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#India – Cash for #Aadhaar card scam busted #UID

TNN | Jun 29, 2013, VADODARA: A citizen, who wanted to get anAadhar card, has blown the lid off a racket of accepting bribes to get the formalities of the card completed at a ward office of VadodaraMunicipal Corporation (VMC). The civic body got… Continue Reading →

Delhi: 16-year-old Bangladeshi girl commits suicide in a police station #Vaw #WTFnews

IANS | Updated Jun 16, 2013   New Delhi: A 16-year-old girl committed suicide by hanging in a police station in Delhi on Saturday evening, police said. “The girl, a native of Bangladesh, who works as a domestic help in south Delhi, had… Continue Reading →

Bombay High court rejects plea to direct his wife to undergo check-up for HIV #Womenrights

Rosy Sequeira, TNN | Jun 15, 2013, The HC said it was “absurd” for husband to say it was in the interest of his wife to go in for early HIV detection. MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Friday upheld a family court (FC)… Continue Reading →

#India -11 babies die in 2 hours at Bengal hospital, death toll now 13 #WTFnews

HT Correspondent , Hindustan Times  Purulia, June 09, 2013 A hospital in West Bengal’s Purulia district, 296 km from Kolkata, reported 11 infant deaths between Friday and Saturday. “The children who died were brought to the hospital in a very critical condition…. Continue Reading →

Visions of a Nuclear Free World-Ending Atomic Power One Plant at a Time

      by KARL GROSSMAN   Southern California Edison’s announcement last week that it will close its troubled twin-reactor San Onofre nuclear power plant—along with other recent setbacks for atomic energy in the United States—marks a downward spiral for… Continue Reading →

Shehla Masood Case- Saba’s counsel to file contempt case against jail staff

TNN | Jun 1, 2013,    INDORE: A representative of Reliance Communication, Santosh Jadhav appreared before the special CBI court on Friday and got his statements recorded during the hearing on RTI activist Shehla Masood murder case on Friday. Two other witnesses… Continue Reading →

Gonds rally round fellow tribals protesting Chutka nuclear plant

Chutka (M.P.), May 25, 2013 Staff Reporter, The Hindu   Villagers demonstrating against the proposed nuclear plant at Chutka village in Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh on Friday. Photo: A.M. FARUQUI Riding boats across Narmada, dam evictees join stir ‘for future… Continue Reading →

Dalit woman kills self over police ‘harassment’ #Vaw

TNN May 18, 2013, TRIPUNITHURA: A 32-year-old housewife committed suicide on Friday after she was allegedly harassed by a group of police personnel at Hill Palace police station. The victim was identified as Sunitha alias Mini, from Mathur Colony. She ended her life by jumping… Continue Reading →

Man gets 10-year RI for locking wife’s private parts #VAW #WTFnews

TNN | May 18, 2013, 05.07 AM IST Chouhan’s cruelty had come to light after his wife tried to commit suicide by consuming poison. INDORE: The district court on Friday sentenced a 45-year-old man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for putting… Continue Reading →

Karnataka – What women want – Open letter to Congress #Vaw #Womenrights

Vaishalli Chandra , oneindia one news : Friday, May 10, 2013, Bangalore, May 9: With Congress getting a clear lead in the recently held Karnataka Assembly Elections 2013, they are busy deciding who will be the next CM. There is… Continue Reading →

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