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	Punjab (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The District Ferozepur is situated at India Pakistan baorder, at the east side Faridkot district, Moga district and at the south side Muktsar District is situated.
		Mansa district was formed on 13th April 1992 from the erst while district of Bathinda.
		Mansa is a small district both in terms of population and area.
	indiafocus.indiainfo.com /regional/states/punjab (876 words)

	MS Zambia - Partners
		Chadiza district small scale farmers’ association seeks to promote sustainable livelihood strategies amongst its 800 members through diversification of their livelihood activities, training in sustainable agricultural methods and establishment of linkages to markets and service providers.
		With all the 72 District Councils in Zambia as their members the Local Government Association of Zambia speaks with a strong voice when it is constantly pointing out the lack of commitment from government to implement the decentralisation policy, which could benefit the lives of the poor people of Zambia.
		Mansa District Forestry has however successfully managed to train community members in beekeeping, which has reduced poverty levels in the area and at the same time created awareness on the importance of using the natural resources in a sustainable manner.
	www.ms.dk /sw2522.asp (1068 words)

	MS-Zambia Annual Report 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The appointment of District Administrators (DA) by the President is perceived by most stakeholders as political interference and a move towards centralisation.
		The aim of the partnership is to strengthen the operational ability of the PPU to build capacity at district level in undertaking co-ordinated, decentralised, democratic and participatory planning and monitoring.
		At Mambwe District Council, the support is concentrated on co-ordinated development of the district through planning and capacity building for a decentralised local governance and management programme.
	zambia.ms.dk /mainpapers/annual2000.htm (8498 words)

	Mansa
		Mansa is situated in the cotton belt of Punjab and therefore fondly called the "Area of white gold".
		During the months of November and December a visitor to this part of Punjab shall be the proud witness to the pristine, milky white bloom of cotton, as nature blossoms in her full glory.
		The district is spread over 2,174 sq.kms, having a total population of 6,88,630 as per 2001 census amounting to 2.9% of the total population of Punjab.
	www.indianngos.com /districts/mansa.htm (558 words)

	ML Update: a CPI(ML) Weekly News Magazine
		Revolutionary festive mood is visible even in the remotest villages of district Bhojpur, particularly in tolas (hutments) of the poor dalits and backwards who comprise agricultural and rural labour in Bihar.
		Sixth West Champaran district conference of the party was held on Oct 20-21 in Comrade Lorik Sah Hall, Comrade Mukhlal Mukhia Nagar in Gaunaha.
		Mansa district unit of AISA resolved to intensify its struggle against privatisation of education and fee hike in its fifth district conference held in Mansa on Oct 15, inaugurated by AISA National Councillor Uma Gupta.
	www.cpiml.org /PGS/ML_UPD/VOL6/6_44.htm (2143 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		Policemen, injured after being assaulted by BKU (Ekta) activists at Ralle village in Mansa district, undergoing treatment at Civil Hospital, Joga, Mansa.
		The BKU activists were to organise a rail roko agitation at Gidderbaha in Muktsar and Mansa towns from 12 noon to 3 p.m.
		The BKU activists tried to break nakas at three points in Muktsar district and jammed traffic near Maha Bhadar, Mal Katora and Husnar villages but they were not allowed to come near the rail track by the authorities.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20041104/main3.htm (660 words)

	Assault: Bhunder booked- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		MANSA: Mansa police registered a criminal case against Shiromani Akali Dal (Badal) general secretary and former Rajya Sabha member Balwinder Singh Bhunder on Sunday, for allegedly assaulting and intimidating a police official on duty.
		In a complaint to senior superintendent of police (SSP) Mansa, Sukhchain Singh had alleged that the Akali leader roughed him up and used derogatory words for his caste (Dalit) when he resisted the interference of the leader in the electioneering process on March 9 at booth number 1 at Sardulgarh.
		SSP Mansa SS Srivastva told The Times of India that after an inquiry into the allegations found the Akali leader prima facie guilty of the crime, as alleged by the S-I, a case was registered at Sardulgarh police station.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=41198088 (294 words)

