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Feb 12, 2013 Three women stripped in public in Odisha: "A meeting was held later where the women were accused of practising witchcraft."
Feb 12, 2013 SHOOT-AT-WILL CITY Bengal faces searing questions from girl: "A Calcutta police officer was shot dead in daylight today over something as routine as a college election, prompting his daughter to ask a question that captured the many ills plaguing the state."
Feb 12, 2013 Under Supreme Court’s nose, conspiracy hatched to destroy 2G case: "Tapes suggest prosecutor, accused Sanjay Chandra (C), and star witness colluded to vitiate SC directions to CBI."
Feb 12, 2013 Doctors are aborting daughters: Study: "Doctors have fewer daughters than the average Indian, which indicates that they may be using illegal sex-selective abortions to have more sons, reports a study in the international journal, Demography."
Feb 12, 2013 Ex-Air Chief Tyagi was bribed to swing chopper deal, Italy probe report says: "Italian investigators Tuesday alleged that business conglomerate Finmeccanica bribed S P Tyagi when he was chief of the Indian Air Force to swing the controversial AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal in favour of the company."
Feb 12, 2013 Rs 4000-cr deal, Rs 470-cr bribe?: "Another scam unfolded today with the arrest of the head of a state-owned Italian aerospace company that is suspected of paying bribes of about Rs 362 crore in India to get orders for helicopters to ferry Indian VVIPs, prompting the government to order a CBI probe."
Feb 12, 2013 Italian defence firm head held for India bribes, probe ordered: "Italian police arrested the chief executive of aerospace and defence giant Finmeccanica on Tuesday for corruption and embezzlement in relation to alleged bribes given to the Indian government"
Feb 11, 2013 Suryanelli gangrape: Accused claims P J Kurien involved: "The third accused in the 1996 Suryanelli Rape Case, Dharmarajan, on Monday told a leading daily in Kerala that Rajya Sabha Chairman P J Kurien was involved."
Feb 11, 2013 Rags to riches story of Janardhan Reddy’s secretary: "Mehfuz Ali Khan was only a private secretary to jailed mining baron G Janardhan Reddy. But he seems to be not an ordinary person as his bank account shows that the total transactions he made was whopping Rs 103.09 core in just nine months. Besides he had also owned 250 acres of land near Bangalore International Airport."
Feb 11, 2013 WB: Around 100 women dumped in open field after sterilisation: "In a shocking case, most of the 100 women in a semi-conscious state, who underwent ligation procedure at a sterilisation camp at a rural health centre in Malda district, were abandoned in an open field adjacent to the facility."
Feb 8, 2013 8200 children dead in Safdarjung Hospital in last 5 yrs: RTI: "The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to Union Health Secretary and Medical Superintendent of Safdarjung Hospital in the national capital on a complaint alleging that more than 8,200 children died at the institution in the last five years. The notice was sent on the basis of an RTI query which revealed that of the 18 ventilators available for children in the hospital, five were not functional."
Feb 8, 2013 Use police from VIP security for women safety: SC: "The Supreme Court has asked the Delhi Police why security personnel deployed on VIP security could not be provided to ensure security of women in the city. The court's observation came on a plea filed by Amicus Curiae Harish Salve."
Feb 8, 2013 Women don't feel safe in Delhi: Sheila Dikshit: "A day after a man shoved an iron rod down a 19-year-old girl's throat for resisting rape in Delhi, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has yet again admitted that women don't feel safe in Delhi. 'At this moment there is no feeling of safety in Delhi following yesterday's rape at Lajpat Nagar,' Dikshit said."
Feb 8, 2013 Know what is Suryanelli gangrape case that is haunting Rajya Sabha deputy chief P J Kurien: "when a picture of that person appeared in a newspaper, she recognised ‘Bhajji’ as P.J. Kurien. According to the victim, this was pointed out by her to investigation officials, but they did not book Kurien as an accused."
Feb 8, 2013 'Being A Change Agent': "'We may not be able to wipe out corruption, but endeavour to uncover instances of crony capitalism. Government should be seen to support enterprise per se and not particular entrepreneurs'"
Feb 8, 2013 'भारत सेक्स को लेकर पागल लोगों का देश': "“इस देश भारत को बलात्कार की लत है. उसके राष्ट्रीय संस्थान नाकारा हैं.”"
