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A local artisan crouches by her doorstep, her hands stained with mud and colour drawn straight from the earth around her. The warmth of rust red, the hush of chalky white, the depth of a black gone nearly charcoal.

Rival student groups at Jharkhand's Jaipal Singh Munda Stadium have turned on each other before the sixth round of talks with the government. The divide has intensified after the Reforms Manch objected to other student bodies being included in the negotiations.

Students said they would wait for the government's official word on their demands before deciding whether to withdraw their hunger strike.

JLKM student leader Devendra Nath Mahto was hospitalised after his health deteriorated following a protest march to the Jharkhand Assembly on Monday. Mahto, on a nine-day hunger strike, was admitted to Ranchi Sadar Hospital after his blood sugar level dropped "drastically".

Jharkhand police used water cannons and lathi-charge on marchers on Monday during 'Vidhan Sabha March'. The agitation entered its 18th day on Tuesday., India News, Times Now

Dipke said Mahto told him that police allegedly lathi-charged him before taking him to hospital, leaving him injured and suffering chest pain.

Despite his poor health, he joined protesters and addressed the gathering from a stretcher after arriving in an ambulance. His aide alleged that Mahto was injured during a police lathi-charge.

Devendra Nath Mahto, leader of JLKM, has been hospitalized after a nine-day hunger strike protesting alleged irregularities in Jharkhand's recruitment exams., India News, Times Now