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Hundreds of slum dwellers and homeless people marked International Human Rights Day Dec. 10 by taking to the streets of Patna in eastern India to demand better living conditions for the urban poor.

GHAZIABAD: During a verification drive at a slum cluster in Kaushambi a week ago, an SHO decided to "put pressure" on residents to reveal their true nationality by holding a cellphone to their back ...