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The houses that were demolished on October 1 at Shankar Nagar along the Musi in Hyderabad. Its residents were relocated to two-bedroom slum resettlement buildings in Pilligudiselu, 2 km away.
Telangana

When did Musi beautification become about erasing the poor?

Telangana’s ambitious Rs.1.5 lakh crore riverfront project starts with evictions and demolitions in old Hyderabad; detailed plans remain under wraps.
Ayesha Minhaz
FRONTLINE EXCLUSIVE

My focus for the election is jobs: Aaditya Thackeray

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader promises employment-focussed agenda, and criticises industrial exodus from Maharashtra under the current government.
Amey Tirodkar
Coal Pollution

The energy capital powering India and poisoning its residents

India’s super-polluter Vindhyachal plant experiments with carbon capture, but trial fails to appease local coal concerns.
Reuters
MEDIA FREEDOM

Economic charges emerge as potent weapon to silence independent media: report

Global investigation reveals how governments use banking laws and tax charges to suppress independent journalism in countries including India.
Frontline News Desk
LABOUR ISSUES

The decline of trade unions in Tamil Nadu

The winds of liberalisation have shaken the foundations of labour welfare across the country, and Tamil Nadu is no exception.
Ilangovan Rajasekaran

More stories from India

Street children at a slum in Hyderabad, a file photograph. Children comprise the most vulnerable section of the population in terms of food and nutrition security.

India’s 2024 GHI rank: Marginal improvement masks deep-rooted nutrition crisis

Child wasting, stunting, and undernutrition still remain formidable challenges, compounded by the lack of critical data.
T.K. Rajalakshmi
Trucks lined up outside the Bandhwari landfill carrying unsegregated waste.

A sacred forest dies in Gurugram as Bandhwari landfill’s toxic waste breaches Aravalli sanctuary

Despite Swachh Bharat Mission’s giant promises, 1,600 tonnes of unsegregated waste continues to poison groundwater in villages near Mangarbani forest.
Shubhangi Derhgawen,Deepanshu Mohan
Beneficiaries attend an event to distribute assets under the Jharkhand Mukhyamantri Maiya Samman Yojana at Torpa in Ranchi on September 23, 2024.

Random enforcement of KYC rules is denying the poor their own money and dignity

Banks are freezing accounts without warning, forcing people to make costly trips to distant branches and pay bribes just to access pensions and wages.
Jean Drèze,Vipul Paikra,Natasha Trivedi
District Magistrate Monika Rani and Superintendent of Police Brinda Shukla conducted a route march to maintain peace in the violence-hit area of Maharajganj, Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh, October 17, 2024.

Was the Bahraich communal flare-up motivated?

BJP MLA’s FIR against party youth wing leaders, demolition notices for Muslim properties, and leaked videos of “sponsored violence” deepen suspicions.
Ashutosh Sharma

The hungry river

The people of the Samserganj region in Murshidabad face a bleak future as the river Ganga continues to ruin their homes and hopes.
Frontline News Desk
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