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Aug 5, 2013 Delhi court cites Mahomedan Law to absolve man of raping minor: "A Muslim man has been absolved of charges of illegally confining and raping a minor from the same religion, whom he later married, by a Delhi court which cited the Mahomedan Law that allows a 15-year-old girl to marry against the wishes of her parents. "
Aug 4, 2013 वाह री पुलिस! बाढ़ पीड़ितों पर जमकर भांजी लाठी: "महाराष्ट्र के चंद्रपुर में पुलिस ने बाढ़ पीड़ितों पर जमकर लाठी चार्ज किया. बाढ़ पीड़ितों पर लाठी चार्ज करते हुए पुलिस ने सारी हदें पार कर दी और आंख मूंदकर लाठियां बरसाईं. पुलिस ने न तो औरतों और बुजुर्गों को बक्शा न ही बच्चों को. यहीं नहीं पुलिस ने लोगों की घरों से निकाल कर भी जमकर पिटाई की. लोगों का गुनाह सिर्फ इतना था कि उन्होंने पलक मंत्री को घेर लिया था."
Aug 4, 2013 Rajasthan govt transfers SP for reopening Congress MLA's father Ghazi Fakir's history sheet
Aug 4, 2013 Bandh in Jaisalmer, as Rajasthan govt transfers SP for reopening Congress MLA's father Ghazi Fakir's history sheet: "the SP directed reopening of the case file relating to notorious history sheeter Ghazi Fakir, father of local Congress MLA Saleh Mohammad. Ghazi Fakir has been involved in cross-border smuggling and other anti-social activities on the India-Pakistan border since two decades."
Aug 4, 2013 Braveheart shot dead in WB: "A man was shot dead today when he protested the attempts of four youths to rape his two sisters at Dainhat in Burdwan district, police said."
Aug 4, 2013 RJD alleges 'loot' of MNREGA funds in Bihar: "issue a white paper detailing utilisation of Rs. 8110.84 crore under the central flagship scheme between 2007 and 2012. The MNREGA has flopped in Bihar due to 'loot' of funds under the scheme by the official machinery as pointed out by the CAG in its report"
Aug 4, 2013 Targeted for taking on political class: "Jaisalmer SP Pankaj Choudhary was transferred after he reopened history sheet of a Congress MLA's father. Even as the transferred officer is claiming political conspiracy to be behind the move, the Congress MLA in the eye of the storm continues to remain in denial."
Aug 4, 2013 Durga in UP, Pankaj in Rajasthan: "In a virtual rerun of the UP IAS officer saga, an IPS officer in Rajasthan was transferred two days after he reopened the history-sheet of a ruling Congress MLA's father, who had allegedly been involved in smuggling and other anti-social activities."
Aug 4, 2013 Two constables arrested for gang-rape in Meerut: "They pointed their gun at her and forced her to accompany them to their residence. After raping her, they threatened her with dire consequences if she said anything to anybody."
Aug 4, 2013 After Durga Shakti Nagpal, Jaisalmer SP shunted out for taking on Cong MLA: "The IPS officer had opened the case against the father of a Congress MLA and local leader Gazi Fakir, who in the past has been allegedly involved in smuggling and other anti-social activities in the border areas of the state."
Aug 3, 2013 Trapped in corruption net: "Once the initial heat generated by actions of the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) in such cases dies down, the departments concerned make the complainants 'pay' dearly."
Aug 3, 2013 46-year-old gangraped in Hubli: "It's unfortunately becoming india's reality. Another woman brutally gangraped and this time in Hubli region of karnataka. A 46-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped by 11 men and one of the prime accused is said to be her close relative."
Aug 1, 2013 SP leader brags he got IAS officer Durga Shakti suspended in 41 minutes: "A video purportedly showing a senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader claiming he got IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal suspended in "just 41 minutes""
Jul 31, 2013 Suspended, mocked & victimised: "She was suspended mocked and victimised. An IAS officer who was in news for curbing illegal mining till a few days ago today stands suspended, her fault, a genuine attempt to put an end to illegal mining. Durga Shakti, suspended IAS officer said, "Just last week we had conducted 3 raids. Around 25-26 people have been jailed post that, we have also filed a case against them." Punished for taking on the mining mafia in the state and humiliated by the politicians, who will join bureaucracy if the officers are treated like this?"
Jul 31, 2013 Mid-Day meal: 110 children taken ill in Bihar: "In Arwal district 65 children were taken ill and in Jamui district 45 children fell sick in Kalyuga village."
Jul 31, 2013 Status check: A Mumbai slum family earning Rs 7,000 a month not BPL?: "After being reduced to a farce by politicians, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia admitted that poverty figures are at an all time low. CNN-IBN's Smitha Nair tried to find out if it is possible to survive in a Mumbai slum for close to Rs 7,000 a month."
Jul 31, 2013 Noida: 3 men shoot dead a man who was fighting the sand mafia: "A man was allegedly killed on Wednesday by sand mafia in Noida in the National Capital Region. The police say three motorcycle-borne men shot the man, Mangeram, dead in Sector 39, Noida."
Jul 30, 2013 The Guardian: India's deadly problem with school meals: "The Bihar deaths are part of a national crisis: a policy meant to improve nutrition and school attendance has gone badly wrong"
Jul 30, 2013 On duty cop touches SP leader's feet: "Sycophancy touches new lows in Uttar Pradesh as an on duty cop and city magistrate were seen touching the feet of former leader of opposition and current minister in the UP cabinet Shivpal Yadav. But this isn't the first time this kind of subservient behaviour has been displayed by cops and civil servants in the state."
Jul 30, 2013 Acid attack on woman in Ghaziabad: "A 22-year-old married woman suffered serious burn injuries on Friday (July 26) when her jilted lover threw acid at her face after she refused his proposal in Vijay Nagar area in Ghaziabad."
Jul 30, 2013 Children living next to parents grave: "In Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, four children live in the village graveyard under a tree right next to where their parents are buried. But this is not because they have no one to care for them but because their relatives are scared of taking them in since their parents were HIV positive."
Jul 30, 2013 Digvijaya makes 'sexist' remark on Congress MP: "Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday made a somewhat 'sexist' remark at a rally in Madhya Pradesh. Speaking at a public rally in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, he called Congress MP and Rahul aide Meenakshi Natarajan a 'tanch maal' or a good product."
Jul 30, 2013 Can one get a meal for Rs 5? CNN-IBN finds out: "A day after Congress leaders claimed that one can get a complete meal at Re 1, Rs 5, Rs 12 and Rs 15, CNN-IBN did a ground check which shows that the politicians not related by the ground reality."
Jul 30, 2013 Digvijaya calls Congress MP 'tunch maal', BJP says he's 'mental': "when translated from Bhojpuri to English reads: "100 percent sexy woman.""
Jul 29, 2013 SP leader threatens cop: "The high handedness of the Samajwadi Party leaders has come to the fore. Samajwadi Party leader Ghanshyam Singh was caught on tape threatening an on-duty police officer. Singh dared the police officer after he dared to carry out a routine check in the leader's car."
