, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Saturday cited a Bombay High Court order to defend the Mumbai Metro Corporation’s move to fell trees in Aarey Colony, saying it was “not a forest”. “Basically the high court has decided and ruled yesterday that it is not a forest,” Javadekar […]

Nirupam, Deora decry felling of trees at Aarey

8:33 pm October 5, 2019

Mumbai: Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam on Saturday condemned felling of trees at Aarey Colony here which began in the night, and arrest of protesting activists. Milind Deora, his party colleague, called the tree cutting “stabbing yourself in the lungs”. Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation started felling trees on Friday night to make way for car shed […]

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Aarey: Another jolt for greens as HC refuses stay on felling of trees

8:23 pm October 5, 2019

Mumbai: Green activists suffered a second jolt in two consecutive days when the Bombay High Court on Saturday refused to stay ongoing felling of trees at Mumbai’s prominent green lung, Aarey Colony, to make way for a proposed metro car shed. A few green activists moved a fresh application on Saturday seeking stay for a […]

29 arrested in connection with Aarey Colony protest

2:16 pm October 5, 2019

Mumbai: Twenty-nine people, including six women, were arrested on Saturday in connection with the protest against the cutting of trees in Aarey Colony, a police official said. Those arrested are among the 60 people earlier detained by police. “We have arrested 29 protesters. Six of them are women. Some of them had manhandled and beaten […]