Feb 8, 2013 CAG publicly slams government: "The fresh remarks made by Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai against the UPA dispensation on Friday (February 8) triggered a war of words, with the government attacking him and the opposition throwing its weight behind him."
Feb 8, 2013 Parents of raped, murdered girl 'forced' to live in public loo: "This, the police have done in the name of "witness protection"."
Feb 8, 2013 China's advisory: Don't go out alone in Delhi: " In a strongly worded report, state-run Xinhua said India is known for “rampant rapes against women and Delhi’s called the rape capital of the world.”"
Feb 7, 2013 Robert Vadra deals: Move to break me down psychologically, alleges Khemka: "“They want to harass me. They want to break me down psychologically,” the 1991-batch IAS officer alleged. He claimed that vested elements had the support of some mandarins in the government as he had exposed alleged land scams during his previous postings."
Feb 7, 2013 No action? Why commission? - State objects but court allows petition on joke arrest : "The chief justice of Calcutta High Court today overruled the Bengal government’s objections and allowed a petition demanding action against police officers who had arrested a Jadavpur University professor for circulating an Internet joke that featured the chief minister."
Feb 7, 2013 At Harvard, CAG slams government, netas: "hit out at the Manmohan Singh government for attempting to reduce the federal auditor to a mere accountant with no real role in auditing policy."
Feb 7, 2013 3 cops to protect each VIP, just 1 policeman for 761 citizens: "there are as many as 47,557 cops protecting 14,842 VIPs across the country or three police personnel to one protectee even as rising crime poses a serious threat to the security of the common citizen."
Feb 7, 2013 BBC: Abuse of Indian children 'common' : "Commissioned by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the study says 53% of the surveyed children reported one or more forms of sexual abuse."
Feb 7, 2013 BBC: India child sex victims 'humiliated' - Human Rights Watch: "more than 7,200 children, including infants, are raped every year in India", "Child victims of sexual abuse in India are often mistreated and humiliated by police"
Feb 6, 2013 छत्तीसगढ़ में ट्रेन हाइजैक अपराधी को ले भागे: "सूत्रों का कहना है कि उपेन्द्र सिंह को जो पुलिसकर्मी बिलासपुर से दुर्ग के न्यायलय में पेशी के लिए ले गए थे उनके पास हथियार नहीं थे."
Feb 6, 2013 In horrific loyalty test, 20 people dip hands in boiling oil over panchayat poll: ""Dinesh Parmar, who hails from Deria village in Bayad taluka, asked the community members to dip their hands in oil to prove that they had voted for him,""
Feb 6, 2013 UP minister shocks all with coarse remarks about female DM: ""Pichli baar yahan ki DM Kamini Chauhan Ratan thee ... who bhi bahut sundar mahila thee ... main sochta tha ki unse sundar mahila DM ho hi nahi sakti. Lekin is baar jab main prabhari mantri hoon ... to DM (K Dhanlaxmi) unse bhi adhik sundar hain ... bahut hi madhur vaani hai ... karyashamta bhi adhik hai ... "
Feb 6, 2013 Fundamentalists claim victory, govt silent: "Even as fundamentalists reared their ugly heads and silenced a budding all-girls rock ban, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah seems unmoved and remains unresponsive. But it's time for Omar to realise that his silence in this case could only encourage unofficial censorship and undermine his own authority."
Feb 6, 2013 UP: Gonda SP who exposed SP minister transferred: "After an expose showed an Uttar Pradesh minister caught on camera helping cattle smugglers in Gonda, the Superintendent of Police who conducted the sting investigation has been transferred and attached to the UP DGP's office."
Feb 6, 2013 MP Lokayukta raids electricity board clerk, finds Rs 40 cr assets: "The Madhya Pradesh Lokayukta police on Tuesday raided the house of Arjun Singh Lalwani, who is a clerk in the electricity board and discovered assets worth Rs 40 crore. Cash and properties worth lakhs were seized and the police claimed his income was disproportionate to his known sources of income."