Jul 29, 2013 3 साल तक किया बेटी से रेप, शिकायत की तो दादा ने भी बना हैवान: "यही नहीं लड़की का आरोप है कि जब उसने अपने दादाजी को पूरी कहानी सुनाई तो उन्होंने भी उसके साथ बलात्कार किया."
Jul 29, 2013 UnIslamic' J&K Grand Mufti seen enjoying songs: "Five months after issuing a fatwa against the all-girls rock band 'Praagaash', the Jammu and Kashmir Grand Mufti Bashir-ud-Din Ahmad has been caught in a video enjoying a musical performance at a function."
Jul 29, 2013 MP CM's poll campaign financed by mining baron, says I-T report: "The Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh is battling a fresh crisis after key Income Tax documents revealed that his last election campaign named operation 'Vijay' was financed by mining baron Sudhir Sharma. Mining baron Sudhir Sharma was a college lecturer until 2005. Sharma was raided by the I-T department in June 2012. Sharma allegedly made big fortunes after he started managing the affairs of State Mining Minister Laxmi Kant Sharma."
Jul 29, 2013 Durga Nagpal suspension: Can an honest IAS officer survive in our system?: "Durga Shakti Nagpal, posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Gautam Budh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, had cracked down on sand mafia in the district. The state government suspended her on Sunday night saying irregularities have been found in her work."
Jul 29, 2013 Parliament Street firing: Video contradicts police claim: "As per the footage, there were no bricks present in the night visual but bricks appeared in the morning visuals. Relatives of the victim are now questioning whether the brick was placed after the incident to validate the police's claims that they were pelted with stones by the motorcyclists."
Jul 29, 2013 Bangalore: Civic body faces corruption allegations: "After potholes and uncollected garbage, the civic body in Bangalore has now come under fire over corruption allegations. In order to combat garbage and potholes in the city, the civic body had come up with a plan of issuing ward level officers with digital cameras so that they can click photos of potholes and garbage and alert head office."
Jul 29, 2013 Police force Madras University to cancel Islamic feminist’s lecture: " Amina Wadud, considered an Islamic feminist, was to deliver a lecture on 'Gender and Reform in Islam' at the University of Madras."
Jul 29, 2013 Bigger the criminal charge, fatter the politician's wallet: Study: "What's more interesting is that the wealth of legislators who faced criminal cases rose even more - to Rs 4.30 crore - and MPs and MLAs facing serious pending charges like murder, kidnapping and rape were on top of the heap with average assets of Rs 4.38 crore."
Jul 29, 2013 Lack of monitoring, corruption plague mid-day meal scheme
Jul 29, 2013 Congress warns of gagging eateries serving 'scam' dishes: "If any restaurant mentions about scams on their menu cards, we will protest in their premises. If the workers lose their temper and the restaurant is ransacked, we are not responsible for it," said city Congress president Narendra Rawat."
Jul 28, 2013 खनन माफिया की नाक में दम करने वाली IAS दुर्गा सस्पेंड: "बहादुर आईएएस अफसर दुर्गा शक्ति नागपाल ने अपनी जोरदार मुहिम से खनन माफिया की नाक में दम कर दिया था. उन्होंने दर्जनों जगह छापे मारे थे, लेकिन ईमानदारी और बहादुरी के लिए इनाम और तारीफ की जगह उन्हें सस्पेंड कर दिया गया"
Jul 28, 2013 Muslims will answer through their votes for Batla House verdict
Jul 28, 2013 What About 1984?: "The Congress reacted very differently in the aftermath of the 1984 massacre of Sikhs in Delhi. HKL Bhagat, Jagdish Tytler, Sajjan Kumar and Kamal Nath were rewarded for their roles in the killings, and even though Tytler and Sajjan Kumar have subsequently faced cases in court, Kamal Nath has escaped unscathed."
Jul 28, 2013 Shunned for challenging sand mafia?: "She was just doing her job by making an effort to stop illegal sand mining along the Yamuna and Hindon river bed. IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal was suddenly suspended from her post a day after she nabbed 20 people in connection with illegal mining case. Nagpal with a team of officers had last week seized over 30 dumpers engaged in illegal quarrying after which she claimed she was receiving threats"
Jul 28, 2013 UP: IAS officer who clamped down on sand mafia suspended: "IAS officer Durga Shakil Nagpal, known for her role in taking on the sand mafias in Uttar Pradesh, has been suspended. Nagpal was the 2009-batch IAS officer who was posted as SDM (Sadar) of Gautam Budh Nagar."
Jul 28, 2013 J&K Grand Mufti, who said music was 'unIslamic', seen enjoying songs: "Five months after issuing a fatwa against the all-girls rock band 'Praagaash', the Jammu and Kashmir Grand Mufti Bashir-ud-Din Ahmad has been caught in a video enjoying a musical performance at a function."
Jul 28, 2013 We welcome a porn star but frown at own daughter: Poonam Pandey: "A political party has been pulling down the posters of her debut film Nasha."
Jul 27, 2013 AMU withdraws controversial diktat: "Aligarh Muslim University's Adullah Hall has withdrawn its controversial diktat for hostel girls. The university administration had sparked off a controversy by ordering a dress code for its girl students who live in the campus."
Jul 27, 2013 kerala: malnutrition deaths What’s In The Plate?: "A disconnected govt is Attappady’s bane"
Jul 26, 2013 Survey official held for corruption: " the survey superintendent demanded Rs 50,000 as bribe for sanctioning compensation for the land acquired from Nair."
Jul 26, 2013 People will vote for Jaganmohan Reddy as he is achcha chor
Jul 25, 2013 BMC has misplaced over 9,000 important files, reveals RTI query: "Major lapses have surfaced in the working of Mumbai's civic body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. An RTI query has revealed that the department has misplaced over 9,000 files."
Jul 25, 2013 More mid day meal horror: Dead lizard in food served at a Haryana school: "In another shocking case of mid day meal horror, a dead lizard was found in the meal served to students at a school in Palwal in Haryana. The lizard was found in the rice."
Jul 25, 2013 UP: Etawah gangrape victim, who was set on fire, dies in hospital: "The 20-year-old girl in Etawah in Uttar Pradesh, who was allegedly gangraped and set on fire last week, succumbed to her injuries on Friday in the hospital. While police had claimed that the girl in her declaration had said that she was raped by a man and was later set on fire by his family, the victim's family had alleged that the girl was raped by three men."
Jul 25, 2013 Bihar mid day meal: Husband of cook whose kids died recounts horror: "There's grief, anger and fear in the Chhapra district after the death of 23 children after they ate the mid day meal at their school. Those among the dead were the children of the woman who cooked that food."
Jul 25, 2013 Same food for animals & students?: "In a yet another mid-day meal shocker, a school in the Mirzapur District of Uttar Pradesh prepares mid day meals for students in unhygienic conditions. While students complain about the quality of food served to them, teachers turn a blind eye."
Jul 25, 2013 Mid-day meal infested with worms: "The cooks clean them, but do our politicians eat this food in their homes?"
