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Feb 6, 2013 Bank officials, microfinance institutions cornered benefits of farm loan waiver: CAG report: "involving disbursement of Rs 500 crore — about 30% of the waiver amount was allegedly found to have been siphoned off by a nexus of bank managers and microfinance institutions (MFIs)."
Feb 6, 2013 Foreign girl raped in south Delhi: "The accused, Tariq Sheikh, 28, a management graduate who works as a party organizer, has been arrested and the girl's embassy informed about the assault."
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 No women caretakers in shelter homes: "Days after a TIMES NOW investigation exposed the institutionalised rape in government-run hostels for tribals, our follow up report has found that no lessons have been learnt from the Kanker episode. Rules are being flouted and girls hostels are functioning without the mandatory women caretakers."
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 Suryanelli rape: CPI(M) calls for Kurien's resignation: "Calls for the resignation of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson PJ Kurien are increasing. The Opposition in Kerala, where Kurien hails from, has held demonstrations outside the state assembly asking for his resignation."
Feb 6, 2013 SC raps Centre and states on acid attacks: "The Supreme Court came down heavily on the Centre and state governments on Wednesday on the menace of acid attacks and the plight of the victims of such dastardly crime. The court expressed dissatisfaction with the steps taken by the Centre and state governments in dealing with acid attacks."
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 6, 2013 FTN: Should armed forces get special immunity in cases of rape?: "The Justice Verma panel has proposed amending the notorious Armed Forces Special Power Act which give security personnel immunity from sexual crimes in conflict areas."
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 Man held for Facebook posts on PM, Sibal and Mulayam
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 Missing kids: SC threatens to arrest 3 chief secretaries: "in the last two years, 50,000 children had gone missing and feared that they could have been trafficked."
Feb 5, 2013 J&K: Govt should have acted sooner, says Mehbooba Mufti on fatwa against girl band: "Main Opposition party leader Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday condemned the Omar Abdullah government for what she called 'delayed response' to the fatwa against Kashmir's first girl band."
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 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 Kashmir girl band labelled un-Islamic, obscene: "Kashmir's first all girls music band facing a fatwa from Muslim clerics has found support in politicians and activists. The valley's Grand Mufti, while issuing the fatwa to the band, called for women in the country to wear a veil at all times. Mufti Maulana Bashir-U-Din went on to say that public performances by women are un-Islamic and obscene."
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 4, 2013 Over 60,000 children go missing in India every year: "the missing children of India. 'A lakh kids go missing every year."
Feb 4, 2013 Minor girl 'raped' by teacher in school toilet: "when the girl was sitting alone in the class room of Naveen Government Primary School at Lato village here, the guest teacher - Prem Kumar (22) - asked her to go to the toilet for cleaning her running nose, police said."
Feb 3, 2013 Kanker case: Govt officials collued with accused?: "The day the President has signed the ordinance to safe guard women's safety in the country, apathy over rape continues to shock and shame India. Fresh evidence in Kanker rape case in Chattisgarh where 12 minor girls were sexually assaulted in a hostel allegedly by a school teacherand a watchman for two years raises questions if the Government officials colluded with the accused. This shocking apathy of government officials in the case raises raises several questions over the hush up after initial complaints."
Feb 3, 2013 Society is becoming a culture of intolerance: Tharoor: "Union Minister Shashi Tharoor has expressed anger over the controversy about Kamal Haasan's 'Vishwaroopam', Salman Rushdie and Ashish Nandy. While speaking to Karan Thapar on this week's Devil's Advocate, Tharoor said that people are going out of their way to clamp down on cultural freedom in the name of religion."
Feb 3, 2013 Odisha: Police tries to acquire farmers' land for POSCO: "Tension broke out at POSCO's plant in Jagatsinghpur district in Odisha after the police tried to forcibly acquire land for the steel giant that was allotted to farmers on Sunday. Betel farmers protested after the police dismantled seven betel vines."
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 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 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 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 Mamata not wrong in blocking Rushdie's visit to Kolkata: TMC leader: "Trinamool Congress leader Sultan Ahmed defended West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee saying she did nothing wrong in blocking author Salman Rushdie's visit to Kolkata. 'There is nothing shameful, I am congratulating the state government for taking the right decision,' Ahmed said."
Feb 1, 2013 MP: Hotel manager allegedly rapes South Korean student: "A South Korean national has alleged that she was raped by a hotel manager in Bandhavgarh in Madhya Pradesh."
