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Month February 2018

India – 7 BTech graduates had dragged Mehul Choksi to court for fraud in 2017

Rohan Dua|  HIGHLIGHTS These graduates had collected Rs 3 crore through crowdfunding, mortgage and aid from their parents to open Gitanjali Jewelery Retail’s franchise in Delhi’s Rajouri Garden in October 2013. Their dreams of big earnings turned sour when they… Continue Reading →

Oxfam’s Sexual Abuse Episode Must Inspire a Culture Shift #Vaw

Siddharth Chatterjee  A UN peacekeeper holds a child as her mother is helped down from a relocation truck in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Credit: UN Photo/Logan Abassi NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 16 2018 (IPS) – Sexual abuse allegations against Oxfam staff, and failings in… Continue Reading →

The Nirav Modi Saga Simplified

by Ashish Singh — It has been several years since I used the phrase “shameless audacity”, but somehow I feel compelled to use it again and again to describe the saga of this newer Modi: and here everything is personal. The reason… Continue Reading →

India – It’s not the question of EVMs alone but Democracy at Stake, Unanimous call for #Back2Ballot

    New Delhi, February 19: “Today it is no more the question of going back to ballot paper in elections, but it’s a must that 2019 elections be conducted through the ballot papers. EVM machines are destroying the trust between… Continue Reading →

Gujarat Municipal Elections- BJP wins, but with a loss of 12 municipalities

BJP Wins 47 Municipalities In Gujarat, Down From 59; Congress Gets 16 The BJP’s loss of 12 municipalities in the Gujarat civic elections comes just two months after the party posted its weakest performance in years in assembly elections held… Continue Reading →

Chhattisgarh’s Health Budget deals a further blow to the government health system

Chhattisgarh’s budget for the financial year 2018-19 was presented by the Chief Minister, who is also the Finance Minister, on 10th February 2018. This budget is the last one by this government before the upcoming state elections. Chhattisgarh has allocated 5.5%… Continue Reading →

Bengaluru manual scavenging deaths: Owner of restaurant arrested

Avinash Gupta, the owner of Yumlok, was on the run since February 13 – when the incident took place. TNM Staff Three days after two men died while cleaning a septic tank of Yumlok, a restaurant in AECS Layout in… Continue Reading →

Shambhu Lal Raigar makes videos from jail #WTFnews

Jodhpur, Feb 19 Two videos purportedly shot by Shambhu Lal Raigar, an accused in a murder case, from inside a jail here have gone viral, wherein he claims threat to his life from an inmate and justifies his killing of… Continue Reading →

SC to hear plea for #Aadhaar-based voting system after 4 weeks

The Supreme Court said it will hear after four weeks a plea seeking implementation of an Aadhaar-based voting system in elections The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear after four weeks a plea seeking implementation of an Aadhaar-based… Continue Reading →

Priya Varrier Moves Top Court Against Case Over ’40-Year-Old Folk Song’

Clips from “Manikya Malaraya Poovi” featuring Priya Prakash Varrier gesturing with her eyebrows have gone viral and inspired countless memes on social media FIRs against Priya Prakash Varrier were filed in Telangana and Maharashtra NEW DELHI:  Priya Prakash Varrier, the teen… Continue Reading →

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