Feb 6, 2013 MP forest officer raided, Rs 12 cr worth investments recovered: "The Madhya Pradesh anti-corruption office (Lokayukta) got into action and carried out raids on Wednesday morning. The Lokayukta raided the Chief Conservator of Forest BK Singh's residence at Ujjain and Bhopal."
Feb 6, 2013 Women don't feel safe in Delhi: Sheila Dikshit: "A day after a man shoved an iron rod down a 19-year-old girl's throat for resisting rape in Delhi, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has yet again admitted that women don't feel safe in Delhi. 'At this moment there is no feeling of safety in Delhi following yesterday's rape at Lajpat Nagar,' Dikshit said."
Feb 6, 2013 Should an all-women band be deemed un-Islamic?: "Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said that full security will be provided to the members of the state's first girl band if they wanted to pursue their music career."
Feb 5, 2013 BBC: The Indian women pushed into hysterectomies: "Thousands of Indian women are having their wombs removed in operations that campaigners say are unnecessary and only performed to make money for unscrupulous private doctors."
Feb 5, 2013 This MP clerk’s salary is Rs 40,000, assets Rs 25 crore: "a Grade-II clerk in the Madhya Pradesh state power utility, with a monthly salary of Rs 40,000, has been valued at Rs 25 crore in ill-gotten wealth."
Feb 5, 2013 Will challenge system of false chargesheets against political opponents: AAP's Bhushan: "AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Prashant Bhushan, Kumar Vishwas and Manish Sisodia appeared before a court on Tuesday for hearing in the Coalgate scam protests case. 'We will challenge this system of filing false chargesheets against political opponents and making them run around courts,' said Bhushan."
Feb 5, 2013 Girl band must abide by sharia: Dukhtaran-e-Millat leader: "While the Jammu and Kashmir Police filed an FIR against those issuing threats to the valley's first girl rock band Pragaash, the leader of Dukhtaran-e-Millat (Daughters of the Nation), Asiya Andrabi backed the fatwa issued by the Grand Mufti against the band. Andrabi said there was nothing wrong in stopping the girls from performing on stage."
Feb 4, 2013 We have remained an oddly backward country: Amartya Sen
Feb 4, 2013 In public interest, Haryana govt acquired land from farmers, gave to Vadra, scores of builders at throwaway rates: report: "The Haryana government acquired nearly 1,350 acres of land from poor farmers and then parcelled them off to score of builders, including that of Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra's firm, through over 200 land deals"
Feb 4, 2013 Institutionalised rape exposed: "TIMES NOW investigation reveals the dark secret behind the govt shelters in Chhattisgarh where minors were raped repeatedly for 2 years shockingly by their own teachers."
Feb 4, 2013 Court slaps cheating charges against Kalmadi, 9 others: "A Delhi court Monday formally slapped charges of forgery and cheating against former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi and nine others in a corruption case related to the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The BJP welcomed the move and sought action also against Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit for alleged lapses."
Feb 4, 2013 Stop the lip service, let them sing!: "Activists, filmmakers and others on Monday (February 4) came out in support of Kashmir's first all-girls rock band, which is facing online threats and abuses, with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah ordering a police probe and hoping that the talented teenagers will not let themselves be silenced by a "handful of morons"."
Feb 4, 2013 Girls should sing in their homes, not in public: Mufti Maulana Bashir-ud-Din: "Kashmir's Grand Mufti has condemned the first girl rock band and issued a fatwa against them, saying music is bad for the society and women must be under a veil at all times."
Feb 4, 2013 Fatwa issued against Kashmir's girl band: "After facing threats, Kashmir's first all girls music band is now facing a fatwa from Muslim clerics. Kashmir's Grand Mufti has condemned the rock band and issued a fatwa against them, saying music is bad for the society and women must be under a veil at all times."
Feb 3, 2013 Suryanelli rape: Victim claims RS Deputy Chairman was one of the rapists: "Sixteen years have passed but the Suryanelli rape case continues to shadow PJ Kurien, the deputy speaker of the Rajya Sabha. Troubles resurfaced for the Kerala Congressman after the rape survivor sent a letter to the Supreme Court last week, asking for a review of the apex court's order quashing all charges against Kurien."