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 Unfortunate that courts need to tell artistes what or what not to say: Sanjoy Roy on Ashis Nandy: "Sanjoy Roy, the organiser of the Jaipur Film Festival also said that it was not enough to provide relief to Ashis Nandy by telling the police to not arrest him. The courts needed to do more, he said."
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 '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 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 31, 2013 'Vishwaroopam' ban: Right to freedom of expression curbed?: "Salman Rushdie and the team of 'Midnight's Children' had to cancel their Kolkata promotional tour at the last minute. This after the local police warned about possible protests against the author by fringe muslim groups. And in the eye of this cultural storm is Kamal Haasan's fight to release his film 'Vishwaroopam' in his home turf, Tamil Nadu."
Jan 30, 2013 Salman Rushdie's Kolkata trip cancelled: "Fringe Muslim groups have taken to the streets in Kolkata, protesting against author Salman Rushdie's visit to the city. The author cancelled a promotional event for the forthcoming film 'Midnight's Children'."
Jan 30, 2013 The Last Word: What does 'Vishwaroopam' row tell us about our attitude to freedom of expression?: "What does the 'Vishwaroopam' controversy tell us about the censor board? About the Jayalalithaa government? And the attitude of the Indian system to freedom of expression?"
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 One hour daily power cut in City: "Bangaloreans will have to bear with one-hour power cut every morning with immediate effect as the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) is facing a shortage of 600 MW."
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 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 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 27, 2013 Electoral reforms must to curb crime against women: Justice Verma: "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 26, 2013 Sena to give knives to women on Bal Thackeray's birth anniversary: "The Shiv Sena has planned to distribute knives to women at different places as a means of enhancing their personal security in the wake of the recent harassment cases against women. The Shiv Sena has taken up the task of distributing knives to women on late founder Bal Thackeray's birth anniversary on Wednesday."
Jan 26, 2013 Law enforcement shouldn't be tools of politicians: Justice Verma: "In a detailed and scathing report the three-member 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 Indian Penal Code (IPC) to deal with crime against women particularly rape cases. In one of the most significant recommendations the Justice Verma Committee has proposed that if a woman ends up killing a rapist or a would-be rapist, she can claim the right to self defence under Section 100 of the IPC."
Jan 26, 2013 Exposed: School bus permits misused to ferry passengers: "No lessons learn after the horrific Delhi gangrape. An IBN7 sting operation has exposed how school bus permits are being misused to ferry passengers. And illegal bus drivers pay police a monthly fee of Rs 5,500 to enter Delhi."
Jan 26, 2013 Mumbai's public transport system in a mess: "The public transport system in Mumbai is in a complete mess. Local train accidents in Mumbai have increased by 8 per cent in the past one year. Adding to the woes, there has been no addition to the city's fleet of buses in 4 years."
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 Chautala's supporters clash with police: "In a verdict that can change electoral equations in Haryana, former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala were today awarded 10 years' jail term for corruption in a teachers' recruitment scam case."
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 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 Punjab gangrape: 'Police in the state politicised': " 'This act should be condemned and we hope the culprits are punished severely. The police have been politicised in the state which is the biggest problem.'"
Jan 26, 2013 Vishwaroopam: Coward countries will ban it, Muslim fanatics are just plain stupid - Taslima Nasreen
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 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."
Jan 22, 2013 ‘I was raped by cops multiple times’: "My most cruel assaulters are often the men in uniform. Yes, the cops, who blackmail us to pay hafta so that we can carry on with our job as sex workers. Refusal to please them means lathis, kicks in the mouth, abuses and finally, rape. I have often been raped by cops in parks, and even inside lock-ups. Some often stop me on the road and ask for a quick oral sex. Even when I step out from home for personal work, they insist on sex. Any resistance is met with abuses and torture. At times, I try and run away from the cops. I once even bit their hand in a bid to escape."
Jan 21, 2013 BBC: Tragedy of Delhi rape victim seeking better life: "Echoing his wife's criticisms, he said India had to change to make sure such crimes never happened again. "The character of our society is very poor,""
Jan 21, 2013 BBC: Delhi women 'carry knives' on board buses: "The BBC's Yogita Limaye took a bus ride in Delhi and asked women how they feel travelling on the city's public transport system."
