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Day September 17, 2014

Modi, Mundra and mission: How Adani made it to top 10 Indian billionaire list

By Sunainaa Chadha Gautam Adani. Reuters The stock market boom may have driven the personal wealth of many Indian businessmen to record heights, but the biggest beneficiary has been Gujarat-based infrastructure-builder Gautam Adani, whose kitty swelled 152 percent to Rs… Continue Reading →

Additional sessions judge offers to recuse from Tejpal case #Vaw

TNN | Sep 17, 2014,  PANAJI: Additional sessions judge Pramod Kamat on Tuesday offered to recuse himself from hearing the case against Tehelka’s founder editor Tarun Tejpal, who is accused of allegedly raping a colleague. In his previous stint as law secretary, the… Continue Reading →

Letter to Editor, The Hindu- Tamil’s Gross Distortion of Facts

Sir, It is with deep pain and a sense of shock that we bring to your notice the gross misrepresentation of truth and distortion of facts about PMANE co-ordinator S.P. Udayakumar disallowed from flying to Nepal in The Hindu Tamil… Continue Reading →

Kashmir looks for local lessons in Scottish referendum

 By Andrew Whitehead BBC World Service  Scotland’s independence vote is something Kashmiris can only dream of for their homeland Continue reading the main story Several thousand Kashmiris will be voting in a historic and much awaited referendum, this week. That vote… Continue Reading →

Kashmiris Cope With Flooding, and Resentment of India

NYT By BETWA SHARMA and NIDA NAJARSEPT. 15, 2014 Photo Srinagar residents are spurning Indian government aid as too little and too late, a week after floods devastated the area. Credit Adnan Abidi/Reuters SRINAGAR, Kashmir — When an Indian military helicopter hovered low over a… Continue Reading →

A ‘Maoist’ encounter: The (un)accidental death of an adivasi

by Sep 16, 2014 By Javed Iqbal, FIRSTPOST Death to the directly affected is not a minor incident but in the larger political arena it becomes an insignificant event relegated to the yearly statistics released by the Ministry of Home… Continue Reading →

Jharkhand govt shuts 5 Hindalco bauxite mines

SAIL, Tata Steel earnings to fall due to Jharkhand mine closure The Jharkhand government has shut five bauxite mines of Hindalco Industries, flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group. This follows a report by the Shah commission on illegal mining,… Continue Reading →

Press Release – Sethu Samudram project -affect the livelihood of five lakh fishermen

NFF press statement Hon’ble Minister for Shipping and Surface Transport Shri. Nithin Katkari had yesterday announced that the Central Government would take a decision to carry out the Sethu Samudram Project in a manner that would not demolish the Ramar… Continue Reading →

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