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Day July 20, 2015

Missing for over two months, Tuktuki Mondal returns unharmed to Mograhat home

A protest by the opposition in progress. Mograhat: Tuktuki Mondal, the 14-year-old girl, who had been missing since May from Mograhat area of South 24-Parganas district, on Monday reported to the local police station hours after a National Commission for Women… Continue Reading →

How Essar handed out Diwali gifts to top politicians, bureaucrats and journalists in 2010:

How Essar Handed Out 195 iPads as Diwali Gifts to Top Politicians, Bureaucrats and Journalists in 2010: List 1 By Krishn Kaushik and Atul Dev | July 20, 2015  4 On 1 November 2010, Alok Chauhan, a corporate affairs executive at Essar Services… Continue Reading →

Rs 33 crore splurged on PM Modi’s 3 cancelled Varanasi visits could have built 660 homes for poor

Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Varanasi was cancelled due to heavy rains on Thursday for the third time in last 9 months. In order to set up the stage and make other arrangements for PM Modi’s visit to the… Continue Reading →

Mumbai Mayor and Shiv Sena Leader compares Modi with Hitler

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. MUMBAI: Mumbai Mayor and Shiv Sena leader Snehal Ambekar has compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the late German dictator Adolf Hitler. In an interview with the Afternoon Despatch & Courier, 43-year-old Ambekar also fancied herself akin to… Continue Reading →

After Chikki Scam, Another Rs 125 Crore Maharashtra Farm Machinery Scam

After Chikki Scam, Another Rs 125 Crore Maharashtra Farm Machinery Scam Stares at CM Fadnavis By Kiran Tare Published: 20th July 2015 03:40 AM Last Updated: 20th July 2015 10:32 AM Email19 MUMBAI: A scam pertaining to the purchase of Raised Bed Planter,… Continue Reading →

PM Modi’s degrees – Appeal authority too declines RTI application 

by Janta Ka Reporter Less than a fortnight after his RTI request for the PM Modi’s educational qualification was turned down, a Gujarat based activist filed an appeal against the decision. But the appellate body’s decision has ‘shocked’ him ‘even more.’… Continue Reading →

Terror to handloom, UGC issues guidelines

UGC has asked universities to avoid “elements” in the syllabus which may “advance the agenda of terrorism” to telling them to use “handloom fabric” for ceremonial dresses in their new notification. Written by Ardhra Nair , Shikha Sharma | New Delhi/pune | Published:July 20,… Continue Reading →

Four degrees in hand, he still cleans Mumbai’s sewers

  My mother believed in Ambedkar and wanted all of us to study hard — Sunil Yadav. (TOI photo: Sanjay Hadkar) MUMBAI: Sunil Yadav does not believe in heaven and hell. But he knows what hell feels like. “Narak” is the… Continue Reading →

Calcutta HC in a first permits video recording of court proceedings

A shot in the arm for transparency in judiciary: By: Ajith.S | July 19, 2015 The Calcutta High Court created history on July 15 when Justice Aniruddha Bose directed recording of court room proceedings in a particular case, thereby creating a rare, first of its… Continue Reading →

Pakistani Girl’s Death Sparked Late-’80s Ethnic War

By Rafia Zakaria WeNews guest author Sunday, July 19, 2015 When Bushra Zaidi was killed by a bus on her way to college, the city of Karachi erupted, says Rafia Zakaria in this excerpt from “The Upstairs Wife.” Justice for… Continue Reading →

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