Parsaul

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  Supreme Court Order Gives Relief for Greater Noida Flat Owners, Leaves Farmers Unhappy

  Lakhs of apartment owners can breathe easy after the Supreme Court today ended the uncertainty over land acquisition in more than 60 villages in Greater Noida. The top court on Thursday dismissed petitions filed by both farmers of the region, as well as the Greater Noida authority. Meanwhile, the farmers of the region have said they may be left wit...

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  Congress Starts Agitation Over Land Ordinance in UP villages that Fought for Land Rights

  The Congress set the ball rolling on its action plan to take on the Union government today over the land ordinance, issuing a call to action to farmers.

• At Bhatta-Parsaul, no faith in government's 'land'mark bill?

  Less than 48 hours before Parliament is expected to take up the Land Acquisition Bill, a protest turned violent in Noida after angry villagers set fire to an officer's car.

• No CBI probe into alleged Bhatta Parsaul rapes, says Allahabad High Court

  A bench of the Allahabad High Court will today decide whether the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) should probe the alleged rape of women in Bhatta and Parsaul villages in Uttar Pradesh by police jawans in the aftermath of the land acquisitions clashes between farmers and Noida police in May last year. Those violent clashes had also claimed th...

• Bhatta-Parsaul rape case: Uttar Pradesh government orders FIR

  After almost six months of inaction over the alleged rapes in Bhatta and Parsaul villages, the Uttar Pradesh government has finally ordered filing of FIR against security personnel accused in the case. The FIR is being lodged at the Dankur police station in Noida.

• Bhatta Parsaul rape case: 'Contempt proceedings if no action'

  It pitched Mayawati against Rahul Gandhi and while the Uttar Pradesh administration may have dragged its feet in registering cases against policemen, alleged to have raped women in Bhatta and Parsaul villages, the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission has now stepped in.

• Bhatta Parsaul protests: Women speak out after six months, allege rape

  For almost six months their ordeal during the violent farmer-police clashes in Bhatta Parsaul, which took place in May this year, went largely unreported. But now women are speaking out and alleging cases of rape against policemen, who cracked down on the protestors.

• Bhatta-Parsaul 'rapes': Arrest warrant against senior Uttar Pradesh cop

  Whether six women were raped by policemen in Greater Noida during a weekend in May has become a political point of such significance that three different committees have been roped in for their assessment.

• Bhatta-Parsaul 'rapes': Arrest warrant against senior Uttar Pradesh cop

  The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has issued an arrest warrant against a senior Uttar Pradesh police officer for failing to investigate seven alleged rape cases in Bhatta-Parsaul villages.

• Bhatta Parsaul protests: Police asked to register rape case against cops

  The National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has sought registration of FIRs against policemen accused of raping seven women in Bhatta and Parsaul villages during an agitation against by farmers.

• Rahul Gandhi visits Bhatta Parsaul again

  Rahul Gandhi is again in Mayawati land, slowly making his way, yatra-like, to a Mahapanchayat in Aligarh. With elections due next year in Uttar Pradesh, Gandhi's meandering journey through the belt that has seen violent land wars, is as important as the destination. A vital stop in that yatra today was Bhatta and Parsaul, the twin villages in ...

• 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 ...

• Land row: Mayawati announces new land acquisition policy

  Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has finally met farmers protesting for greater compensation for land and announced a new land acquisition policy which will come into effect from today.She though clarified that the new policy will not affect land acquisition in Bhatta-Parsaul.The chief minister said the private players will have to directly ac...

• Mayawati to meet Bhatta-Parsaul farmers today

  To thrash out a novel land acquisition policy, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has invited farmers' representatives from different corners of the state for a 'kisan panchayat' in Lucknow today that would set the pace for major changes in the state's land acquisition policy."The chief minister is contemplating a completely new policy whereby t...

• Prime Minister announces compensation for Bhatta-Parsaul victims

  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday announced a financial assistance of Rs 50,000 to those seriously injured and Rs 10,000 for people who suffered minor injuries during violence at Bhatta-Parsaul villages in Greater Noida recently.A statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office said the Prime Minister has announced the financial assistance fo...