	The Sikh Coalition
		June 30, 1997: Narinder Singh(18), a resident of village Fetahpur, District Amritsar was beaten to death by the police of P.S.Amritsar.
		January 26, 1999: Jasbir Khan(25), a resident of village Sohana, District Ropar was beaten to death in Police custody of P.S.Sohana.
		September 18, 1999: Devinder Singh alias Bhola(21), a resident of village Hassanpur in District Ropar was tortured to death by policemen of CIA Staff, Ropar The three policemen responsible for the gruesome killing have been sentenced to life imprisonment by the Sessions Judge, Ropar.
	www.sikhcoalition.org /HumanRights6.asp (1303 words)

	ZNet \| Activism \| Indian Villages For Sale
		Harkishanpura is a non-descript village in Bathinda district of Punjab in northwestern India.
		Malsinghwala is a tiny village in the Mansa district of Punjab.
		Bhuttal Kalan in Sangrur district comprises 1000 acres of land.
	www.zmag.org /content/print_article.cfm?itemID=9710§ionID=1 (1201 words)

	Success in Gujarat (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mansa District is a rural agricultural district with some light industry.
		In mid-1998, Dr KB Patel, the District Tuberculosis Officer, began preparing to implement the Revised Tuberculosis Control Programme for the 1.5 million people living in the area.
		The progress and outcome of each and every patient is monitored closely and reported to District, State, and National authorities on a quarterly basis.
	www.trc-chennai.org /jtreview/gujarat.htm (494 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		The hard-pressed farmers of Talwandi Sabo subdivision of the district and some pockets of the neighbouring Mansa district returned disappointed as the visit of the Governor, Punjab, Lt-Gen J.F.R. Jacob to drought-affected areas today failed to bring them any relief except an assurance that they would be taken care of by the state government.
		However, their hopes were dashed to the ground when General Jacob said the state government would provide seeds of less water-consuming crops to the affected farmers free of cost but kept mum on whether the arrangements for adequate canal water supply would be made or not.
		The farmers were also disappointed when the district administration did not allow them to raise any other problem pertaining to other issues on the pretext that the Governor had come here only to see the ground situation in connection with the drought.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2002/20020804/main8.htm (609 words)

	Dalit Human Rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		But thousands of dalits are rallying in Punjab’s Mansa, in an unprecedented uprising against the Jat Sikhs.
		She belongs to the poor Dalit community of Musahars that is known to eat rats for survival.
		District Superintendent of Police T S Chouhan, who visited the village soon after the incident told mediapersons that those involved in the attack would be rounded up.
	www.dalithumanrights.org (876 words)

	13 terrorists, 6 jawans killed in Doda encounter; Mandi where minor girls are sold; 3 militants among 5 killed in raid ...
		Mansa (Punjab), Apr 27: Minor girls from poor families in the eastern region of the country are bought from their guardians at low prices and sold at higher rates in Punjab to elderly men.
		A house located in Maghania village of Budladha sub-division in Mansa district was the venue where several of such girls were 'displayed' for sale recently.
		Highly placed district officials said the miscreants first stopped the vehicle in the forest area and then took the victims away forcibly.
	www.indiatraveltimes.com /crime/apr03.html (1713 words)

	The Hindu : Other States / Punjab News : Paying a price for securing justice for his daughter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The State organiser of the Liberation faction of the CPI (ML), Jeeta Kaur has announced that her organisation would hold a rally in the village on January 16 to be followed by a `dharna' in front of the Mansa district civil hospital on January 25.
		Intriguingly, it was after the Liberation faction of the CPI (ML) and the Democratic Employees' Forum, highlighted the appalling levels of injustice and official apathy towards Bant Singh, did the Mansa district authorities realise the gravity of the situation.
		While the district police chief intervened to get the proceedings conducted under section 308 of the IPC and SC/ST Act, a probe has also been ordered to ascertain how the "simple lacerations'' in the Mansa civil hospital's report could lead to amputation of three limbs.
	www.hindu.com /2006/01/16/stories/2006011608190500.htm (642 words)