Jan 21, 2013 BBC: Delhi rape victim's father says attitudes must change: "The case has shocked India and sparked a debate about the treatment of women."
Jan 21, 2013 Punjab gangrape: An act of revenge by women accused?: "In a shocking twist to the gangrape of a 26-year-old nurse in Punjab on Sunday, the police has now claimed that the gangrape victim had been booked in 2012 on charges of injecting an HIV-infected needle into a woman with whose husband she was allegedly having an affair with."
Jan 21, 2013 Wish had participated in Delhi gangrape protests: CJI: "Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Monday strongly supported the upsurge of protests in the aftermath of the barbaric gangrape of a 23-year-old paramedic student in Delhi on December 16, describing it as 'justified and necessary'. The CJI also said he wished he could have taken part in the protests that shook up the nation and exposed the flimsy safety measures for women in the country."
Jan 21, 2013 बिहार: डीआईजी पर रंगदारी का आरोप: "आलोक कुमार पर एक शराब व्यवसायी से दस करोड़ रूपए ऐंठने के लिए अपने कथित गुर्गों के ज़रिये उन पर दबाव बनाने का आरोप है."
Jan 21, 2013 Rise, fall, rise and downfall: "His crime record shows him as having allegedly smuggled watches as a young man, having been indicted as an accessory to murder, and now as being convicted for corruption. His political career has seen him as Haryana chief minister for varying periods, ranging from a low of five days to a full term of five years"
Jan 21, 2013 For Rs 20k, get a fake BEd degree and a job: "It's widely known that getting fake university certificates and obtaining government jobs on the basis of that is common practice in the state."
Jan 20, 2013 Haryana teenager undergoes series of rapes after rapists blackmailed her with MMS video: "During the past four months, two teenage rape victims, both Dalits, committed self-immolation after being raped."
Jan 20, 2013 India's legal system is lazy, says Arun Jaitley: "spoke about the need for legal reforms which hasten the process of an otherwise "lazy" legal system in India."
Jan 19, 2013 Quick facts about Haryana's JBT Scam: "The Junior Basic Teacher scam, broadly known as the JBT scam, involved illegal recruitments of over 3000 Junior Basic Teachers in Harayana by changing the original list of selected candidates."
Jan 19, 2013 Delhi: 6-year-old raped in Sep 2012 struggles to overcome trauma: " A six-year-old rape survivor in Delhi has been facing trauma during test identification parades that require the victim to come face-to-face with the accused. Her father has turned Citizen Journalist demanding sensitive investigation."
Jan 19, 2013 Why India remains a functioning anarchy even now
Jan 18, 2013 बेटी के बिना ज़िंदगी की नई शुरुआत...: "दिल्ली में सामूहिक बलात्कार का शिकार हुई लड़की के घरवालों के चेहरों पर घटना के घाव स्पष्ट हैं, आवाज धीमी, चेहरे भाव-विहीन. ऐसे कि आँखों से आँसू अब झलकें तब झलकें."
Jan 17, 2013 Responding To Rape: "The police as well as the other agencies of the criminal justice system have to reform urgently"
Jan 17, 2013 SC questions rampant use of beacon: "The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the logic behind providing red beacons and security to a large number of people including MPs, MLAs and judges."
Jan 17, 2013 Nursing exam fraud unearthed in State: "A massive fraud involving over 5,000 students has been unearthed in the theory and practical examinations of Diploma in Nursing Theory course, conducted in the State last year."
Jan 16, 2013 Month after Delhi gangrape, autos continue to flout norms: "A month after the gruesome gangrape of a 23-year-old brought people out on the streets and the administration down on its knees, nothing seems to have changed in the national capital."
Jan 16, 2013 Manipur: Rapes, murders and AFSPA: "In July 2004, a group of 12 women disrobed in front of the Kangla Fort in Imphal, holding up a banner that said, 'Indian Army rape us'. They were protesting the rape and murder of Thangjam Manorama, allegedly by security forces. Manorama was picked up from her house on July 11, 2004 by Assam Rifles soldiers."
Jan 16, 2013 Has the national capital become any safer for women?: "CNN-IBN exposes how public transport and autos in particular flout rules and remain a danger to women's safety."
Jan 16, 2013 CNN: Another gang rape in India: "Police arrest 6 of 7 men suspected of raping a woman Friday night in the Gurdaspur district in Punjab."
