-The Indian Express Khunti: It could not have been an easy decision for Jyoti Mariyam Hora, 10, to leave Khunti and head for Delhi. Though her best friend, Jayamani Guria, accompanied Jyoti, leaving behind her five siblings and alcoholic father should have wieghed heavily on her mind. Her mother had died when she was a toddler. They boarded the Swarna Jayanti Express to Delhi on April 11 along with Jayamani's neighbour, Chandmani,...
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The scholar who grew up in Mumbai's red light area- Abhishek Mande
-Rediff.com Born in Mumbai's infamous red-light district, Shweta Katti has won a scholarship to the Bard College, New York. This is her story. Shweta Katti is warming up to the media attention she's been receiving lately. She has had a long day but has agreed to meet me at a coffee shop for what must have been the nth interview she's giving in the last 48 hours. It is close to 10 in...
More »Orissa to complete procuring land for Posco plant in two weeks
-Bloomberg The entire land could be handed over by June to Posco, which already has about 1,700 acres in its possession Mumbai: Orissa expects to complete procuring land needed forPosco's steel complex in less than two weeks as farmers relinquish their opposition on the proposed $12 billion project. About 200 acres (81 hectares) out of the total 2,700 acres are left to be acquired from local residents, said Satya Kumar Mallick, the administrative...
More »Dalits of Pabnawa take out protest march
-PTI Kaithal (Haryana): Scores of people belonging to a Dalit community of Pabnawa village took out a protest march today and held a demonstration in front of mini secretariat here, demanding arrest of the remaining accused in the violence in which several villagers and seven policemen were injured about 10 days ago. The Indian Bahujan Sandesh Party (Kanshi Ram) also held a demonstration in support of the demands of Dalits of...
More »Third member of family in suicide pact dies
-The Times of India ROHTAK: One more member of the Hisar dalitfamily who had attempted suicide on Monday died in hospital on Tuesday, taking the toll to three. The nine-year-old boy breathed his last early on Tuesday while undergoing treatment atPGIMS in Rohtak. Doctors said the condition of two others, including an 11-year-old boy and his father, was still critical. On Monday, the mother and sister of a rape victim had died...
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