Feb 3, 2013 Singing is un-Islamic, says J&K grandmufti: "As support grew for Pragaash, the all-girls’ rock band of Kashmir, the grandmufti of Jammu and Kashmir, Bashiruddin Ahmad, on Sunday issued a decree, terming singing “un-Islamic” and asking the band to abandon it."
Feb 3, 2013 Has the ordinance on sexual harassment backfired?: "Women's groups allege that the government has diluted the law against sexual crime by not accepting Justice JS Verma's recommendations in totality. Now, political parties have joined the chorus."
Feb 2, 2013 Mining scam kingpin spills the beans: "A day after TIMES NOW unraveled Rs 4000 cr mining kingpin Anil Bastawade's web of deceit, sources in the Enforcement Directorate (ED)have confirmed that Bastawade has confessed to money laundering. Sources also said that Bastawade has confirmed his link with former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda and his key aides Sanjay Chaudhary and Manoj Punamiya."
Feb 2, 2013 Can Dental Council members indulge in corruption without support from top?: "Dr Usha Mohandas, who is the Former Member of the Dental Council of India and Founder President Dentists Against Corruption in Dental Education asked, 'When you are heading the body which is responsible primarily for the education of youngsters and your junior is involved in corruption, how can you claim that you did not know anything about it?'"
Feb 2, 2013 Is creative freedom under serious threat in India?: "It's a war of words between author Salman Rushdie and the West Bengal government. The author on Friday alleged that he was forced to cancel his trip to Kolkata after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ordered the police to block his arrival."
Feb 2, 2013 Dental Council of India: The history of controversies: "In a fresh twist to the Dental Council scam, letters written by the members of Dental Council of India (DCI), accessed exclusively by CNN-IBN, have raised serious questions against the present Chairman of the Council, Dr Dibyendu Majumdar. This is clearly not the first time when the Dental Council of India is making headlines. CNN-IBN had reported on the story three years back."
Feb 2, 2013 Vishwaroopam: Haasan to delete 7 scenes after deal: "Actor and director Kamal Haasan on Saturday reached an agreement with Muslim groups protesting against his film 'Vishwaroopam' and announced that he had agreed to cut seven scenes from the film and mute certain other scenes that were deemed as offensive. The Muslim groups agreed to withdraw protests after the deal."
Feb 1, 2013 Now, Rushdie hounded out: "he was forced to cancel his trip to Kolkata as he was told that he would be bundled out in the next flight by the police on instructions from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. "The simple fact is that the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ordered the police to block my arrival," tweeted the British Indian novelist who was forced to cancel his trip to the metropolis on Wednesday to promote Deepa Mehta's film 'Midnight's Children' based on his novel."
Feb 1, 2013 Mining scam: Web of deceit - Part 1: "Income Tax document titled 'empire of Madhu Koda' which reveals the links of all the mining scam kingpins. The 2009-10 I-T assessment report of Manoj Punamiya, an accused in the scam, exposes that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had it for a good two years but no action was taken on it. The investigating agencies have been sitting on the report of one of India's biggest political scams. The Supreme Court on Jan 29 granted 45 days to ED to complete its probe against former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda for his alleged role in a money laundering case."
Feb 1, 2013 DCI members' letters raise questions against Chairman: "In a fresh twist to the Dental Council scam, letters written by the members of Dental Council of India (DCI), accessed exclusively by CNN-IBN, have raised serious questions against the present Chairman of the Council, Dr Dibyendu Majumdar. In one of the letters, written by a member of the DCI Dr Joseph Issac to the Union Health Ministry, questions the manner in which the Council is being managed to suit private colleges."
Feb 1, 2013 Mamata blocks Rushdie's arrival in Kolkata, TMC defends her order: "As West Bengal Chief Minister blocked author Salman Rushdie from entering Kolkata to promote Deepa Mehta's film 'Midnight's Children', Trinamool Party leaders have come out in her defence saying she did nothing wrong. 'There is nothing shameful, I am congratulating the state government for taking the right decision,' said Sultan Ahmed."
