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Diktats, boycotts and the fight for rights
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Diktats, boycotts and the fight for rights

For over two years, 45 toddy-tapper and 10 Dalit families in Nizamabad’s Tallarampur have allegedly faced a complete social boycott for defying their Village Development Committee’s (VDC) orders. The growing clout of VDCs and nearly 90 complaints of alleged excesses before the Backward Classes Commission bring the larger issue into focus, as Ravi Reddy finds during a ground visit

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Dolly Parton’s manager drops complaint accusing nephew of harassment
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Dolly Parton’s manager drops complaint accusing nephew of harassment

Tennessee filing gives no reason for withdrawal over Bryan Seaver after estate secured restraining order against him Dolly Parton’s longtime manager on Thursday dropped a complaint that accused the late singer’s nephew of threatening her estate and its employees. She’s Alive, the entity founded to manage and protect Parton’s estate, had secured a temporary restraining order against Bryan Seaver and his security company, Squadron Augmented Protection Services, in September.

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Peru airport officials discover 3,000 tarantulas smuggled inside dirty socks
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Peru airport officials discover 3,000 tarantulas smuggled inside dirty socks

Three suitcases’ worth of the spiders were on their way to Germany, where they could fetch an estimated €1.5m More than 3,000 tarantulas were seized at an airport in Lima on their way to Germany, Peruvian authorities said. The spiders were hidden inside dirty socks contained in three suitcases carried by two Germans and a Polish citizen, the National Forestry and Wildlife Service (SERFOR) told Agence France-Presse on Thursday.

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