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Aug 27, 2013 Flavia Agnes, Asian Age The rape victim opted for life than to become a martyr at the altar of sexual purity and has challenged the judicial premise that virginity is the most priced possession of an Indian… Continue Reading →
CNN-IBN | Updated Aug 23, 2013 Mumbai: A 23-year old woman photographer was allegedly gangraped by five men on Thursday in Mumbai. The incident took place at around 8 PM near Shakti Mills in Lower Parel area when the 23-year-old woman, working with… Continue Reading →
Geography has a way of intruding on the historical development of cities. All three colonial cities — Madras, Calcutta and Bombay — had their origin as British fortified settlements, but only Mumbai has retained its commercial importance. Because Greater Mumbai… Continue Reading →
Impose curfew, fine on villagers for helping Naxals: Satyapal Singh Mumbai police commissioner says the Naxals need to be searched, driven out or neutralised by putting ‘collective responsibility’ on villagers PTI Mumbai police commissioner Satyapal Singh says it is time… Continue Reading →
Hindustan Times (Mumbai) Puja Pednekar [email protected] Despite several applications, education department not giving approval for new appointments MUMBAI: Around 18,000 students are without a teacher in the city’s aided schools. Since last year’s ban on recruitment of new teachers, schools… Continue Reading →
MUMBAI MLAS’ REPORT CARD SHOWS CRIME, CORRUPTION ON THE RISE: PRAJA Criminality and corruption have increased steadily among Mumbai’s legislators, a report card released by voluntary organisation Praja Foundation on Monday revealed. An analysis of 32 MLAs from the city… Continue Reading →
Mateen Hafeez & Madhavi Rajadhyaksha, TNN | Aug 12, 2013, 06.57 AM IS Only one in five people accused of rape in Mumbai is convicted for the crime, a Right to Information application has revealed. The query was for patterns in the… Continue Reading →
Pritish Nandy Finally, after 8 long years, the ban on dance bars in Maharashtra is over. The Supreme Court has upheld the Mumbai High Court’s order to squash the stupid, brutal, insensitive ban. Earlier, the Governor too had refused to… Continue Reading →
Rosy Sequeira, TNN | Jul 23, 2013, 1 MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Monday questioned the state government’s sensitivity when told that the women and child welfare department (WCD) has no funds to rehabilitate victims of sexual assault. The court has… Continue Reading →
You’ve got to hand it to them Friday, Jul 19, 2013, 10:26 IST | Agency: DNA Sudhir Suryawanshi – Ravi Jadhav/DNA Exactly how much land within areas designated as Special Economic Zones (SEZ) or Integrated Industrial Areas (IIA) is… Continue Reading →