Jul 25, 2013 Uncooked food for school children?: "Dead lizards and rats in meals served to children but the Government School in Udaipur isn't the only one. Students from a Government School in Madhubani suffer the same fate. This is the reality on the ground - and shockingly nobody seems to care. Just days ago, a dead snake was found in the kitchen when mid-day meals were being prepared in Ajmer and now this uncooked and insect infested food for the children of the poor whose only fault is that wanted a mid day meal for their kids."
Jul 25, 2013 No time to cook for 150 children?: "This Government School in Barmer serves their children half baked chapattis for their mid-day meal. Babu Devi, cook, said, "I cook for 150 kids at a time. It's not easy to cook for 150 kids and there are times that the food goes half cooked." With authorities citing lack of time to cook for 150 children, this indifferent attitude of the authorities is totally shocking. Bhagirath Gaud, Teacher, said, "Sometimes when there is lot of children then this happens. They are Government employees that don't come on time. Sometimes they come a little late and in haste the food turns out to be uncooked." This excuse for lack of hygiene, cleanliness and cooking half cooked food for the children is only stoking the fire that the tragedy in Bihar caused to so many families."
Jul 25, 2013 'Kids vomited and fell unconscious': "She lies on this hospital bed frail and weak, being treated for something that came onto her as a punishment. Her only fault she was hungry. 6 year old Kranti Kumari recounts what happened on the fateful day when she ate the spurious meal served in her school in Chapra. Kranti Kumari said, "Stomach was paining. When I told the teacher my stomach is paining, she said I could leave." Like 6 year old Kranti Kumari many children in this hospital are paying the price of being poor."
Jul 25, 2013 Mid day meal tragedy: Mass grave in school premises marks families' anger, grief: "Till Tuesday the school playground in which children used to play has been turned into a graveyard. Families of the children who lost their lives after eating mid day meals in Chhapra are now burying their kids in the premises of the Dharmatalli government primary school."
Jul 25, 2013 Is it time for a national audit on the quality of food served in mid day meals?: "In an interview to IBN18 Editor-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai, HRD Minister Pallam Raju said a new committee has been set up to look into the quality of the mid day meals served to students in schools."
Jul 25, 2013 MP: Funds meant to feed poor children being diverted to private firms: "Against the backdrop of the Bihar mid day meal tragedy, a CNN-IBN investigation has revealed how the Madhya Pradesh government diverted funds meant to feed poor children to private companies by forging documents and registering fake companies."
Jul 25, 2013 Burn houses of independent candidates: TMC leader to workers: "A Trinamool Congress leader on Wednesday sparked a controversy when he urged his party workers to burn the houses of the independent candidates who are forcing them to vote in their favour."
Jul 25, 2013 Watch: Mid day meals cooked in unhygienic conditions in Jaipur: "When CNN-IBN team visited Jaipur's Madrampura it found that there was a complete lack of hygiene in kitchens where mid day meals were being cooked for poor children."
Jul 25, 2013 Has mid day meal scheme turned into a national shame?: "The mid day meal tragedy which claimed 23 lives in a Bihar school has shook the country. Two days after the tragedy struck a school in Bihar, CNN-IBN teams visited different cities in the country to check the conditions of the kitchens where food is cooked for mid day meals, which are served to government school students."
Jul 25, 2013 Bihar: 9 children die after eating mid day meals, govt orders probe: "Nine students died on Tuesday after allegedly consuming mid day meal at a government school in Marhaura in Chhapra."
Jul 25, 2013 Karnataka: No students, no classes, but B.Ed colleges produce teachers: "Over 100 B.Ed colleges in Karnataka are not functioning according to norms. There are no students to be seen but strangely people are still passing out of there as teachers."
Jul 25, 2013 Karnataka: No students, no classes, but B.Ed colleges produce teachers: "Over 100 B.Ed colleges in Karnataka are not functioning according to norms. There are no students to be seen but strangely people are still passing out of there as teachers."
Jul 25, 2013 We were forced to take up prostitution: Mumbai bar dancers: "The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that dance bars can be reopened in Mumbai. Dance performances in Mumbai bars were banned in 2005. The dance bar owners will now have to apply for a licence to the government before reopening. This affects more than 70,000 people who had lost their livelihood due to the ban on dance bars. 'We suffered a lot. We only know how we managed in the past seven years. We were forced to take up prostitution because of this ban. We had no livelihood,' said a bar dancer."
Jul 25, 2013 HC bans caste based rallies: "The Allahabad High Court on Thursday (July 11) stayed with immediate effect caste-based rallies throughout Uttar Pradesh, while issuing notices to central and state governments, EC and four major political parties. "We stay caste-based rallies throughout the state of UP," the Lucknow bench of the court comprising justices Uma Nath Singh and Mahendra Dayal said on a PIL filed by a local lawyer Motilal Yadav."
Jul 25, 2013 Rape victim attacked a day before trial: "In a horrific incident, the tongue of a rape survivor was chopped off in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh late Wednesday (July 10) night. The minor was allegedly gangraped on January 22. The gangrape survivor was scheduled to give a statement before the court on July 24. Her father has already recorded his statement in the case. The girl is in a serious condition in the hospital. The police are investigating the case. The main accused is in jail while the other two are on the run. The victim's family had complaint that there was pressure to take the case back."
Jul 25, 2013 Falling law and order in UP snowballing into a major crisis for SP: "A minor girl, raped in December 2012, was brutalised just days before appearing in court to testify against the rapist. Her tongue was chopped off by the brother of the rapist on Thursday in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district."
Jul 25, 2013 Rs 5 can’t buy a meal, Jama Masjid beggar says
Jul 25, 2013 राहुल गांधी राजनीति में ऐसे आए जैसे बत्तख पानी में आती है, सीबीएसई बुक में चापलूसी से भरा पाठ : "देश के लोग इस तस्वीर को देखकर जो कमेंट कर रहे हैं, उससे कांग्रेस की छीछालेदर होती नजर आ रही है."
Jul 25, 2013 Maharashtra policeman assault: Suspension of 5 MLAs revoked: "The suspension of all five MLAs for allegedly assaulting a Mumbai Police official API Sachin Suryavanshi was revoked on Wednesday. A committee, set up by the Maharashtra Assembly to look up the case, recommended that the suspension order of the MLAs including Kshitiz Thakur and Ram Kadam be withdrawn."
Jul 23, 2013 CBI nabs FCI official, accomplice for graft: "allegedly caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs. 80,000 from a rice seller."
Jul 23, 2013 India suffered Rs 36,400 cr loss due to corruption: Report: "that excludes large scams such as 2G, Commonwealth Games and mining, said a report titled "Bribery and corruption: Ground reality in India" released by FICCI and Ernst & Young (E&Y)"
Jul 23, 2013 60-yr-old man arrested for raping 9-yr-old: "A 60-year-old man was today arrested for allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl at Sector 31"
Jul 23, 2013 UPA's new definition of poverty: "Virtually sticking to its earlier controversial way of calculating poverty figures, Planning Commission today said the number of people living below the poverty line has shrunk in both urban and rural areas."