Feb 1, 2013 Is the new Lokpal draft a step forward in the battle against corruption?: "The amended Lokpal Bill, which delinks the Central government from creation of state Lokayuktas, was on Thursday approved by the Union Cabinet, paving the way for its consideration by Parliament. The revised bill incorporates a number of changes recommended by the Rajya Sabha Select Committee, including appointment of the Director of Prosecution by the CVC."
Feb 1, 2013 Delhi govt, pvt power companies cheating people: Kejriwal: "Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal on Friday alleged that power tariffs in the national capital were falsely inflated by the Delhi government and the Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission. Kejriwal also claimed that power companies owned by Tata and Anil Ambani were involved in major frauds."
Feb 1, 2013 Rushdie: Mamata Banerjee blocked my Kolkata arrival: "After fringe Muslim groups took to the streets in Kolkata, protesting against his visit to the city, author Salman Rushdie on Friday said the truth of the matter was that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ordered the police to block his arrival."
Feb 1, 2013 13 year-old rape survivor turns CJ: "Listen to this 13 year old who was raped by her father speak out. This is an unedited interview. You may find it disturbing"
Feb 1, 2013 FightBack app: India's first mobile application for women's safety: "Developed by IT major Tech Mahindra, 'FightTBacK' was initially developed for inhouse use. The company made it publicly available from its website for free after the Delhi gangrape."
Feb 1, 2013 Anna says govt cheated people on Lokpal Bill: "Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare has criticised the government for not bringing the CBI and CVC under the ambit of the Lokpal Bill. He said the government cheated on the public by not holding proper consultations."
Feb 1, 2013 Mamata's decision of blocking Rushdie from Kolkata not surprising: Amit Chaudhuri: "Salman Rushdie on Friday tweeted that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had ordered the police to block his arrival in the city for the Literary Meet."
Feb 1, 2013 'Must get angry at injustice': "Art of Living founder Sri Sri is about to launch a nationwide volunteers movement in Delhi this Sunday. He spoke exclusively to NewsX about how public service is also a key way to deal with the sense of dislocation and anger that is both causing tragedies like the Damini gangrape and the public-govt face-off that followed."
Feb 1, 2013 Rushdie ban reveals the shameful truth about Kolkata
Feb 1, 2013 Mamata blocked my arrival, police incited protests: Rushdie : "Salman Rushdie today said he was forced to cancel his trip to Kolkata as he was told that he would be bundled out in the next flight by the police on instructions from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee."
Feb 1, 2013 The Last Word: Is India weak in defending freedom of speech?: "Do the Ashis Nandy, Vishwaroopam and Salman Rushdie incidents prove that the Indian state is weak in defending freedom of speech?"
Feb 1, 2013 Rape victim wants Cong leader probed: "the Kerala High Court verdict acquitting 35 accused in the serial rape of a minor girl from Suryanelli in Kerala, the victim stuck to her stand that senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha deputy chairman P J Kurian was among those assaulted her."
Jan 30, 2013 Haasan threatens self exile: "On a day of dramatic developments, actor Kamal Haasan suffered a setback today when the Madras High Court stayed the release of 'Vishwaroopam' in Tamil Nadu even as he agreed to make changes in deference to Muslim sentiments while threatening to exile himself from the state."
Jan 30, 2013 Vishwaroopam: Filmmakers call it 'state terrorism': "Filmmakers Mahesh Bhatt and Rituparno Ghosh strongly supported embattled actor-turned-director Kamal Haasan and said the hounding he is facing can only be termed as 'state terrorism'."
Jan 30, 2013 रेल यात्रा: मुश्किल भरा सफ़र: "अमूमन दूसरे दर्जे के एक डब्बे में 72 लोगों के बैठने की व्यवस्था होती है. रॉनी सेन का दावा है कि उन्होंने एक-एक डब्बे में 500-500 लोगों को सफ़र करते देखा है."
Jan 30, 2013 Anil Bastawade's rise in fortunes 'shocked' relatives: "As per the chargesheet filed last year, Bastawade is alleged to have purchased assets to the tune of Rs 250 crore in UAE from money generated from illegal activities during Koda's regime."
