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Politics Over Jharkhand's Anti-Land Acquisition Protests Intensifies
Anti-land acquisition protests in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh has united the opposition in the state with both the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal demanding that the state government re-look the award of land for mining to energy major National Thermal Power Corporation. The Pakri-Barwadih coal block is estimated to have 1.6 billion tonnes of coal...
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Jharkhand Firing: Fear In Villages At Centre Of Anti-Land Acquisition Protests
Most homes in the villages of Dandi Kala and Sindwari, in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district, remain locked a week after four villagers died in police firing during anti-land acquisition protests. According to those who remain, many have run away fearing police action.
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Congress Leader Sachin Pilot Injured as Party Workers Clash With Police During Protest Against Land Acquisition Bill
At least six people, including Congress leader Sachin Pilot, were today injured after being beaten by the police as they marched towards the Rajasthan state assembly in protest against the land acquisition rules in the state and the Centre.
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Madhya Pradesh land row: Farmers sit on pyres, threaten mass suicide
Twenty farmers in Bujbuja village of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh sit every day on funeral pyres, with kerosene and match sticks at arm's reach. This is a relay protest against acquisition of land by the government for a thermal power plant in the area.
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No evidence of rape in Bhatta-Parsaul: Human Rights panel
A few weeks after UPA General Secretary Rahul Gandhi alleged that women had been raped by Uttar Pradesh policemen during the Bhatta-Parsaul agitation, a media report said the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) found no evidence of rape.Now, an embarrassed government says they have reservations about the NHRC report."I don't want to comment on ...
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Politics Over Jharkhand's Anti-Land Acquisition Protests Intensifies
Anti-land acquisition protests in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh has united the opposition in the state with both the Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal demanding that the state government re-look the award of land for mining to energy major National Thermal Power Corporation. The Pakri-Barwadih coal block is estimated to have 1.6 billion tonnes of coal...
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Jharkhand Firing: Fear In Villages At Centre Of Anti-Land Acquisition Protests
Most homes in the villages of Dandi Kala and Sindwari, in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district, remain locked a week after four villagers died in police firing during anti-land acquisition protests. According to those who remain, many have run away fearing police action.
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Congress Leader Sachin Pilot Injured as Party Workers Clash With Police During Protest Against Land Acquisition Bill
At least six people, including Congress leader Sachin Pilot, were today injured after being beaten by the police as they marched towards the Rajasthan state assembly in protest against the land acquisition rules in the state and the Centre.
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Madhya Pradesh land row: Farmers sit on pyres, threaten mass suicide
Twenty farmers in Bujbuja village of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh sit every day on funeral pyres, with kerosene and match sticks at arm's reach. This is a relay protest against acquisition of land by the government for a thermal power plant in the area.
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No evidence of rape in Bhatta-Parsaul: Human Rights panel
A few weeks after UPA General Secretary Rahul Gandhi alleged that women had been raped by Uttar Pradesh policemen during the Bhatta-Parsaul agitation, a media report said the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) found no evidence of rape.Now, an embarrassed government says they have reservations about the NHRC report."I don't want to comment on ...
