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Day July 4, 2014

Plight of Mukesh Ambani ‘s , Rs 6000 crore- ‘Antilla’ in Mumbai Rains

6,000 करोड़ के घर को बारिश से बचाने के लिए अंबानी को लगानी पड़ी प्‍लास्टिक शीट्स dainikbhaskar.com | Jul 04, 2014, 17:43PM IST फोटो. मुकेश अंबानी का घर एंटीलिया शुक्रवार को नीली प्‍लास्टिक शीट्स में घिरा नजर आया। मुंबई. रिलायंस इंडस्‍ट्रीज के मालिक… Continue Reading →

Dumping garbage in rivers is now a crime in Maharashtra

Aparna Pallavi [1] Issue Date: 2014-7-4 Bombay High Court orders municipalities to register cases and take action against anyone who violates the law The Bombay High Court has declared washing vehicles and dumping nirmalya (flowers and other paraphernalia from worship rituals)… Continue Reading →

UNSAFE DELHI: Rape cases increase by four times, dowry deaths highest in India #Vaw

  Tarique Anwar, Dailybhaskar.com   |  Jul 04, 2014, 11:46AM IST New Delhi: The national capital is becoming the most unsafe place for women with each passing day. It has topped the list of 53 cities across the country for crimes against women,… Continue Reading →

सिंगरौली: इंसान और ईमान का नरक कुंड

7 जून, 2014 की रात बीते 3 जून को ‘विदेशी’ अनुदान वाली स्‍वयंसेवी संस्‍थाओं पर भारत के गुप्‍तचर ब्‍यूरो द्वारा प्रधानमंत्री कार्यालय को कथित तौर पर सौंपी गई एक खुफिया रिपोर्ट के मीडिया में लीक हो जाने के बाद जब… Continue Reading →

The Tapas Pal controversy: All you need to know #Vaw

Indrani Roy deconstructs the controversy over Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal controversial remarks on rape. When Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee became West Bengal chief minister in 2011, she had stated, “Bodla noy bodol chai(We want change, not revenge).” But quite a few members of her party conveniently chose to give her words a miss. We shuddered in the past as Anubrata Mondal (Birbhum district TMC president whose name figures in a murder first information report) on television inciting his partymen to throw bombs at the police. However, what TMC Member of Parliament Tapas Pal did surpasses any kind of political audacity that West Bengal in recent times has come to represent. Pal hit the headlines on Monday when a couple of regional channels aired video footage that has the MP threatening members of the opposition with rape and murder during a rally at Choumaha in Bengal’s Nadia district on June 14. In the Lok Sabha, Pal represents Krishnanagar, Nadia. What exactly did the MP say? Ekta kono CPI-M jodi amaar maa, bon, chacha, chachi karo gaye haat dey ei Tapas Pal chhere katha bolbe na. Tapas Pal nijer revolver bar kore guli kore diye chole jabe. Jene rakhben, bhalo kore jene rakhben, ami Chandannagarer maal… Ami Kolkatar maal noi, Chandannagarer maal. Rangbaji Tapas Paul korechhe. (If anybody from the CPI-M dares touch my mother, sister, uncle or aunt, then this Tapas Pal is not going to spare them. Tapas Pal will shoot them with his revolver. Remember, I am from Chandernagore. I am not from Kolkata. Tapas Pal too has been a tough). Ekta jodi kono birodhi aajke Trinamooler kono meye, kono baap, kono bachchar gaye haat dey, tader gushti ke ami jaa taa kore chole jabo. Amaar chheleder dhukiye debo rape kore chole jabe, rape kore chole jabe…. (If anyone from the opposition dares touch a daughter, father, child from Trinamool, I will do whatever I can to their entire clan. I will set my boys on them, they will rape them.) ‘I said raid, not rape’ Speaking to CNN IBN on Monday, however, Pal said he never used the word ‘rape’. He claimed to have said ‘raid’ instead. “I never said rape. I said raid. I said they should raid all the people and places, including the women and the old,” Pal told the television channel. He also claimed that the opposition was trying to defame him. Meanwhile, Pal’s wife Nandini on Tuesday apologised to the media on her husband’s behalf. Pal’s words have drawn protest waves across the country and many want him arrested. Can the TMC MP be arrested for what he said? According to (Retired) Justice Bhagabati Prasad Bandyopadhyay, he can be charged with inciting violence. Advocate and Congress leader Arunava Ghosh too is of the opinion that the TMC MP can be charged under Section 117 of the Indian Penal Code and can be put behind bars for provoking rape and murder. Who is Tapas Pal? The 1958-born Pal is a reputed actor from Kolkata. He debuted in the film Dadar Kirti directed by Tarun Majumdar in 1980. He received a Filmfare Award for his role in Saheb. In an acting career spanning over about 30 years, Pal’s roles in films like Bhalobasha Bhalobasha and Guru Dakshina earned him much critical acclaim. Pal shared screen space with Madhuri Dixit in a 1984-film Abodh directed by Hiren Nag. He joined the Trinamool Congress in 2000 and was elected a member of the legislative assembly from Alipore for two terms (2001-2006 and 2006-2009). He has been a member of Parliament from Krishnanagar since 2009. Personal life Pal’s personal life has been marred with controversies. He allegedly refused to take care of his mother and was even accused of throwing her out of their ancestral home. His wife Nandini once went public about his alleged illicit relations with a co-star. However, the couple is known to have buried the hatchet now. Their daughter Sohini, is one of the new faces Tollywood. When Pal supported Kunal Ghosh In late 2013, Pal, along with another actor-turned TMC MP Shatabdi Roy, was seen siding with jailed TMC MP Kunal Ghosh in a rally. There Ghosh was heard speaking against the state government with regard to the Saradha scam. As a result, both Pal and Roy drew the party leadership’s ire and it took the duo only 24 hours to do a volte face. India agog with criticism Criticisms against the TMC MP’s comments are pouring in from every corner…. Continue Reading →

Sexual Assault On Four Girls In Haryana In The Context Of Dalit Rights To Common Land

A Status Report on Bhagana by AFDR, PUDR and WSS A joint team comprising Association for Democratic Rights (AFDR) from Punjab , People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) and Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS) from Delhi visited Bhagana… Continue Reading →

Muzaffarnagar Riots – Report by minority rights group paints BJP black

Anahita Mukherji,TNN | Jul 3, 2014, 11.53 PM IST MUMBAI: The BJP has made it to the ‘State of The World’s Minorities and Indigenous People 2014’ report for all the wrong reasons. The report, released by Minority Rights Group (MRG) International on… Continue Reading →

Supreme Court refuses Asaram’s bail plea

By MAIL TODAY BUREAU PUBLISHED: 23:43 GMT, 3 July 2014 | UPDATED: 23:43 GMT, 3 July 2014 Self-styled godman Asaram Bapu is facing trial in a rape case filed by a Surat-based woman who has accused him of sexual assaults between 1997 and 2006 The… Continue Reading →

Disingenuous Diplomacy to Push Forward BJP’s Nuclear Policy #mustread

Sukla sen   In his Agenda for nuclear diplomacy1, the author, Rakesh Sood, has rather intriguingly tied up two different issues together. But before taking that up, let’s look into the claim made by the author right at the very beginning… Continue Reading →

On finding my name in the IB list

DiaNuke Arati Chokshi It was two days after the IB secret document was leaked that a friend alerted me that I was Listed. This was unexpected, but not unduly surprising in view of my open position against India’s entire nuclear… Continue Reading →

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