	Anti-Slavery - News Release - protest India government failure to end bonded labour
		Over 100 people are cycling 1,500 kilometres from Dalel Singhwala in Mansa district to New Delhi to protest against bonded labour in India.
		Nearly 300 cases of bonded labour from Mansa, logged from 1999 to the present, are pending before the district magistrate, high court and Punjab State Human Rights Commission, Chandigarh; no action has been taken by the authorities on any of them DDVA says.
		The District Administration must enforce all of the laws enacted by Parliament and the Supreme Courts pronouncements.
	www.antislavery.org /archive/press/pressRelease2003-bondedlabour.htm (370 words)

	New Page 1
		LRF Mansa paralegal Evaristo Chanda said Chola has the right to sue the guard for the damages he suffered as a result of the bad medication he received.
		THREE Mansa police officers and a man belonging to the neighbourhood watch in May severely battered a man on allegations that he stole a bag of mealie-meal and a bicycle when in fact not.
		Mansa paralegal officer Gilbert Yumba followed up the matter at the police station and was told to officially lodge in a complaint so that Chola could identify the three police officers involved and then sue them for assault.
	www.lrf.org.zm /Newsletter/july2002/securityguard.news.htm (3374 words)

	ms.dk - Partner details
		By providing training in beekeeping for community members Mansa District Forestry has played a substantial role in the building up and organizing of MAMBEKA, which is a bee keepers Association, that currently holds 500 individual members, who for the past years have experienced a tremendous development.
		From not having an income, the members are now making money out of the forests natural resources and at the same time they have come to understand the importance of using these resources in a sustainable manner.
		Mansa District Forestry, which is situated in Northern Zambia, 800 kilometers from the capital, Lusaka is like other Forestry offices in Zambia spearheading the formation of locally elected committees in line with the Joint Forest Management concept.
	www.ms.dk /sw19200.asp?cardId=244 (180 words)

	Punjab Environment Information Web Portal. ENVIS Centre Punjab, on State Environment Issues
		It is the predominant soil especially of Nawashehar District, larger parts of Nakoder tehsil of Jalandhar district,Phagwara and central parts of Kapurthala district.
		These are arid soils of south-western and souhth central Punjab covering the districts of Bathinda, Mansa, southern parts of Firrozpur and Mukutsar districts, larger parts of Sangrur, south -central parts of Patiala district and some patces of Ludhiana district.
		Lower terraces, along river Ravi, in Amritsar and Gurdaspur districts and along river Satluj in Nakodar and sultanpur tehsil and south western parts of Kapurthala have uncultivated moderately to severly sodic and saline soils which are water logged Pockets.
	www.punjabenvironment.com /land_soil_type.htm (1343 words)

	zana-arts
		Mansa, Oct 17, ZANIS - Chief Matanda of the Ushi people in Mansa district has called upon organizations involved in HIV/AIDS awareness programmes to establish strong community based groups in rural areas.
		Chief Matanda was speaking over the weekend at his palace when Mansa press club members paid a courtesy call on him while on tour of four chiefdoms in the district dabbed’’ chiefs’ message to subjects on HIV/AIDS.
		He challenged the non-governmental organisations to emulate Mansa Press club, which was sponsored by Barclays Bank, and the voluntary services overseas (V.S.O) to take such messages to the grassroots as well, saying the HIV/AIDS disease knows no boundaries.
	www.zana.gov.zm /news/viewnews.cgi?category=11&id=1129621361 (205 words)

	Volunteers for Social Justice - Dalit Dasta Virodhi Andolan
		Though District Magistrate has given assurance to the delegation that he will take necessary action against the landlord and the position will be normal very soon in the village but still no action has been taken in this regard.
		He said there are more than 300 case of bonded labour in the district which are forwarded to Punjab Human Rights Commission Chandigarh and Deputy Commissioner of the district Mansa and the copy of the affidavits of the bonded labourer is still in his office.
		A delegation of DDVA along with the Dalit villagers met the district Magistrate to inform him about the present situation and handover him a memorandum.District Magistrate has given assurance to the delegation that he will take necessary action against the landlord and the position will be normal very soon in the village.
	www.vsj-ddva.org /news1.html (1790 words)

	Natural Resource Management for sustainable development using Remote Sensing technology- a case study (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Integrated studies in selected blocks or watersheds in 175 districts of 25 States of the Country are being undertaken under the Project "Integrated Mission for Sustainable Develompent (IMSD)" coordinated by ISRO, Department of Space.
		The Bhikhi block of Mansa district (Punjab) covering an area of 402.37 Km2 forms a part of the Indo Gangetic alluvial plain.
		The Western Himalayas in the north and the Thar desert in the south and south west mainly determine the climatic conditions.
	www.gisdevelopment.net /application/nrm/overview/nrm0006.htm (773 words)

