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Scuttling the law, officials evict tribals


Why did police use force and evict tribal villagers in Ghateha, M.P. on 19 April, when it was clear by all accounts that their land claims had not yet been legally settled by the state government, one way or other? Aparna Pallavi investigates, even as villagers remain absconding for fear of persecution.




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Testing your municipality's work


In ensuring that Delhi's roads and lanes are stiff with quality, citizens are facing stiffer resistance from the muncipality's officials, says Arvind Kejriwal




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Delhi authorities condone vicious attacks


In the sixth incidence of recent violence against citizens exposing corruption, Santosh (20) was attacked murderously on 30 December 2004. The Delhi government is not pursuing the wrongdoers, and has instead projected the violence as an issue between an NGO and shop owners. Varupi Jain reports.




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Residents of a municipal dumping site fight back


The women of Meghpar village of Kutch District are fighting the big port town Gandhidham municipality which is dumping its waste in their village. Vimal Kalavadiya and Shvetangini Patel report from Kutch.




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Overflowing with the official view


In response to the devastating floods in Gujarat, state officials were quick to point fingers at activists who have long opposed raising the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada. And even though their claims were clearly off-track, at least one publication thought it fit to repeat them. Himanshu Upadhyaya reports.




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Starvation deaths continue, as officials demur


BPL politics at the central level is skewed, and quotas are fixed for every state, regardless of the actual number of people who need to be protected. Pradeep Baisakh reports on one family's near-total loss.




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Electricity for All


A few innovative steps, taken urgently, can greatly bridge the gap in access to electricity for poor consumers. Structural reform will take years, and given its complexity and poor record so far, cannot be the only pre-occupation, write Sreekumar N and Shantanu Dixit.




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Agricultural policies are to blame


This linkage between agriculture and nutrition, and its impact on development indices is very clear, and a number of recent reports point the finger of blame at agricultural policies. Rupa Chinai reports.




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“We don’t need toilets, give us electricity and water”


Total Sanitation Campaign, MGNREGS and other government schemes are unheard of among villagers at Dinesh Nagar, Assam who live with a perennial lack of food, pure water, and health amenities. Nilotpal Bhattacharjee wonders if they will ever find deliverance from despair.




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Politicisation and the Indian military


While agreeing with General S Padmanabhan who says in his recent book that "politicisation of the military is a self defeating exercise in a democracy," it is difficult to concede that "greed for fish and loaves of office" is how the politician would corrupt the military establishment and wrench it from its apolitical moorings, writes Firdaus Ahmed.




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A weak look at judicial reforms


A trickle-down approach that sees justice through the lens of economic growth is the basis for many of its arguments, omissions and conclusions. As a result, it is of use mainly to practitioners of the law, who encounter some of the issues raised in detailed ways. Bikram Jeet Batra reviews Judicial Reforms in India: Issues and Aspects.




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Media for Medicine


A proactive media that could pressurise policy makers and educate the public for better medicare services. Malvika Karlekar profiles Delhi-based Professor Ranjit Roy Chaudhury's efforts.




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Death knell for low cost medicines


Medicine prices nationwide are likely to go up soon, including at public hospitals and dispensaries. Domestic manufacturers will withdraw critical but cheaper medicines as India gets ready to fulfill WTO obligations. Devinder Sharma argues that this is the beginning of a scientific apartheid.




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Tomorrow's citizens participate today


Rasika Dhavse profiles the Bala and Yuva Janaagraha campaigns at Bangalore.




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Ending municipal water shortages


Incorporating a financial structure that allows stakeholders to hold each other accountable in their balance of interests can make municipal water supply a win-win for everyone, says Jacob John.




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Revamping municipal delivery systems


The Bangalore based technology non-profit, eGovernments Foundation has recently been in the news for expanding its municipal systems reform operations to New Delhi. Managing Trustee Srikanth Nadhamuni talks to Subramaniam Vincent.




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Criticism rising on Karnataka's Gundia project


Karnataka's plan to harvest power from the Gundia river that runs through the Hassan and Dakshin Kannada districts has been criticised by environmentalists, farmers and the Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh. Bhanu Sridharan investigates.




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Vidarbha 2004: a suicides diary


The “simple man” silently walked out of his hut that fateful day, went to the backyard and consumed pesticide in the veil of darkness. Rising family debt had forced his children out of school, and that proved the last straw. Jaideep Hardikar recounts the stories of this and two other farmer suicides.