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Feb 6, 2013 Bank officials, microfinance institutions cornered benefits of farm loan waiver: CAG report: "involving disbursement of Rs 500 crore — about 30% of the waiver amount was allegedly found to have been siphoned off by a nexus of bank managers and microfinance institutions (MFIs)."
Feb 6, 2013 Foreign girl raped in south Delhi: "The accused, Tariq Sheikh, 28, a management graduate who works as a party organizer, has been arrested and the girl's embassy informed about the assault."
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 No women caretakers in shelter homes: "Days after a TIMES NOW investigation exposed the institutionalised rape in government-run hostels for tribals, our follow up report has found that no lessons have been learnt from the Kanker episode. Rules are being flouted and girls hostels are functioning without the mandatory women caretakers."
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 Suryanelli rape: CPI(M) calls for Kurien's resignation: "Calls for the resignation of Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairperson PJ Kurien are increasing. The Opposition in Kerala, where Kurien hails from, has held demonstrations outside the state assembly asking for his resignation."
Feb 6, 2013 SC raps Centre and states on acid attacks: "The Supreme Court came down heavily on the Centre and state governments on Wednesday on the menace of acid attacks and the plight of the victims of such dastardly crime. The court expressed dissatisfaction with the steps taken by the Centre and state governments in dealing with acid attacks."
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 6, 2013 FTN: Should armed forces get special immunity in cases of rape?: "The Justice Verma panel has proposed amending the notorious Armed Forces Special Power Act which give security personnel immunity from sexual crimes in conflict areas."
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 Man held for Facebook posts on PM, Sibal and Mulayam
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 Missing kids: SC threatens to arrest 3 chief secretaries: "in the last two years, 50,000 children had gone missing and feared that they could have been trafficked."
Feb 5, 2013 J&K: Govt should have acted sooner, says Mehbooba Mufti on fatwa against girl band: "Main Opposition party leader Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday condemned the Omar Abdullah government for what she called 'delayed response' to the fatwa against Kashmir's first girl band."
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 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 Kashmir girl band labelled un-Islamic, obscene: "Kashmir's first all girls music band facing a fatwa from Muslim clerics has found support in politicians and activists. The valley's Grand Mufti, while issuing the fatwa to the band, called for women in the country to wear a veil at all times. Mufti Maulana Bashir-U-Din went on to say that public performances by women are un-Islamic and obscene."
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 4, 2013 Over 60,000 children go missing in India every year: "the missing children of India. 'A lakh kids go missing every year."
Feb 4, 2013 Minor girl 'raped' by teacher in school toilet: "when the girl was sitting alone in the class room of Naveen Government Primary School at Lato village here, the guest teacher - Prem Kumar (22) - asked her to go to the toilet for cleaning her running nose, police said."
Feb 3, 2013 Kanker case: Govt officials collued with accused?: "The day the President has signed the ordinance to safe guard women's safety in the country, apathy over rape continues to shock and shame India. Fresh evidence in Kanker rape case in Chattisgarh where 12 minor girls were sexually assaulted in a hostel allegedly by a school teacherand a watchman for two years raises questions if the Government officials colluded with the accused. This shocking apathy of government officials in the case raises raises several questions over the hush up after initial complaints."
Feb 3, 2013 Society is becoming a culture of intolerance: Tharoor: "Union Minister Shashi Tharoor has expressed anger over the controversy about Kamal Haasan's 'Vishwaroopam', Salman Rushdie and Ashish Nandy. While speaking to Karan Thapar on this week's Devil's Advocate, Tharoor said that people are going out of their way to clamp down on cultural freedom in the name of religion."
Feb 3, 2013 Odisha: Police tries to acquire farmers' land for POSCO: "Tension broke out at POSCO's plant in Jagatsinghpur district in Odisha after the police tried to forcibly acquire land for the steel giant that was allotted to farmers on Sunday. Betel farmers protested after the police dismantled seven betel vines."
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 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 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 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 Mamata not wrong in blocking Rushdie's visit to Kolkata: TMC leader: "Trinamool Congress leader Sultan Ahmed defended West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee saying she did nothing wrong in blocking author Salman Rushdie's visit to Kolkata. 'There is nothing shameful, I am congratulating the state government for taking the right decision,' Ahmed said."
Feb 1, 2013 MP: Hotel manager allegedly rapes South Korean student: "A South Korean national has alleged that she was raped by a hotel manager in Bandhavgarh in Madhya Pradesh."
