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Agitating farmers block Aligarh-Mathura highway by Atiq Khan

As the Mayawati government went into damage-control mode in a bid to contain the fallout of the Aligarh incident — in which four persons were killed in police firing on August 14 (unofficial reports have claimed that six farmers were killed) — clashes were reported on Monday as agitated farmers resorted to ‘chakka jam' on the Aligarh-Mathura highway. According to Inspector-General (Law and Order) A.P. Maheshwari, farmers blocked the Aligarh highway...

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Dalit RTI petitioner faces BSP politico's wrath

Uttar Pradesh may be ruled by a Dalit Chief Minister but poor Dalits in the state's rural areas continue to suffer under the oppression of upper caste politicians. One such case is that of a 50-year old dalit Budhai Ram of Sidhauli village in Sitapur district, 80 kilometres from Lucknow. Budhai Ram apparently made the mistake of filing a Right to Information petition at the office of the Sitapur district...

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The Centre on Monday cleared a proposal for setting up a commission to check illegal mining. The decision follows several meetings that the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has held with senior mines ministry officials. The commission will submit its report within 18 months after monitoring the progress of state governments like Karnataka in checking the menace. The concerns over the issue have gained further ground after the Reddy brothers, ministers in the...

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