Dalit leader Mayawati spent Rs 20,12,60,000 of public money over the past one year to renovate her bungalow at 13, Mall Avenue, in Lucknow. She needs Rs 2 crore more. Recently, Mayawati moved out of the chief minister's official residence and shifted to her home, ostensibly because she considers 13 to be her lucky number. The Rs 20 crore was spent from the chief minister's contingency fund, according to the supplementary...
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Blood spills in water war by Jaideep Hardikar
Four farmers were killed in police firing as a protracted farmers’ agitation against an urban water-supply project in Pune district turned violent on Tuesday afternoon. Several farmers and 20 policemen were injured, two of them seriously. More than 300 protesters were rounded up. A strong crackdown restored traffic on the blocked Pune-Mumbai expressway, Pune rural police said. Around 1.30pm, more than 400 villagers, agitating for years against an urban water supply project they...
More »Three die as Pune police open fire on protesting farmers by Amruta Byatnal
A farmers' protest against diversion of irrigation water and land acquisition turned ugly on Tuesday, as three people including a woman, were killed when the police opened fire to quell the agitation which became violent at Bahur village near the Pune-Mumbai express highway. The firing occurred around 11 a.m. ThouSands of farmers had gathered in the morning to protest diversion of water from the Pavana Dam to the twin industrial township...
More »Maharashtra orders judicial probe into police firing, project stopped
-DNA The Maharashtra government on Wednesday ordered a judicial inquiry by a retired high court judge into Tuesday’s police firing that killed three farmers, including a 45-year-old woman, while the Pune district collector ordered the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) to stop the water pipeline project. The collector also ordered an inquiry by the sub-divisional officer (SDO) of Maval into the firing incident. On Tuesday, Sandeep Karnik, Pune (rural) SP, said the...
More »Flood alert for 10 districts
-The Telegraph The government today issued a flood alert for 10 districts with the warning that the situation may deteriorate if the rain continues. “The situation is being monitored round the clock,” said irrigation minister Manas Bhuniya. He said the water levels of some rivers had risen following continuous rainfall over the past two days in their catchment areas. “The districts for which a flood alert has been issued are Malda, Murshidabad, North...
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