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Google News: In an Inferno, a Devil's Bargain
[Earth Island Journal] - “They are just waiting for the fire to enter the heart of the town,” says Ashok Agarwal, executive president of the Save Jharia Coalfields Committee, a coalition of local residents who are demanding a halt to all opencast mining in the area.
Character, not caste, to the fore in Mathura
www.thehindu.com
[The Hindu] - The Samajwadi Party, whose biggest opponent in this election appears to be its past, when crime surged, has tried to “cleanse” itself in this holy city by fielding a well-known paediatric surgeon, Dr. Ashok Agarwal, from a famous local sweet-making
Google News: India: Time To Focus On Electoral Reforms
[CounterCurrents.org] - In hearing to a PIL filed by Ashok Agarwal, a resident of Noida, the apex court suggested the petitioner to wait till the government takes a decision on negative voting. The system of negative voting operates in countries like Nevada State
Govt orders 6 hospitals to treat poor for free
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
[Times of India] - Advocate Ashok Agarwal, who has been fighting for free medical treatment of the poor, welcomed the order, calling it a landmark decision. "This effectively means 150 additional free beds are now available for poor patients at private and charitable
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