Jan 30, 2013 Indo-Pak most dangerous place: Former US diplomat
Jan 30, 2013 Realty giants in web of firms linked to Maya's brother: "Anand Kumar's flagship, The Hotel Library Club Pvt. Ltd, is the only one among his at least 50 companies — together estimated to be worth over Rs 750 crore in end-March 2012— that existed before 2007."
Jan 30, 2013 Upset over 'Vishwaroopam' ban, Kamal Haasan threatens to quit India: "he said he was serious about leaving Tamil Nadu or even India for a secular place where he could continue his work."
Jan 29, 2013 ED: Will prove Bastawade-Koda link: "As the Rs 4000 cr mining scam kingpin Anil Bastawade, a fugitive businessman and a close associate of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, is being deported to India from Indonesia over alleged money laundering charges, the Supreme Court has granted the Enforcement Directorate (ED) one more month's custody of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda. The ED has said that they will confront Koda with new evidence and prove the direct link between Koda and Anil Bastawade."
Jan 29, 2013 Crucial documents show Bastawade-Koda link: "TIMES NOW has accessed crucial Enforcement Directorate (ED) documents nailing Rs 4000 cr mining scam kingpin Anil Bastawade and showing the link between him and former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda. Anil Bastawade, a fugitive businessman and a close associate of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda, was detained in Indonesia following an Interpol notice against him on alleged money laundering charges."
Jan 28, 2013 Cop brutally assaults businessman: "Case of extreme brutality comes to light in Shekhpura District. Superintendent of Police (SP) Babu Ram brutally assaulted a liquor businessman Mukesh Kumar who was allegedly selling illegal liquor. SP Babu Ram arrested Mukesh Kumar and then assaulted him physically. Mukesh received severe injuries and he was referred to Patna Medical College Hospital where he had to undergo operation."
Jan 28, 2013 ED probing cash deals worth Rs 760 cr involving Mayawati's brother: report: "The company has a share capital of Rs 24 lakh and is wholly owned by Anand Kumar and his wife Vichitra Lata. In 2007-08, its income from the hotel business was Rs 25 lakh. In 2011-12, it posted losses of Rs 80 lakh, but received Rs 152 crore from the sale of undisclosed investments."
Jan 28, 2013 Women are subjugated in free India: "a significant percentage of its population suffers atrocities and lives in constant fear of being abducted, sexually assaulted, beaten and murdered"
Jan 28, 2013 Citizen Journalist Show: Ban the two Finger Test: "Rape survivors turn CJs and speak up against the 2 finger test. Delhi boys tell Megha Mamgain if girls ask for it and lots more"
Jan 28, 2013 Nine students fall ill as callous authorities serve dead rat-infected food: "A dead rat allegedly found in the dinner served to students of a government residential school in Hardauli village in the district made nine children severely ill"
Jan 28, 2013 BBC: India's booming land values spark family feuds: "Reaching legal settlements in Indian land disputes can be costly and cumbersome"
Jan 27, 2013 Gangrape: Shinde never interacted with us, says Justice Verma: "Justice JS Verma, the head of the panel that was constituted in the aftermath of the horrific Delhi gangrape to suggest reforms in anti-sexual harassment laws, has made a startling claim. In an interview to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, the former Chief Justice of India said that Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, the most important stakeholder in the issue, did not interact with the panel even once during the one month period that it took to prepare and submit its report."
Jan 27, 2013 Indira Gandhi institutionalized Corruption in India - Rajiv Dixit: "राजीव दिक्षित जयप्रकाश नारायण के आन्दोलन के बारे में बताते है। वो बताते है की इंदिरा गाँधी कहती थी भ्रस्ताचार तो शिष्टाचार है। बिना भ्रस्ताचार के लोकतंत्र चल नहीं सकता है। भ्रस्ताचार वो तेल है जिसके बिना लोकतंत्र का पहिया चल नहीं सकता। यानि की इंदिरा गाँधी ने भार्स्ताचार को संस्थागत रूप दिया।"
Jan 26, 2013 'Stop this cultural terrorism,' says Kamal Haasan: "Legendary actor Kamal Haasan on Thursday reacted strongly to the Tamil Nadu government's decision to ban his latest film 'Vishwaroopam' following protests from some Muslim groups and said such 'cultural terrorism' should stop."
