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Day October 19, 2014

What led to UPA’s downfall in Maharashtra

Aparna Pallavi [1] Issue Date: 2014-10-19 Besides high profile scams that dented the image of the Congress-NCP alliance, their government failed to reach welfare benefits to the poor and mishandled farmers’ woes The Congress-led UPA government in Maharashtra has fallen… Continue Reading →

Sundayreading – Islam for peace, or violence ?

Do not ‘essentialise’ religion. Gandhi’s Gita and Azad’s Quran do not say the same thing as the Gita of Nathuram Godse and the Quran of Osama bin Laden. ( Source: AP ) Written by Javed Anand | Posted: October 18,… Continue Reading →

Who said India top companies aren’t involved in illegal mining?

Who said India Inc’s top companies aren’t involved in illegal mining? A Supreme Court panel has indicted a Birla group company for illegal mining in Odisha. Supriya Sharma Photo Credit: Sam Panthaky/AFP In popular perception, illegal mining is the work… Continue Reading →

Upset Udayakumar Leaves Aam Admi Party AAP

By S Karmegam Published: 18th October 2014 06:04 AM TIRUNELVELI: In a dramatic move, PMANE coordinator S P Udayakumar on Thursday resigned from the Aam Admi Party (AAP) citing lack of ‘clear-cut’ policy on nuclear power projects in the Arvind… Continue Reading →

Sundayreading – North East – Women Are Soft Targets Here #Vaw

The Northeast is witnessing a sharp increase in crimes against women. Ratnadip Choudhury reports RATNADIP CHOUDHURY  | @ratnadipc 2014-10-18 , Issue 42 Volume 11 s On 6 October, the decomposed body of a teenage girl was found in Meghalaya’s East Garo… Continue Reading →

Aadhaar not mandatory for LPG subsidy transfer

Express news service | Published: Oct 19 2014, 07:43 IST Union Cabinet has decided that no consumer would be denied LPG subsidy under Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme for want of an Aadhaar number. SUMMARYDBTL Scheme to be relaunched in 54… Continue Reading →

SC takes up petition against HZL stake sale to Vedanta Resources

Mail Today Bureau    New Delhi   Last Updated: October 13, 2014  | Anil Agarwal, Founder and executive chairman,Vedanta Resources The sale of the government’s residual share in Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL) has run into a hurdle with the Supreme Court (SC) taking up… Continue Reading →

SC: Farmers, not banks, have first right over proceeds from sugar sales

Author(s): Jemima Rohekar [1] Issue Date: 2014-10-14 Apex court confirms Allahabad High Court order, citing concerns over farmer suicides due to non-recovery of dues Sugarcane farmers in Uttar Pradesh will have the first right to recover their dues from the… Continue Reading →

Iraqi Doctors Call Depleted Uranium Use “Genocide”

Contamination from depleted uranium (DU) munitions Tuesday, 14 October 2014 09:42 By Dahr Jamail, Truthout | Report (Photo: Patty Mooney / Flickr)Contamination from depleted uranium (DU) munitions is causing sharp rises in congenital birth defects, cancer cases and other illnesses… Continue Reading →

China reveals how it secretly tested first nuclear bomb

TNN| Oct 18, 2014, 09.07 PM IST For the first time, China is revealing how it researched and conducted its first nuclear test in 1964. BEIJING: For the first time, China is revealing how it researched and conducted its first… Continue Reading →

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