Jul 21, 2013 Immigration officer plays moral police, asks woman why she was travelling alone
Jul 21, 2013 UP police resorts to lathicharge on villagers in Deoria, sends body in a cycle cart for cremation: "In an act of brazen high-handedness, police today broke up a crowd of villagers sitting on dharna with a dead body by resorting to lathicharge, beat up the grieving relatives and sent the body in a cycle trolley for cremation."
Jul 21, 2013 Who Cares A Damn About Childcare!: "Malnutrition, especially among children and in tribal areas, is nobody’s priority "
Jul 21, 2013 The Last Word: What does the nationwide mid day meal disaster reveal about India?: "The inquiry report into the mid day meal tragedy in Chhapra in Bihar has blamed the school principal for the incident. The report, prepared by the Saran Police Commissioner, alleges criminal negligence by the school principal. The report has been submitted to the Ministry of Human Resource."
Jul 21, 2013 9 newborns in Odisha die within 24 hours: "VSS is the biggest government-run health facility in western Odisha."
Jul 20, 2013 बिहार: खस्सी बकरी जैसा फेंक बच्चों को लादा: ""सरकारी हॉस्पीटल में गए लेकिन वहाँ तो कुछ है नहीं. एक ठो डॉक्टर है. ऊ मुश्किल से कुछ एक बच्चे को रखा और बाद मे बाक़ी को हटा दिया. उसके बाद एक प्राइवेट हॉस्पीटल में गया. सरकारी अस्पताल में दवा-उवा तो था नहीं. डेढ़-दो घंटा रखने के बाद छपरा रेफर कर दिया. पांडेय जी के यहाँ भी तीन-चार घंटों में रखकर रेफर कर दिया.""
Jul 19, 2013 CNN: Indian cook: Something wrong with oil: "Mallika Kapur reports on the anger roiling India's Bihar state after more than 20 children die from eating a free lunch."
Jul 19, 2013 बिहार के बच्चों का इलाज पहरे में क्यों?: "संकरे से एक गलियारे में जिसकी खिडकियों में शीशे तक नहीं थे और ऊपर सिर्फ दो पंखे हैं, बच्चों का इलाज हो रहा था. गंदी चादरें बिछी थीं, एक-एक पलंग पर तीन से चार परिजन बैठे थे. न तो उन्हें किसी के आने की सुध था और न ही किसी के जाने की. सिर्फ दो बड़े हॉलों में पूरे 25 बच्चों का इलाज चल रहा है ."
Jul 19, 2013 http://www.indianexpress.com/news/after-bihar-horror-scorpion-in-midday-meal-sickens-39-children-in-odisha/1144090/: "39 of the 48 students, most of them tribals, had attended the school today and consumed the mid-day-meal"
Jul 19, 2013 Corruption, poor quality taint India school meal scheme: "This is not the first time that pupils have been served contaminated food, with earlier cases of dead frogs, lizards and insects landing on their plates."
Jul 18, 2013 BBC: India school meal: 'Ghost village' parents mourn dead: "Some 48 hours after the incident, he and other villagers say that no-one from the government, not a single doctor nor policeman, has visited the village to check on their condition."
Jul 18, 2013 Half the babus will go to jail if scams are probed: Goa Chief Minister: "“There is virtually no local (government) officer, who is not involved in the illegalities"
Jul 18, 2013 Kids fall ill after meal in Neyveli, TN: "Close on the heels of 23 children in Bihar dying after consuming contaminated midday meals, over 100 girl students fell sick after eating food served at a school in Neyveli under the midday meal scheme. 105 girls, students of classes VII and VIII, fell sick after consuming the eggs served in their meal at Neyveli Lignite Corporation-owned Girls' High School, school authorities said on condition of anonymity."
Jul 17, 2013 India’s Biggest Bribe Takers; Police, Registry & Permits: " Almost 71% people surveyed by Transparency International feels corruption has increased in India"
Jul 17, 2013 Gun racket busted, two arrested: "In a major catch, the Delhi Police has seized 99 pistols meant for various criminal gangs operating in and around the national capital. Two men--one identified by his second name Mishra and Firoz Alam--were arrested from Sonia Vihar area in Delhi on Tuesday evening (July 16) along with the cache of weapons concealed in the car used by them, a senior police officer said today."
Jul 17, 2013 Protests across Chhapra in Bihar: "Angry villagers went on a rampage on the streets of Chhapra, burning effigies and raising slogans against the school and state administration. The incident has also taken a political turn with the BJP launching a scathing attack on Nitish Kumar."
Jul 17, 2013 Uncooked food for kids in Udaipur: "For this little girl eating uncooked, unhygienic food in her school has become an everyday affair. This is the food served to the children of this Government school in Udaipur - uncooked and infested with insects. Child, "The rotis that they give us are uncooked. The curries are not nice. They are watery all the time." Many children in this school have refused to eat the food being served to them."
Jul 17, 2013 Kids poisoned and politicians fight: "22 children have lost their lives in Chhapra, Bihar, after consumption of mid-day meal, but the Government is trying to politicise the incident and crying conspiracy. Instead of trying to get to the bottom of the incident, these leaders are trying to shift blame. How insensitive can these politicians get?"
Jul 17, 2013 CJ highlights unhygienic mid-day meals in AP: "In this story from 2011, CJ Chaitanya highlights the tragic situation of the government midday meal scheme in Andhra Pradesh, including dirty kitchens and poor storage facilities in schools."
Jul 17, 2013 Dhule: 31 students admitted to hospital after eating mid day meal: "A day after mid day meal in Chhapra district in Bihar claimed 22 lives, 31 students of a government school in Dhule, Maharashtra were admitted to a hospital on Wednesday after they were ate mid day meal in the school."
Jul 17, 2013 India anti-corruption sleuths seize Rs200 million from woman official: "The 54-year-old Bihar Administrative Service official Jayashree Thakur currently posted as the additional district magistrate in the eastern city of Bhagalpur had stashed around Rs200 million (Dh12 million) in over 65 bank accounts with various public and private sector banks and purchased 48 acres of land from the black money"
Jul 17, 2013 Delhi Police arrests two men with 99 pistols: "The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested two people with 99 pistols in Delhi. All the 99 pistols are of .32 bore, which is a restricted bore."
Jul 17, 2013 Delhi: Not just quality, but quantity of mid day meals compromised too: "The mid day meal, meant to be a lifeline for many, was always touted as one of the central government's most ambitious scheme. However, repeated instances of negligence, like the most recent incident of Bihar where 20 children have died, are proving this wrong."
Jul 17, 2013 Bihar mid day meal horror: 20 dead, Oppn asks Nitish to quit: "A mid day meal that proved fatal for school children in Chhapra in Bihar has left 20 dead and over 30 hospitalised. The state government has ordered an inquiry."
Jul 17, 2013 Jharkhand: 20 men kidnap, gangrape 4 minor tribal girls; no arrest yet: "A shocking case of crime against minor tribal girls has surfaced in Jharkhand. Four girls belonging to the Pahadia tribe were allegedly kidnapped from their hostel and raped by more than 20 men in Pakur district."
