-The Telegraph New Delhi: Police have arrested five activists, including an editor, a professor and a lawyer, on the suspicion of being Maoists, more than six months after an attack by alleged Hindutva groups on Ambedkarities visiting a war memorial near Pune. Those arrested have been booked under several charges, including the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. Pune police on Wednesday arrested Committee for the Release of Political PRIsoners (CRPP) spokesperson Rona Wilson from...
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Sharp garlic PRIce drop leaves Mandsaur farmers with a bitter taste -Sanjeeb Mukherjee
-Business Standard Farmers wait for the Bhavanter sale window to close in the next few weeks as they believe PRIces would increase after that, like in the case of soybean Pipliyamandi (Mandsaur): "A few years ago, we used to say, if someone took a trolly full of garlic to the mandi, he might end up buying a new tractor on his way back home. But now it seems even the tractor that...
More »NPPA's drug PRIce fixing power to be curbed -Sushmi Dey
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In an attempt to revamp drug PRIce regulation in the country, while strengthening implementation and market monitoring, the government is set to restructure the regulator, National Pharmaceutical PRIcing Authority (NPPA). The authority, which is expected to be re-christened soon, will be replaced by a board or a council with four full-time members, including the chairman. The other three members — an economist, a costing specialist and...
More »Year after Mandsaur farmer deaths, Rs 1 crore compensation has changed little -Mohammad Hamza Khan
-The Indian Express While they were given compensation of Rs 1 crore and a government job, families say the root causes of farmers' problems are yet to be addressed and that they were yet to get justice. Mandsaur (M.P.): A year after six farmers were killed in Mandsaur during an agitation for better PRIces, their families are still angry and most plan to attend Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s rally on Wednesday. While...
More »85% Rural Work Wages Paid On Time: BJP. Claim Reflects Pay Orders Not Wages -IndiaSpend
-FactChecker.in/ IndiaSpend Team Mumbai: On completing four years in government, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released a slew of infographics based on what it offered as achievements. Two such claims relate to the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), a 12-year-old rural make-work programme launched in 2006 by the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, led by the Congress party. The BJP–whose leader PRIme Minister Narendra Modi once said the...
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