Farmer agitation over compensation for land returned to haunt the Mayawati government when about a dozen persons, including three policemen, were injured in a clash in Karchhana in Allahabad district on Friday. The farmers of Dewri Kachri village staged an indefinite dharna demanding more compensation for the land acquired for a power project being developed by the JP Group in Karchhana. Reports said that one person was killed in police firing....
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Adivasi body stir against eviction
Over 500 people under the banner of All Adivasi Students' Association of Assam (Aasaa) staged a four-hour dharna in the Lastgate area of Dispur on Thursday seeking an immediate halt to illegal eviction in the Lungsung forest area of Kokrajhar district. Shouting slogans like "stop illegal eviction in Lungsung" and "give us justice", the protesters alleged that the Congress-led government in the state has deprived them of the basic needs....
More »One dies as UP police, farmers clash
One farmer was killed and several others, including some policemen, were injured on Friday when protesting farmers clashed with the police in Allahabad district. The farmers were holding a protest demanding enhanced compensation for their land which has been acquired by the government for building a 1320 MW power plant at Karchana. Enraged over the death, hundreds of farmers indulged in stone throwing and set ablaze several police vehicles and squatted on...
More »Medical Board set up on Netai compensation
The West Bengal Government has constituted a medical board to decide on the beneficiaries of compensation in the firing in Netai village in Lalgarh on January 7. While Rs. 2 lakh would be paid to those killed in the firing on a crowd of villagers, allegedly from the house of a CPI(M) leader, Rs 1.5 lakh would be paid to those critically injured and Rs 50,000 to persons with less grave...
More »Another Kasaragod by Savvy Soumya Misra
Like Kerala’s Kasaragod, neighbouring Dakshina Kannada is bearing the brunt of spraying of endosulfan. While Kasaragod grabbed media spotlight and Kerala banned the pesticide, victims in Karnataka are still struggling for recognition. Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa in December announced that his government would consider banning endosulfan. The highly toxic pesticide is banned in over 70 countries. The assurance has come too late and is too little for the hundreds of...
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