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 Unfortunate that courts need to tell artistes what or what not to say: Sanjoy Roy on Ashis Nandy: "Sanjoy Roy, the organiser of the Jaipur Film Festival also said that it was not enough to provide relief to Ashis Nandy by telling the police to not arrest him. The courts needed to do more, he said."
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 '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 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 31, 2013 'Vishwaroopam' ban: Right to freedom of expression curbed?: "Salman Rushdie and the team of 'Midnight's Children' had to cancel their Kolkata promotional tour at the last minute. This after the local police warned about possible protests against the author by fringe muslim groups. And in the eye of this cultural storm is Kamal Haasan's fight to release his film 'Vishwaroopam' in his home turf, Tamil Nadu."
Jan 30, 2013 Salman Rushdie's Kolkata trip cancelled: "Fringe Muslim groups have taken to the streets in Kolkata, protesting against author Salman Rushdie's visit to the city. The author cancelled a promotional event for the forthcoming film 'Midnight's Children'."
Jan 30, 2013 The Last Word: What does 'Vishwaroopam' row tell us about our attitude to freedom of expression?: "What does the 'Vishwaroopam' controversy tell us about the censor board? About the Jayalalithaa government? And the attitude of the Indian system to freedom of expression?"
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 One hour daily power cut in City: "Bangaloreans will have to bear with one-hour power cut every morning with immediate effect as the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (Bescom) is facing a shortage of 600 MW."
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 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 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 27, 2013 Electoral reforms must to curb crime against women: Justice Verma: "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 26, 2013 Sena to give knives to women on Bal Thackeray's birth anniversary: "The Shiv Sena has planned to distribute knives to women at different places as a means of enhancing their personal security in the wake of the recent harassment cases against women. The Shiv Sena has taken up the task of distributing knives to women on late founder Bal Thackeray's birth anniversary on Wednesday."
Jan 26, 2013 Law enforcement shouldn't be tools of politicians: Justice Verma: "In a detailed and scathing report the three-member 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 Indian Penal Code (IPC) to deal with crime against women particularly rape cases. In one of the most significant recommendations the Justice Verma Committee has proposed that if a woman ends up killing a rapist or a would-be rapist, she can claim the right to self defence under Section 100 of the IPC."
Jan 26, 2013 Exposed: School bus permits misused to ferry passengers: "No lessons learn after the horrific Delhi gangrape. An IBN7 sting operation has exposed how school bus permits are being misused to ferry passengers. And illegal bus drivers pay police a monthly fee of Rs 5,500 to enter Delhi."
Jan 26, 2013 Mumbai's public transport system in a mess: "The public transport system in Mumbai is in a complete mess. Local train accidents in Mumbai have increased by 8 per cent in the past one year. Adding to the woes, there has been no addition to the city's fleet of buses in 4 years."
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 Chautala's supporters clash with police: "In a verdict that can change electoral equations in Haryana, former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala were today awarded 10 years' jail term for corruption in a teachers' recruitment scam case."
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 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 Punjab gangrape: 'Police in the state politicised': " 'This act should be condemned and we hope the culprits are punished severely. The police have been politicised in the state which is the biggest problem.'"
Jan 26, 2013 Vishwaroopam: Coward countries will ban it, Muslim fanatics are just plain stupid - Taslima Nasreen
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 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."
Jan 22, 2013 ‘I was raped by cops multiple times’: "My most cruel assaulters are often the men in uniform. Yes, the cops, who blackmail us to pay hafta so that we can carry on with our job as sex workers. Refusal to please them means lathis, kicks in the mouth, abuses and finally, rape. I have often been raped by cops in parks, and even inside lock-ups. Some often stop me on the road and ask for a quick oral sex. Even when I step out from home for personal work, they insist on sex. Any resistance is met with abuses and torture. At times, I try and run away from the cops. I once even bit their hand in a bid to escape."
Jan 21, 2013 BBC: Tragedy of Delhi rape victim seeking better life: "Echoing his wife's criticisms, he said India had to change to make sure such crimes never happened again. "The character of our society is very poor,""
Jan 21, 2013 BBC: Delhi women 'carry knives' on board buses: "The BBC's Yogita Limaye took a bus ride in Delhi and asked women how they feel travelling on the city's public transport system."