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Aug 5, 2013 Delhi court cites Mahomedan Law to absolve man of raping minor: "A Muslim man has been absolved of charges of illegally confining and raping a minor from the same religion, whom he later married, by a Delhi court which cited the Mahomedan Law that allows a 15-year-old girl to marry against the wishes of her parents. "
Aug 4, 2013 वाह री पुलिस! बाढ़ पीड़ितों पर जमकर भांजी लाठी: "महाराष्ट्र के चंद्रपुर में पुलिस ने बाढ़ पीड़ितों पर जमकर लाठी चार्ज किया. बाढ़ पीड़ितों पर लाठी चार्ज करते हुए पुलिस ने सारी हदें पार कर दी और आंख मूंदकर लाठियां बरसाईं. पुलिस ने न तो औरतों और बुजुर्गों को बक्शा न ही बच्चों को. यहीं नहीं पुलिस ने लोगों की घरों से निकाल कर भी जमकर पिटाई की. लोगों का गुनाह सिर्फ इतना था कि उन्होंने पलक मंत्री को घेर लिया था."
Aug 4, 2013 Rajasthan govt transfers SP for reopening Congress MLA's father Ghazi Fakir's history sheet
Aug 4, 2013 Bandh in Jaisalmer, as Rajasthan govt transfers SP for reopening Congress MLA's father Ghazi Fakir's history sheet: "the SP directed reopening of the case file relating to notorious history sheeter Ghazi Fakir, father of local Congress MLA Saleh Mohammad. Ghazi Fakir has been involved in cross-border smuggling and other anti-social activities on the India-Pakistan border since two decades."
Aug 4, 2013 Braveheart shot dead in WB: "A man was shot dead today when he protested the attempts of four youths to rape his two sisters at Dainhat in Burdwan district, police said."
Aug 4, 2013 RJD alleges 'loot' of MNREGA funds in Bihar: "issue a white paper detailing utilisation of Rs. 8110.84 crore under the central flagship scheme between 2007 and 2012. The MNREGA has flopped in Bihar due to 'loot' of funds under the scheme by the official machinery as pointed out by the CAG in its report"
Aug 4, 2013 Targeted for taking on political class: "Jaisalmer SP Pankaj Choudhary was transferred after he reopened history sheet of a Congress MLA's father. Even as the transferred officer is claiming political conspiracy to be behind the move, the Congress MLA in the eye of the storm continues to remain in denial."
Aug 4, 2013 Durga in UP, Pankaj in Rajasthan: "In a virtual rerun of the UP IAS officer saga, an IPS officer in Rajasthan was transferred two days after he reopened the history-sheet of a ruling Congress MLA's father, who had allegedly been involved in smuggling and other anti-social activities."
Aug 4, 2013 Two constables arrested for gang-rape in Meerut: "They pointed their gun at her and forced her to accompany them to their residence. After raping her, they threatened her with dire consequences if she said anything to anybody."
Aug 4, 2013 After Durga Shakti Nagpal, Jaisalmer SP shunted out for taking on Cong MLA: "The IPS officer had opened the case against the father of a Congress MLA and local leader Gazi Fakir, who in the past has been allegedly involved in smuggling and other anti-social activities in the border areas of the state."
Aug 3, 2013 Trapped in corruption net: "Once the initial heat generated by actions of the anti-corruption bureau (ACB) in such cases dies down, the departments concerned make the complainants 'pay' dearly."
Aug 3, 2013 46-year-old gangraped in Hubli: "It's unfortunately becoming india's reality. Another woman brutally gangraped and this time in Hubli region of karnataka. A 46-year-old woman was allegedly gangraped by 11 men and one of the prime accused is said to be her close relative."
Aug 1, 2013 SP leader brags he got IAS officer Durga Shakti suspended in 41 minutes: "A video purportedly showing a senior Samajwadi Party (SP) leader claiming he got IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal suspended in "just 41 minutes""
Jul 31, 2013 Suspended, mocked & victimised: "She was suspended mocked and victimised. An IAS officer who was in news for curbing illegal mining till a few days ago today stands suspended, her fault, a genuine attempt to put an end to illegal mining. Durga Shakti, suspended IAS officer said, "Just last week we had conducted 3 raids. Around 25-26 people have been jailed post that, we have also filed a case against them." Punished for taking on the mining mafia in the state and humiliated by the politicians, who will join bureaucracy if the officers are treated like this?"
Jul 31, 2013 Mid-Day meal: 110 children taken ill in Bihar: "In Arwal district 65 children were taken ill and in Jamui district 45 children fell sick in Kalyuga village."
Jul 31, 2013 Status check: A Mumbai slum family earning Rs 7,000 a month not BPL?: "After being reduced to a farce by politicians, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia admitted that poverty figures are at an all time low. CNN-IBN's Smitha Nair tried to find out if it is possible to survive in a Mumbai slum for close to Rs 7,000 a month."
Jul 31, 2013 Noida: 3 men shoot dead a man who was fighting the sand mafia: "A man was allegedly killed on Wednesday by sand mafia in Noida in the National Capital Region. The police say three motorcycle-borne men shot the man, Mangeram, dead in Sector 39, Noida."
Jul 30, 2013 The Guardian: India's deadly problem with school meals: "The Bihar deaths are part of a national crisis: a policy meant to improve nutrition and school attendance has gone badly wrong"
Jul 30, 2013 On duty cop touches SP leader's feet: "Sycophancy touches new lows in Uttar Pradesh as an on duty cop and city magistrate were seen touching the feet of former leader of opposition and current minister in the UP cabinet Shivpal Yadav. But this isn't the first time this kind of subservient behaviour has been displayed by cops and civil servants in the state."
Jul 30, 2013 Acid attack on woman in Ghaziabad: "A 22-year-old married woman suffered serious burn injuries on Friday (July 26) when her jilted lover threw acid at her face after she refused his proposal in Vijay Nagar area in Ghaziabad."
Jul 30, 2013 Children living next to parents grave: "In Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh, four children live in the village graveyard under a tree right next to where their parents are buried. But this is not because they have no one to care for them but because their relatives are scared of taking them in since their parents were HIV positive."
Jul 30, 2013 Digvijaya makes 'sexist' remark on Congress MP: "Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Friday made a somewhat 'sexist' remark at a rally in Madhya Pradesh. Speaking at a public rally in Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh, he called Congress MP and Rahul aide Meenakshi Natarajan a 'tanch maal' or a good product."
Jul 30, 2013 Can one get a meal for Rs 5? CNN-IBN finds out: "A day after Congress leaders claimed that one can get a complete meal at Re 1, Rs 5, Rs 12 and Rs 15, CNN-IBN did a ground check which shows that the politicians not related by the ground reality."
Jul 30, 2013 Digvijaya calls Congress MP 'tunch maal', BJP says he's 'mental': "when translated from Bhojpuri to English reads: "100 percent sexy woman.""
Jul 29, 2013 SP leader threatens cop: "The high handedness of the Samajwadi Party leaders has come to the fore. Samajwadi Party leader Ghanshyam Singh was caught on tape threatening an on-duty police officer. Singh dared the police officer after he dared to carry out a routine check in the leader's car."
