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12-Year-Old Becomes Head of Family as 4 Siblings in Agra Are Abandoned By Relatives
At a village in Uttar Pradesh's Agra, four young children live on their own in a brick shed. They cook their own food and have been told that they will get Rs 1,000 a month.
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Rain brings cheer to Agra farmers
Fairly widespread rains in the last three days have delighted farmers in the Agra region as the delayed monsoon had triggered fears of a drought. Met department officials now say that spectre has receded. Agra has received 30 mm rainfall in the past 24 hours and the downpour on Monday was particularly heavy. Drizzle continues in the region. The wea...
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Farmers' agitation spreads to Agra, villagers set office on fire
The wave of violence at Greater Noida, that saw a bloody farmers' agitation against land acquisition, has now spread to Agra.Irate villagers, protesting against the land acquisition for the Uttar Pradesh government's Yamuna Expressway project, set on fire the construction company Jaypee Group's camp office.The local administration feels that the at...
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A highway that spurned farmers now embraces them
When the state of Uttar Pradesh announced plans to confiscate farmland for a toll road to the Taj Mahal, a grimly predictable plotline ensued. Protesting farmers, angry over low compensation, blocked road work. Frustration boiled into fatal clashes with the police. Then opposition politicians arrived to pillory the state government and pose for pho...
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12-Year-Old Becomes Head of Family as 4 Siblings in Agra Are Abandoned By Relatives
At a village in Uttar Pradesh's Agra, four young children live on their own in a brick shed. They cook their own food and have been told that they will get Rs 1,000 a month.
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Rain brings cheer to Agra farmers
Fairly widespread rains in the last three days have delighted farmers in the Agra region as the delayed monsoon had triggered fears of a drought. Met department officials now say that spectre has receded. Agra has received 30 mm rainfall in the past 24 hours and the downpour on Monday was particularly heavy. Drizzle continues in the region. The wea...
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Farmers' agitation spreads to Agra, villagers set office on fire
The wave of violence at Greater Noida, that saw a bloody farmers' agitation against land acquisition, has now spread to Agra.Irate villagers, protesting against the land acquisition for the Uttar Pradesh government's Yamuna Expressway project, set on fire the construction company Jaypee Group's camp office.The local administration feels that the at...
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A highway that spurned farmers now embraces them
When the state of Uttar Pradesh announced plans to confiscate farmland for a toll road to the Taj Mahal, a grimly predictable plotline ensued. Protesting farmers, angry over low compensation, blocked road work. Frustration boiled into fatal clashes with the police. Then opposition politicians arrived to pillory the state government and pose for pho...