	Agencies reluctant to buy paddy
		BATHINDA —Even as paddy in huge quantities has started arriving at purchase centres of Muktsar, Faridkot, Mansa, Bathinda, Moga and Ferozepore districts, state and Central procurement agencies have been showing reluctance to purchase the crop in the absence of adequate milling capacity.
		On account of non-availability of adequate milling capacity in each district, the procurement agencies had started making plans to shift the procured paddy from such places to those where milling capacity was easily available.
		Sources said in Bathinda district the procurement of paddy had been done at about two places though 101 purchase centres in the entire district had been set up.
	www.punjabilok.com /news_files/oct/agen_reluct.htm (428 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Nation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		District authorities say only one person, Vijay Kumar, was killed.
		Finance minister Lal Singh said the violence had erupted when talks were on to find an amicable solution to the gurdwara dispute.
		Mansa district police chief, S.S. Srivastava, said the situation was tense.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1030608/asp/nation/story_2047753.asp (582 words)

	Draupadis bloom in rural Punjab- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		It may be the world's rarest forms of marriages in anthropological terms, but in Mansa district of the state, this is a reality that stares you in the face.
		He adds that publicly the woman is married to one of the brothers, but within four walls of the house there is "mutual understanding" because of which other brothers do not marry and the division of land is prevented.
		Mansa deputy commissioner Raj Kamal Chaudhary says since these marriages are never solemnised in a proper way, they attract no punishment under the Hindu Marriage Act or Indian Penal Code.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-1172638,prtpage-1.cms (521 words)

	India Districts
		Anuppur district was split from Shahdol; Ashoknagar district was split from Guna; Burhanpur district split from Khandwa (East Nimar).
		Jamtara district was split from Dumka; Latehar district was split from Palamu; Seraikela district was split from West Singhbhum; and Simdega district was split from Gumla.
		The other seven districts, which are still in Madhya Pradesh, were formed as follows: Barwani district split from West Nimar; Dindori district split from Mandla; Harda district split from Hoshangabad; Katni district split from Jabalpur; Neemuch district split from Mandsaur; Sheopur district split from Morena; and Umaria district split from Shahdol.
	www.statoids.com /yin.html (1900 words)

	Cong claims victory in Punjab panchayat polls
		The Congress has claimed victory in 65-70 per cent of the 12,337 panchayats in Punjab, which went to polls on Monday.
		Addressing a press conference in Chandigarh, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said the Congress polled less than 50 per cent votes in only three districts - Mansa, Moga and Nawanshahar - of the 17 in the state.
		The party polled the highest 90 per cent votes in Gurdaspur district and lowest 42 per cent in Mansa district, he said.
	www.rediff.com /news/2003/jun/30punj.htm (166 words)

	:: GRASSROOTS VICTORIES :: They Can't Amputate My Spirit... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This is the saga of Bant Singh, a resident of Jhabbar in the southern Punjab district of Mansa, a low-caste laborer who has now become the icon of struggle against oppression in the countryside of the Malwa region of Punjab.
		Dozens of progressive groups, including student, peasant and worker unions, gathered in a mammoth rally at the civil courts of Mansa District on Jan. 25.
		Thousands of people assembled for the rally, vowing to force the administration and government to assist Bant and wreak exemplary punishment on the accused.
	www.grassrootsvictories.org /content.php?contentid=980&val= (701 words)

	Casteist assault
		The brutal attack on a Dalit in Mansa district in Punjab points to the persistence of caste violence in the State, which has grown with Dalit assertiveness.
		In the trauma unit at the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine Hospital in Chandigarh, where doctors are struggling to save his remaining leg, the 40-year-old Dalit continues to sing his beloved folk songs.
		On January 7, Bant Singh, a resident of Jhabbar in the southern Punjab district of Mansa, was surrounded by a group of Jat youths from the same village.
	www.flonnet.com /fl2302/stories/20060210003703300.htm (1742 words)

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