Jul 29, 2013 3 साल तक किया बेटी से रेप, शिकायत की तो दादा ने भी बना हैवान: "यही नहीं लड़की का आरोप है कि जब उसने अपने दादाजी को पूरी कहानी सुनाई तो उन्होंने भी उसके साथ बलात्कार किया."
Jul 29, 2013 UnIslamic' J&K Grand Mufti seen enjoying songs: "Five months after issuing a fatwa against the all-girls rock band 'Praagaash', the Jammu and Kashmir Grand Mufti Bashir-ud-Din Ahmad has been caught in a video enjoying a musical performance at a function."
Jul 29, 2013 MP CM's poll campaign financed by mining baron, says I-T report: "The Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh is battling a fresh crisis after key Income Tax documents revealed that his last election campaign named operation 'Vijay' was financed by mining baron Sudhir Sharma. Mining baron Sudhir Sharma was a college lecturer until 2005. Sharma was raided by the I-T department in June 2012. Sharma allegedly made big fortunes after he started managing the affairs of State Mining Minister Laxmi Kant Sharma."
Jul 29, 2013 Durga Nagpal suspension: Can an honest IAS officer survive in our system?: "Durga Shakti Nagpal, posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Gautam Budh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh, had cracked down on sand mafia in the district. The state government suspended her on Sunday night saying irregularities have been found in her work."
Jul 29, 2013 Parliament Street firing: Video contradicts police claim: "As per the footage, there were no bricks present in the night visual but bricks appeared in the morning visuals. Relatives of the victim are now questioning whether the brick was placed after the incident to validate the police's claims that they were pelted with stones by the motorcyclists."
Jul 29, 2013 Bangalore: Civic body faces corruption allegations: "After potholes and uncollected garbage, the civic body in Bangalore has now come under fire over corruption allegations. In order to combat garbage and potholes in the city, the civic body had come up with a plan of issuing ward level officers with digital cameras so that they can click photos of potholes and garbage and alert head office."
Jul 29, 2013 Police force Madras University to cancel Islamic feminist’s lecture: " Amina Wadud, considered an Islamic feminist, was to deliver a lecture on 'Gender and Reform in Islam' at the University of Madras."
Jul 29, 2013 Bigger the criminal charge, fatter the politician's wallet: Study: "What's more interesting is that the wealth of legislators who faced criminal cases rose even more - to Rs 4.30 crore - and MPs and MLAs facing serious pending charges like murder, kidnapping and rape were on top of the heap with average assets of Rs 4.38 crore."
Jul 29, 2013 Lack of monitoring, corruption plague mid-day meal scheme
Jul 29, 2013 Congress warns of gagging eateries serving 'scam' dishes: "If any restaurant mentions about scams on their menu cards, we will protest in their premises. If the workers lose their temper and the restaurant is ransacked, we are not responsible for it," said city Congress president Narendra Rawat."
Jul 28, 2013 खनन माफिया की नाक में दम करने वाली IAS दुर्गा सस्पेंड: "बहादुर आईएएस अफसर दुर्गा शक्ति नागपाल ने अपनी जोरदार मुहिम से खनन माफिया की नाक में दम कर दिया था. उन्होंने दर्जनों जगह छापे मारे थे, लेकिन ईमानदारी और बहादुरी के लिए इनाम और तारीफ की जगह उन्हें सस्पेंड कर दिया गया"
Jul 28, 2013 Muslims will answer through their votes for Batla House verdict
Jul 28, 2013 What About 1984?: "The Congress reacted very differently in the aftermath of the 1984 massacre of Sikhs in Delhi. HKL Bhagat, Jagdish Tytler, Sajjan Kumar and Kamal Nath were rewarded for their roles in the killings, and even though Tytler and Sajjan Kumar have subsequently faced cases in court, Kamal Nath has escaped unscathed."
Jul 28, 2013 Shunned for challenging sand mafia?: "She was just doing her job by making an effort to stop illegal sand mining along the Yamuna and Hindon river bed. IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal was suddenly suspended from her post a day after she nabbed 20 people in connection with illegal mining case. Nagpal with a team of officers had last week seized over 30 dumpers engaged in illegal quarrying after which she claimed she was receiving threats"
Jul 28, 2013 UP: IAS officer who clamped down on sand mafia suspended: "IAS officer Durga Shakil Nagpal, known for her role in taking on the sand mafias in Uttar Pradesh, has been suspended. Nagpal was the 2009-batch IAS officer who was posted as SDM (Sadar) of Gautam Budh Nagar."
Jul 28, 2013 J&K Grand Mufti, who said music was 'unIslamic', seen enjoying songs: "Five months after issuing a fatwa against the all-girls rock band 'Praagaash', the Jammu and Kashmir Grand Mufti Bashir-ud-Din Ahmad has been caught in a video enjoying a musical performance at a function."
Jul 28, 2013 We welcome a porn star but frown at own daughter: Poonam Pandey: "A political party has been pulling down the posters of her debut film Nasha."
Jul 27, 2013 AMU withdraws controversial diktat: "Aligarh Muslim University's Adullah Hall has withdrawn its controversial diktat for hostel girls. The university administration had sparked off a controversy by ordering a dress code for its girl students who live in the campus."
Jul 27, 2013 kerala: malnutrition deaths What’s In The Plate?: "A disconnected govt is Attappady’s bane"
Jul 26, 2013 Survey official held for corruption: " the survey superintendent demanded Rs 50,000 as bribe for sanctioning compensation for the land acquired from Nair."
Jul 26, 2013 People will vote for Jaganmohan Reddy as he is achcha chor
Jul 25, 2013 BMC has misplaced over 9,000 important files, reveals RTI query: "Major lapses have surfaced in the working of Mumbai's civic body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. An RTI query has revealed that the department has misplaced over 9,000 files."
Jul 25, 2013 More mid day meal horror: Dead lizard in food served at a Haryana school: "In another shocking case of mid day meal horror, a dead lizard was found in the meal served to students at a school in Palwal in Haryana. The lizard was found in the rice."
Jul 25, 2013 UP: Etawah gangrape victim, who was set on fire, dies in hospital: "The 20-year-old girl in Etawah in Uttar Pradesh, who was allegedly gangraped and set on fire last week, succumbed to her injuries on Friday in the hospital. While police had claimed that the girl in her declaration had said that she was raped by a man and was later set on fire by his family, the victim's family had alleged that the girl was raped by three men."
Jul 25, 2013 Bihar mid day meal: Husband of cook whose kids died recounts horror: "There's grief, anger and fear in the Chhapra district after the death of 23 children after they ate the mid day meal at their school. Those among the dead were the children of the woman who cooked that food."
Jul 25, 2013 Same food for animals & students?: "In a yet another mid-day meal shocker, a school in the Mirzapur District of Uttar Pradesh prepares mid day meals for students in unhygienic conditions. While students complain about the quality of food served to them, teachers turn a blind eye."
Jul 25, 2013 Mid-day meal infested with worms: "The cooks clean them, but do our politicians eat this food in their homes?"
