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City's poor condemned to another bitter winter by Ambika Pandit

Three lives have been lost while several others had a narrow escape in fireaccidents that have so far claimed 16 night shelters between last year and now. In the latest incident, a night shelter was destroyed in a fire early on Saturday morning leaving a nine-year-old girl charred to death. Worse still, like every year, the state government is scrambling to put in place a winter plan for the city's...

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Tribals oppose hydropower projects by Anand Bodh

Hydropower projects in tribal Kinnaur and Lahaul-Spiti district are witnessing stiff oppoSITion from local residents. But their protests are going unheard due to lack of political will. Tribals are up in arms to save their fertile lands and natural source of irrigation, but their concerns have gone unheard in government corridors, as the state government is approving projects one after another in tribal areas. On Friday, over 200 residents of Tindi...

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Jairam Ramesh's controversial Land Bill draws flak by AM Jigeesh

-India Today   Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh's pet land acquiSITion, rehabilitation and resettlement Bill, 2011 has run into major roadblocks in the parliamentary standing committee. Various stakeholders, including farmers' organisations, NGOs and legal experts contend that in its present form, the Bill is an empty shell that exempts 90 per cent major development projects - highways, nuclear plants, mines, SEZs et al-in the name of which, land is being acquired across...

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Another farmer suicide in Burdwan by Debajyoti Chakraborty

Safar Ali Mollah, 18, a paddy farmer, committed suicide by drinking pesticide at Kalitikuri village under Bhatar police station area on Friday night. Only three days ago, Bhabani Porel (45), paddy farmer of Chanduli village under Burdwan Sadar Police Station area committed suicide by hanging from a tree. Safar was unable to sell paddy crop at the Minimum Support Price (MSP) stipulated by the state government which landed him in a...

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Malegaon four pick up pieces after five years by Sadaf Modak

SITting outside his home in a plastic chair among neighbours, Shabbir Masiullah Ahmed tries to recognise people he is meeting after five years. “You have aged,” he tells one. His brother-in-law Raees Ahmed is trying to bond with his five-year-old daughter who, he says, “has begun to recognise me”. Dr Salman Farsi complains of lack of sleep because of the steady flow of journalists and relatives. These three are among the seven men...

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