According to recent World Bank estimates, over 45 percent of India lives under the $1.25-a-day poverty line. This translates to a staggering 450 million Indians, which is more than the population of the US!

Over 20,000 complaints from impoverished Latehar district await Justice M.Y. Eqbal and economist and NREGS founder Jean Dr

Staff Reporter

Farmers of Bagepalli, Gudibande and Gauribidanur taluks in Chikkaballapur district took out a protest rally against the Centre and State governments economic policies favouring the rich, on Thursday, under the aegis of Prantha Raitha Sangha.

The farmers have started a 24 -hour agitation in front of the deputy commissioner

DH News Service,Bagepalli:

Hundreds of labourers started on their feet to cover 45 km stretch from Bagepalli to Chikkaballapur as paadayatra to draw the attention of the government to their demands.

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LUCKNOW: In 2006, when students of Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM-L) were penalised for violating the institution's norms, they may have resented the move.

But two years down the line, they feel proud of paying the fine as the little mistakes they made has "lit up" lives of 30-odd families of Chakarpurwa village, which shares its boundary with the IIM.