Jul 25, 2013 Uncooked food for school children?: "Dead lizards and rats in meals served to children but the Government School in Udaipur isn't the only one. Students from a Government School in Madhubani suffer the same fate. This is the reality on the ground - and shockingly nobody seems to care. Just days ago, a dead snake was found in the kitchen when mid-day meals were being prepared in Ajmer and now this uncooked and insect infested food for the children of the poor whose only fault is that wanted a mid day meal for their kids."
Jul 25, 2013 No time to cook for 150 children?: "This Government School in Barmer serves their children half baked chapattis for their mid-day meal. Babu Devi, cook, said, "I cook for 150 kids at a time. It's not easy to cook for 150 kids and there are times that the food goes half cooked." With authorities citing lack of time to cook for 150 children, this indifferent attitude of the authorities is totally shocking. Bhagirath Gaud, Teacher, said, "Sometimes when there is lot of children then this happens. They are Government employees that don't come on time. Sometimes they come a little late and in haste the food turns out to be uncooked." This excuse for lack of hygiene, cleanliness and cooking half cooked food for the children is only stoking the fire that the tragedy in Bihar caused to so many families."
Jul 25, 2013 'Kids vomited and fell unconscious': "She lies on this hospital bed frail and weak, being treated for something that came onto her as a punishment. Her only fault she was hungry. 6 year old Kranti Kumari recounts what happened on the fateful day when she ate the spurious meal served in her school in Chapra. Kranti Kumari said, "Stomach was paining. When I told the teacher my stomach is paining, she said I could leave." Like 6 year old Kranti Kumari many children in this hospital are paying the price of being poor."
Jul 25, 2013 Mid day meal tragedy: Mass grave in school premises marks families' anger, grief: "Till Tuesday the school playground in which children used to play has been turned into a graveyard. Families of the children who lost their lives after eating mid day meals in Chhapra are now burying their kids in the premises of the Dharmatalli government primary school."
Jul 25, 2013 Is it time for a national audit on the quality of food served in mid day meals?: "In an interview to IBN18 Editor-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai, HRD Minister Pallam Raju said a new committee has been set up to look into the quality of the mid day meals served to students in schools."
Jul 25, 2013 MP: Funds meant to feed poor children being diverted to private firms: "Against the backdrop of the Bihar mid day meal tragedy, a CNN-IBN investigation has revealed how the Madhya Pradesh government diverted funds meant to feed poor children to private companies by forging documents and registering fake companies."
Jul 25, 2013 Burn houses of independent candidates: TMC leader to workers: "A Trinamool Congress leader on Wednesday sparked a controversy when he urged his party workers to burn the houses of the independent candidates who are forcing them to vote in their favour."
Jul 25, 2013 Watch: Mid day meals cooked in unhygienic conditions in Jaipur: "When CNN-IBN team visited Jaipur's Madrampura it found that there was a complete lack of hygiene in kitchens where mid day meals were being cooked for poor children."
Jul 25, 2013 Has mid day meal scheme turned into a national shame?: "The mid day meal tragedy which claimed 23 lives in a Bihar school has shook the country. Two days after the tragedy struck a school in Bihar, CNN-IBN teams visited different cities in the country to check the conditions of the kitchens where food is cooked for mid day meals, which are served to government school students."
Jul 25, 2013 Bihar: 9 children die after eating mid day meals, govt orders probe: "Nine students died on Tuesday after allegedly consuming mid day meal at a government school in Marhaura in Chhapra."
Jul 25, 2013 Karnataka: No students, no classes, but B.Ed colleges produce teachers: "Over 100 B.Ed colleges in Karnataka are not functioning according to norms. There are no students to be seen but strangely people are still passing out of there as teachers."
Jul 25, 2013 Karnataka: No students, no classes, but B.Ed colleges produce teachers: "Over 100 B.Ed colleges in Karnataka are not functioning according to norms. There are no students to be seen but strangely people are still passing out of there as teachers."
Jul 25, 2013 We were forced to take up prostitution: Mumbai bar dancers: "The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that dance bars can be reopened in Mumbai. Dance performances in Mumbai bars were banned in 2005. The dance bar owners will now have to apply for a licence to the government before reopening. This affects more than 70,000 people who had lost their livelihood due to the ban on dance bars. 'We suffered a lot. We only know how we managed in the past seven years. We were forced to take up prostitution because of this ban. We had no livelihood,' said a bar dancer."
Jul 25, 2013 HC bans caste based rallies: "The Allahabad High Court on Thursday (July 11) stayed with immediate effect caste-based rallies throughout Uttar Pradesh, while issuing notices to central and state governments, EC and four major political parties. "We stay caste-based rallies throughout the state of UP," the Lucknow bench of the court comprising justices Uma Nath Singh and Mahendra Dayal said on a PIL filed by a local lawyer Motilal Yadav."
Jul 25, 2013 Rape victim attacked a day before trial: "In a horrific incident, the tongue of a rape survivor was chopped off in Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh late Wednesday (July 10) night. The minor was allegedly gangraped on January 22. The gangrape survivor was scheduled to give a statement before the court on July 24. Her father has already recorded his statement in the case. The girl is in a serious condition in the hospital. The police are investigating the case. The main accused is in jail while the other two are on the run. The victim's family had complaint that there was pressure to take the case back."
Jul 25, 2013 Falling law and order in UP snowballing into a major crisis for SP: "A minor girl, raped in December 2012, was brutalised just days before appearing in court to testify against the rapist. Her tongue was chopped off by the brother of the rapist on Thursday in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh district."
Jul 25, 2013 Rs 5 can’t buy a meal, Jama Masjid beggar says
Jul 25, 2013 राहुल गांधी राजनीति में ऐसे आए जैसे बत्तख पानी में आती है, सीबीएसई बुक में चापलूसी से भरा पाठ : "देश के लोग इस तस्वीर को देखकर जो कमेंट कर रहे हैं, उससे कांग्रेस की छीछालेदर होती नजर आ रही है."
Jul 25, 2013 Maharashtra policeman assault: Suspension of 5 MLAs revoked: "The suspension of all five MLAs for allegedly assaulting a Mumbai Police official API Sachin Suryavanshi was revoked on Wednesday. A committee, set up by the Maharashtra Assembly to look up the case, recommended that the suspension order of the MLAs including Kshitiz Thakur and Ram Kadam be withdrawn."
Jul 23, 2013 CBI nabs FCI official, accomplice for graft: "allegedly caught red-handed while accepting a bribe of Rs. 80,000 from a rice seller."
Jul 23, 2013 India suffered Rs 36,400 cr loss due to corruption: Report: "that excludes large scams such as 2G, Commonwealth Games and mining, said a report titled "Bribery and corruption: Ground reality in India" released by FICCI and Ernst & Young (E&Y)"
Jul 23, 2013 60-yr-old man arrested for raping 9-yr-old: "A 60-year-old man was today arrested for allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl at Sector 31"
Jul 23, 2013 UPA's new definition of poverty: "Virtually sticking to its earlier controversial way of calculating poverty figures, Planning Commission today said the number of people living below the poverty line has shrunk in both urban and rural areas."