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Moral police not moral policing


The demand from citizens demonstrating in Mumbai that the Marine Drive rapist be handed over to them is yet another illustration of their growing frustration with state institutions. This is a dangerous signal that both the government and the police need to heed, says Kalpana Sharma.




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Mixed results for municipal water reforms


A new publication released by a leading UN research organisation shows that municipal water utilities may make efficiency gains and meet increasing water demand by innovative revenue collection and limited private sector participation. Researchers studied 4 cities in Maharashtra. Surekha Sule reports.




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Whose suicide is it, anyway?


In Yavatmal district alone, there's been an eight-fold increase in farmers' suicides in just four years. Yet, thanks to a flawed counting process, even that is a huge under-estimate. P Sainath continues his series on the agrarian crisis in Vidharbha.




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Suicides: The price of power?


Despite a strongly held belief to the contrary, Maharashtra's farmers have never demanded free power. And the suicides in Vidharbha were certainly not linked to this issue. P Sainath finds that the region is really paying the price of political power.




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Suicide in a distant land


In Vidarbha, where over a thousand farmers have taken their own lives in last the four years over unabated distress, Venkanna Ramayya Rayee's suicide has an unusual edge. A farmer from neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, his name won't figure as an entry in the suicide ledger in either state. Jaideep Hardikar has more.




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Super-moms of suicide country


In Vidarbha, where an average one cotton farmer ends his life every six hours, Mangalabai and Kamalabai are mothers who singularly stand out. After the death of their husbands, they learned every thing and are raising their family with unnoticed resilience, reports Jaideep Hardikar.




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Medicine ही नहीं ये सुपरफूड्स भी कंट्रोल कर सकते हैं हाई ब्लड प्रेशर, जानें

हाई ब्लड प्रेशर जिसे हाईपरटेंशन भी कहते हैं, एक गंभीर समस्या है. इसके कारण शरीर के ब्लड वेसल्स नष्ट हो जाते हैं. यह एक ऐसी बीमारी है जिसे दवाई ही नहीं बल्कि कुछ फूड्स का सेवन करके भी कंट्रोल किया जा सकता है.




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My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) Official TV Spot – ‘Pony Fever’

My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) Official TV Spot – ‘Pony Fever’





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My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) Official TV Spot – ‘Epic Event’

My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) Official TV Spot – ‘Epic Event’





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My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) Official Clip “Clean Up”

My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) Official Clip “Clean Up”





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My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) Official Trailer “Pony Party”

My Little Pony: The Movie (2017) Official Trailer “Pony Party”





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Jia Aur Jia - Official trailer

Jia Aur Jia - Official trailer





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Judwaa 2 - Official Trailer

Judwaa 2 - Official Trailer





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Chef - Official trailer

Chef - Official trailer





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Tu Hai Mera Sunday - Official Trailer

Tu Hai Mera Sunday - Official Trailer





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Rangoon: Official - Tamil Trailer

Rangoon: Official - Tamil Trailer





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Peechaankai: Official Trailer

Peechaankai: Official Trailer





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Pulimurugan: Official Trailer

Pulimurugan: Official Trailer





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Kurangu Bommai: Official Trailer

Kurangu Bommai: Official Trailer





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Durga Sohay: Official trailer

Durga Sohay: Official trailer





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Huccha 2 - Official Trailer

Huccha 2 - Official Trailer





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Huttada Sutta - Official Trailer

Huttada Sutta - Official Trailer





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Basheerinte Premalekhanam: Official trailer

Basheerinte Premalekhanam: Official trailer





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Sachin A Billion Dreams: Official Marathi Trailer

Sachin A Billion Dreams: Official Marathi Trailer





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Hrudayantar: Official trailer

Hrudayantar: Official trailer





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Assam to get 1.25 lakh MT of rice per month to feed 2.49 crore beneficiaries

Assam has been allotted 1.25 lakh MT of rice per month under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) scheme for three months from April to June for free distribution among 2.49 crores beneficiaries under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in the state.




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UGC wants academic yr from Aug, NU academicians differ




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Did you know our Parliament has not just politicians but also Renaissance men and women?

Politics isn’t a career choice in itself, as far as parliament’s website is concerned.




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Gumla police to felicitate woman who killed wanted PLFI commander




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Indian-American physician launches study to find if prayers could heal COVID-19 patients

An Indian-American physician in Kansas City has begun a study to find if something called “remote intercessory prayer” might initiate God to heal those infected with the coronavirus.




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London mayor calls for ethnicity record of Covid-19 deaths




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Lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya's favourite songs of 2019

Lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya's favourite songs of 2019