Jan 21, 2013 BBC: Delhi rape victim's father says attitudes must change: "The case has shocked India and sparked a debate about the treatment of women."
Jan 21, 2013 Punjab gangrape: An act of revenge by women accused?: "In a shocking twist to the gangrape of a 26-year-old nurse in Punjab on Sunday, the police has now claimed that the gangrape victim had been booked in 2012 on charges of injecting an HIV-infected needle into a woman with whose husband she was allegedly having an affair with."
Jan 21, 2013 Wish had participated in Delhi gangrape protests: CJI: "Chief Justice of India Altamas Kabir on Monday strongly supported the upsurge of protests in the aftermath of the barbaric gangrape of a 23-year-old paramedic student in Delhi on December 16, describing it as 'justified and necessary'. The CJI also said he wished he could have taken part in the protests that shook up the nation and exposed the flimsy safety measures for women in the country."
Jan 21, 2013 बिहार: डीआईजी पर रंगदारी का आरोप: "आलोक कुमार पर एक शराब व्यवसायी से दस करोड़ रूपए ऐंठने के लिए अपने कथित गुर्गों के ज़रिये उन पर दबाव बनाने का आरोप है."
Jan 21, 2013 Rise, fall, rise and downfall: "His crime record shows him as having allegedly smuggled watches as a young man, having been indicted as an accessory to murder, and now as being convicted for corruption. His political career has seen him as Haryana chief minister for varying periods, ranging from a low of five days to a full term of five years"
Jan 21, 2013 For Rs 20k, get a fake BEd degree and a job: "It's widely known that getting fake university certificates and obtaining government jobs on the basis of that is common practice in the state."
Jan 20, 2013 Haryana teenager undergoes series of rapes after rapists blackmailed her with MMS video: "During the past four months, two teenage rape victims, both Dalits, committed self-immolation after being raped."
Jan 20, 2013 India's legal system is lazy, says Arun Jaitley: "spoke about the need for legal reforms which hasten the process of an otherwise "lazy" legal system in India."
Jan 19, 2013 Quick facts about Haryana's JBT Scam: "The Junior Basic Teacher scam, broadly known as the JBT scam, involved illegal recruitments of over 3000 Junior Basic Teachers in Harayana by changing the original list of selected candidates."
Jan 19, 2013 Delhi: 6-year-old raped in Sep 2012 struggles to overcome trauma: " A six-year-old rape survivor in Delhi has been facing trauma during test identification parades that require the victim to come face-to-face with the accused. Her father has turned Citizen Journalist demanding sensitive investigation."
Jan 19, 2013 Why India remains a functioning anarchy even now
Jan 18, 2013 बेटी के बिना ज़िंदगी की नई शुरुआत...: "दिल्ली में सामूहिक बलात्कार का शिकार हुई लड़की के घरवालों के चेहरों पर घटना के घाव स्पष्ट हैं, आवाज धीमी, चेहरे भाव-विहीन. ऐसे कि आँखों से आँसू अब झलकें तब झलकें."
Jan 17, 2013 Responding To Rape: "The police as well as the other agencies of the criminal justice system have to reform urgently"
Jan 17, 2013 SC questions rampant use of beacon: "The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the logic behind providing red beacons and security to a large number of people including MPs, MLAs and judges."
Jan 17, 2013 Nursing exam fraud unearthed in State: "A massive fraud involving over 5,000 students has been unearthed in the theory and practical examinations of Diploma in Nursing Theory course, conducted in the State last year."
Jan 16, 2013 Month after Delhi gangrape, autos continue to flout norms: "A month after the gruesome gangrape of a 23-year-old brought people out on the streets and the administration down on its knees, nothing seems to have changed in the national capital."
Jan 16, 2013 Manipur: Rapes, murders and AFSPA: "In July 2004, a group of 12 women disrobed in front of the Kangla Fort in Imphal, holding up a banner that said, 'Indian Army rape us'. They were protesting the rape and murder of Thangjam Manorama, allegedly by security forces. Manorama was picked up from her house on July 11, 2004 by Assam Rifles soldiers."
Jan 16, 2013 Has the national capital become any safer for women?: "CNN-IBN exposes how public transport and autos in particular flout rules and remain a danger to women's safety."
Jan 16, 2013 CNN: Another gang rape in India: "Police arrest 6 of 7 men suspected of raping a woman Friday night in the Gurdaspur district in Punjab."
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