Jan 26, 2013 There is a cultural emergency in India, says Salman Rushdie: "Author Salman Rushdie, who's book Midnight's Children is now a film has said that there is a cultural emergency in India. Speaking to CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose, both Rushdie and the film's director, Deepa Mehta said they are deeply worried about repeated attacks on creative freedom in India."
Jan 26, 2013 Agenda For Change: Has the Verma panel attacked the heart of patriarchy in India?: "In a detailed and scathing report the Justice JS Verma Committee has called for stricter implementation of existing laws, police reforms, gender sensitisation of the security agencies and judiciary along with several changes in the IPC to deal with crime against women particularly rape cases."
Jan 26, 2013 Don Bosco VP arrested for allegedly molesting students: "The Vice Principal of Don Bosco School in Pune has been arrested and sent to police custody till January 25 for allegedly misbehaving with girl students. Four girls filed a complaint on Monday with the Yerwada Police Station against 45-year-old Eeju Francis."
Jan 26, 2013 Meghalaya's matrilineal society a myth, 800 rapes in 10 years: "More than 800 rapes have been reported from Meghalaya in the past 10 years. Meghalaya's matrilineal society seems to be hardly safeguarding women. On December 13, 2012, an 18-year-old girl was gangraped by a group of 16 in Williamnagar."
Jan 26, 2013 BBC: Do India's political parties condone corruption?: "India's most respected election watchdog Association for Democratic Reforms informed us that nearly a third of MPs - 158 of 543 - in the parliament faced criminal charges."
Jan 26, 2013 Gang rape: Home Secy, Delhi Police chief were laughing at press conference, it was shameful, says Justice J S Verma: "the retired former Chief Justice said, "both the Home Secretary and Police Commissioner were laughing in the press conference following the India Gate protests. Someone in the establishment should have addressed the protesters. This is a shame on democracy.""
Jan 26, 2013 दिल्ली गैंगरेप: महिला हेल्पलाइन में सबसे बड़ी अड़चन पुलिस: "100 नंबर पर फोन करने पर कभी भी अच्छी प्रतिक्रिया नहीं होती. इमर्जेंसी की स्थिति में फिर हमें किसी सीनियर अधिकारी से बात करनी पड़ती है.""
Jan 26, 2013 'जज ने सीना छुआ और सलवार उतारने को कहा...': "आरोप है कि जज ने उससे शॉल हटाकर कपड़े उतारने को कहा, जिससे वह उसकी उम्र का पता लगा सके. लड़की ने अपने बयान में कहा है कि इसके बाद जज ने उसका सीना छुआ और सलवार उतारने को कहा. "
Jan 26, 2013 जुर्माना भरना था तो 11 साल की बेटी बेच दी: "पुलिस को बालिका ने बताया कि मां का कलेजा नहीं पसीजा और उसे ख़रीदार को सौंप दिया गया. वे उसे कंजरी बस्ती ले आये और अनैतिक कार्य के लिए दबाव डालने लगे. उसके साथ मारपीट भी की गई. बालिका ने पुलिस को बताया कि उसे मुंबई में बेचने के बात की जा रही थी तभी वो भाग निकली."
Jan 26, 2013 CAG alleges misuse of farm loan waiver funds: "According to the report, Rs 52,000 crore were allotted for the debt waiver under the scheme. However, 25 per cent beneficiaries of the scheme did not get the intended benefit, it said."
Jan 26, 2013 Hearing stories of rape victims, Verma panel members wept: "the first-person stories of young girls and a boy traumatised by years of sexual exploitation were so gut-wrenching that Verma and his two colleagues broke down and wept."
Jan 25, 2013 Air India is world's third least safe airline: Report: " Air India has been rated world's third least safe airline after China Airlines and TAM Airlines, according to a report from a website that monitors plane crashes around the world."
Jan 23, 2013 BBC: Indian farmers and suicide: How big is the problem?: "Influential investor Jim Rogers said in a recent debate on the BBC that millions of Indian farmers have killed themselves over the past few years because they couldn't make a living. The official figure is actually 270,000 since 1995."

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