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Will India's rising inflation lead to social unrest? by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

Earlier this week, India's opposition parties came together in a rare show of unity to take to the streets in cities across the country. They protested against the government's recent decision to raise fuel prices after it Scrapped its subsidy of petrol prices in an effort to cut the budget deficit. Supporters of the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party joined hands with their ideological rivals among the Communists to paralyse normal life in...

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India opposition parties hold strike over petrol prices

Normal life has been disrupted in many parts of India after the country's main opposition parties began a 12-hour strike to protest against the increase in prices of fuel. West Bengal, Kerala and Bihar states along with Mumbai were worst affected. Businesses were shut, schools and colleges closed and public transport thin in the affected states. The government has raised fuel prices - a move that will add nearly one percentage point to...

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India to Scrap petrol subsidies

The Indian government has opted to Scrap its subsidy of petrol prices in an effort to cut its budget deficit. Ministers also voted to raise the price of other fuels, including diesel and kerosene gas in an effort to raise money. India's fiscal deficit is forecast to hit 5.5% of GDP by 2010-11. But the move is likely to be politically unpopular, and there are concerns that higher fuel prices will...

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Maoists on mind, govt mulls mining law by Nishit Dholabhai

The government is thinking of bringing in a law that would allow the National Investigation Agency to probe cases of illegal mining. The proposal for arming the NIA with this power had come from the Prime Minister’s Office. Sources said the objective was to enable the Centre to break the “mining mafia”. If passed, the proposed legislation will also enable the government to Scrap leases of companies engaged in illegal operations, like...

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India Steadily Increases Its Lead in Road Fatalities by Heather Timmons and Hari Kumar

India lives in its villages, Gandhi said. But increasingly, the people of India are dying on its roads. India overtook China to top the world in road fatalities in 2006 and has continued to pull steadily ahead, despite a heavily agrarian population, fewer people than China and far fewer cars than many Western countries. While road deaths in many other big emerging markets have declined or stabilized in recent years,...

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