Jul 21, 2013 Immigration officer plays moral police, asks woman why she was travelling alone
Jul 21, 2013 UP police resorts to lathicharge on villagers in Deoria, sends body in a cycle cart for cremation: "In an act of brazen high-handedness, police today broke up a crowd of villagers sitting on dharna with a dead body by resorting to lathicharge, beat up the grieving relatives and sent the body in a cycle trolley for cremation."
Jul 21, 2013 Who Cares A Damn About Childcare!: "Malnutrition, especially among children and in tribal areas, is nobody’s priority "
Jul 21, 2013 The Last Word: What does the nationwide mid day meal disaster reveal about India?: "The inquiry report into the mid day meal tragedy in Chhapra in Bihar has blamed the school principal for the incident. The report, prepared by the Saran Police Commissioner, alleges criminal negligence by the school principal. The report has been submitted to the Ministry of Human Resource."
Jul 21, 2013 9 newborns in Odisha die within 24 hours: "VSS is the biggest government-run health facility in western Odisha."
Jul 20, 2013 बिहार: खस्सी बकरी जैसा फेंक बच्चों को लादा: ""सरकारी हॉस्पीटल में गए लेकिन वहाँ तो कुछ है नहीं. एक ठो डॉक्टर है. ऊ मुश्किल से कुछ एक बच्चे को रखा और बाद मे बाक़ी को हटा दिया. उसके बाद एक प्राइवेट हॉस्पीटल में गया. सरकारी अस्पताल में दवा-उवा तो था नहीं. डेढ़-दो घंटा रखने के बाद छपरा रेफर कर दिया. पांडेय जी के यहाँ भी तीन-चार घंटों में रखकर रेफर कर दिया.""
Jul 19, 2013 CNN: Indian cook: Something wrong with oil: "Mallika Kapur reports on the anger roiling India's Bihar state after more than 20 children die from eating a free lunch."
Jul 19, 2013 बिहार के बच्चों का इलाज पहरे में क्यों?: "संकरे से एक गलियारे में जिसकी खिडकियों में शीशे तक नहीं थे और ऊपर सिर्फ दो पंखे हैं, बच्चों का इलाज हो रहा था. गंदी चादरें बिछी थीं, एक-एक पलंग पर तीन से चार परिजन बैठे थे. न तो उन्हें किसी के आने की सुध था और न ही किसी के जाने की. सिर्फ दो बड़े हॉलों में पूरे 25 बच्चों का इलाज चल रहा है ."
Jul 19, 2013 http://www.indianexpress.com/news/after-bihar-horror-scorpion-in-midday-meal-sickens-39-children-in-odisha/1144090/: "39 of the 48 students, most of them tribals, had attended the school today and consumed the mid-day-meal"
Jul 19, 2013 Corruption, poor quality taint India school meal scheme: "This is not the first time that pupils have been served contaminated food, with earlier cases of dead frogs, lizards and insects landing on their plates."
Jul 18, 2013 BBC: India school meal: 'Ghost village' parents mourn dead: "Some 48 hours after the incident, he and other villagers say that no-one from the government, not a single doctor nor policeman, has visited the village to check on their condition."
Jul 18, 2013 Half the babus will go to jail if scams are probed: Goa Chief Minister: "“There is virtually no local (government) officer, who is not involved in the illegalities"
Jul 18, 2013 Kids fall ill after meal in Neyveli, TN: "Close on the heels of 23 children in Bihar dying after consuming contaminated midday meals, over 100 girl students fell sick after eating food served at a school in Neyveli under the midday meal scheme. 105 girls, students of classes VII and VIII, fell sick after consuming the eggs served in their meal at Neyveli Lignite Corporation-owned Girls' High School, school authorities said on condition of anonymity."
Jul 17, 2013 India’s Biggest Bribe Takers; Police, Registry & Permits: " Almost 71% people surveyed by Transparency International feels corruption has increased in India"
Jul 17, 2013 Gun racket busted, two arrested: "In a major catch, the Delhi Police has seized 99 pistols meant for various criminal gangs operating in and around the national capital. Two men--one identified by his second name Mishra and Firoz Alam--were arrested from Sonia Vihar area in Delhi on Tuesday evening (July 16) along with the cache of weapons concealed in the car used by them, a senior police officer said today."
Jul 17, 2013 Protests across Chhapra in Bihar: "Angry villagers went on a rampage on the streets of Chhapra, burning effigies and raising slogans against the school and state administration. The incident has also taken a political turn with the BJP launching a scathing attack on Nitish Kumar."
Jul 17, 2013 Uncooked food for kids in Udaipur: "For this little girl eating uncooked, unhygienic food in her school has become an everyday affair. This is the food served to the children of this Government school in Udaipur - uncooked and infested with insects. Child, "The rotis that they give us are uncooked. The curries are not nice. They are watery all the time." Many children in this school have refused to eat the food being served to them."
Jul 17, 2013 Kids poisoned and politicians fight: "22 children have lost their lives in Chhapra, Bihar, after consumption of mid-day meal, but the Government is trying to politicise the incident and crying conspiracy. Instead of trying to get to the bottom of the incident, these leaders are trying to shift blame. How insensitive can these politicians get?"
Jul 17, 2013 CJ highlights unhygienic mid-day meals in AP: "In this story from 2011, CJ Chaitanya highlights the tragic situation of the government midday meal scheme in Andhra Pradesh, including dirty kitchens and poor storage facilities in schools."
Jul 17, 2013 Dhule: 31 students admitted to hospital after eating mid day meal: "A day after mid day meal in Chhapra district in Bihar claimed 22 lives, 31 students of a government school in Dhule, Maharashtra were admitted to a hospital on Wednesday after they were ate mid day meal in the school."
Jul 17, 2013 India anti-corruption sleuths seize Rs200 million from woman official: "The 54-year-old Bihar Administrative Service official Jayashree Thakur currently posted as the additional district magistrate in the eastern city of Bhagalpur had stashed around Rs200 million (Dh12 million) in over 65 bank accounts with various public and private sector banks and purchased 48 acres of land from the black money"
Jul 17, 2013 Delhi Police arrests two men with 99 pistols: "The Special Cell of Delhi Police has arrested two people with 99 pistols in Delhi. All the 99 pistols are of .32 bore, which is a restricted bore."
Jul 17, 2013 Delhi: Not just quality, but quantity of mid day meals compromised too: "The mid day meal, meant to be a lifeline for many, was always touted as one of the central government's most ambitious scheme. However, repeated instances of negligence, like the most recent incident of Bihar where 20 children have died, are proving this wrong."
Jul 17, 2013 Bihar mid day meal horror: 20 dead, Oppn asks Nitish to quit: "A mid day meal that proved fatal for school children in Chhapra in Bihar has left 20 dead and over 30 hospitalised. The state government has ordered an inquiry."
Jul 17, 2013 Jharkhand: 20 men kidnap, gangrape 4 minor tribal girls; no arrest yet: "A shocking case of crime against minor tribal girls has surfaced in Jharkhand. Four girls belonging to the Pahadia tribe were allegedly kidnapped from their hostel and raped by more than 20 men in Pakur district."
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