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Medha Patkar breaks fast

Mumbai: Social activist Medha Patkar broke her nine-day old fast on Saturday after the state government accepted some of her key demands. Patkar and several activists had been on a hunger strike since May 20 to protest against the eviction of slum dwellers from a 140-acre plot allotted to private developer Shivalik Ventures. Patkar alleged that consent of all slum dwellers was not taken.

12 killed in road mishap

ALIBAG: Twelve people were killed and eight critically injured when a speeding container truck rammed into a stationary bus on Friday night. Police said only three victims could be identified. The driver of the bus has been shifted to a Mumbai hospital. The truck driver is absconding.

Nine persons drown in UP

JHANSI: Nine persons,including women and children,drowned on Saturday when a boat ferrying more than a dozen pilgrims capsized in Betwa river,the police said. The victims were going to offer chaadar at Meer Shahs Mazaar.

Court grants bail to Eswarappa

BANGALORE: A local court granted bail to Karnataka unit BJP president K S Eswarappa after he appeared before it in response to a non-bailable warrant. An advocate had filed a private complaint,accusing him of being responsible for losses caused during the BJP bandh on January 22.