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Jul 12, 2011 Well-dressed & begging: 43 women from Rajasthan detained: "The women, who have made a city lodge their temporary home, told people they were begging because they were in trouble and were going hungry in their home state."
Jul 12, 2011 Politics makes Delhi-Howrah route corridor of death
Jul 11, 2011 BBC - India: Train crash in Uttar Pradesh kills dozens: "Accidents are common on the state-owned Indian railway"
Jul 10, 2011 Kalka mishap raises questions on railways safety: "Over 90 accidents in the last 12 months is not a record the world's largest rail network can be proud of."
Jul 10, 2011 Graft stink mars search for RGUHS Vice-Chancellor: "In all probability, the sixth Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) will be appointed on Monday in the backdrop of some of the ‘strong’ aspirants facing graft charges. Curiously, though, the Governor’s office has forwarded their names to the se­arch panel apparently without checking their antecedents."
Jul 10, 2011 35 killed, 200 injured as Delhi-bound train derails
Jul 10, 2011 7 criminals moving in MLA's car held: "Patna police on Sunday claimed to have made a breakthrough in several cases of loot, murder and extortion following the arrest of seven criminals in Khagaul on Saturday evening. They were moving in the town in the vehicle of Danapur BJP MLA Asha Sinha."
Jul 10, 2011 Dacoits rob six women, gang-rape two
Jul 9, 2011 No night out alone: Top cop to women: "Instead of making the city safe for women, he is putting the onus on the victim." "This is ridiculous. The police are violating the right to life and they can't put restrictions on women,"", "Gupta agreed that women did not trust male cops. "When I was joint commissioner (New Delhi range), I visited Jesus and Mary College, where students told me that men cops were more troublesome than roadside stalkers.""
Jul 9, 2011 70-year-old former navy officer arrested in sex scam: "A 70-year-old retired naval official has been arrested in connection with the case relating to the rape of a minor girl allegedly by 100-odd persons"
Jul 9, 2011 Delhi safe, but avoid late nights: Police chief
Jul 9, 2011 Mockery of justice: Gang rape victim gets Rs 85,000 compensation
Jul 8, 2011 India faltering on poverty alleviation: "a person today is not poor if he can spend Rs 24 in a village and Rs 30 in a city. These figures are as absurd as they can get. In Delhi, people pay Rs 15 for a one-way bus ticket. So a man who makes Rs 30 a day in Delhi may travel to work and back, buy and eat nothing but he still not will be considered poor. "
Jul 7, 2011 Chennai: 20 rabies deaths in 6 mths, health workers worried
Jul 7, 2011 33 killed in train-bus collision in UP
Jul 6, 2011 Tracing the Historical antecedents of corruption in India: "Corruption in India is a cultural aspect. Indians seem to think nothing peculiar about corruption. It is everywhere. Indians tolerate corrupt individuals rather than correct them and remain supremely hypocritical about the discourse.", "Indians give God cash and anticipate an out-of-turn reward.", "Indians’ corrupt nature has meant limited warfare on the subcontinent. It is striking how little Indians have actually fought compared to ancient Greece and modern Europe. The Turks’ battles with Nadir Shah were vicious and fought to the finish. In India fighting wasn’t needed, bribing was enough to see off armies."
Jul 6, 2011 India's Crony Socialism: "The total wealth of India's 55-odd billionaires comes to about 20% of GDP, a proportion rivaled only by infamously crony capitalist Russia. Many of India's richest have allegedly used political and regulatory connections to augment their fortunes.", "India's problems stem not from crony capitalism but crony socialism, the continued hold of an often corrupt and inept political class on economic decision making."
Jul 6, 2011 Domestic violence high in Asia-Pacific: UN: "a third of respondents say that it is sometimes acceptable for a man to beat his wife,"
Jul 6, 2011 Right to Education Act against Muslim interests: AIMPLB
Jul 6, 2011 HC seeks AIIMS reply on hiring of 91 doctors: "The Delhi High Court has directed the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to explain why 91 doctors should not be served copies of a writ petition asking the court to quash their appointments over alleged violation of recruitment rules.", "Petitioner Sarman Singh, now a professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine of AIIMS, wants the court to quash appointment of 164 assistant professors initially made on an ad hoc basis, allegedly in violation of rules. The petition, filed through advocate Barun Kumar Sinha, also challenged their “illegal” regularisation and promotion as associate professors."
Jul 6, 2011 Dalits prevented from drawing water from well: "Dalits of Yanamalai Kodikulam village have been prevented from fetching water from a well by non-dalits to protect the 'sanctity' of the well."
Jul 6, 2011 Juhu Beach at its filthiest best
Jul 6, 2011 Private hospitals are not hotels to charge exorbitantly: SC: "Criticizing the city's big private hospitals for their steep charges, the Supreme Court on Tuesday said that they are acting like star hotels and have not kept their promise to treat the poor -- 25% outdoor and 10% indoor -- free of cost."
Jul 6, 2011 Dharavi in Mumbai is no longer Asia's largest slum: "Data from the 2011 census shows there are 3.1 crore people in the island city and 9.3 crore in the suburbs, while nearly 78% of the city's population lives in slums. "
Jul 6, 2011 Arming Tribals Against Naxals Unconstitutional: SC
Jul 6, 2011 6-year-old stripped for bad handwriting
Jul 6, 2011 Salwa judum is unconstitutional: Supreme Court: "The Supreme Court on Tuesday restrained the Chhattisgarh government and the Centre from appointing tribals as Special Police Officers and arming them to counter Maoists, terming the step as 'unconstitutional'.", "Asking the Chhattisgarh government and the Centre to desist from appointing the tribals as Special Police Officers (SPOs) and arming them for countering the Naxals in any manner directly or indirectly, the court said the appointment of tribal youths as SPOs is 'unconstitutional'.", "the court was of the view that arming tribals would lead to a 'dangerous' situation if they turned against the state. The court had also questioned the training programme of the SPOs. "You are playing with the so called SPOs. What will happen if they turn against the state. God save this country," the bench had said during the last hearing."
Jul 4, 2011 Rape victim dies after immolation: "she set herself ablaze using kerosene."
Jul 4, 2011 Girl raped for 6 hrs in moving car
Jul 4, 2011 Another sex scam involving minor girl rocks Kerala
Jul 3, 2011 Protest against Madrassa Board functioning: "The activists of the All India Council of Imams of Mosques (AICIM) and the Bihar Urdu Journalist Forum staged a dharna against the alleged spiraling corruption in the Bihar State Madrassa Education Board"
Jul 3, 2011 More from Sai Baba's treasure trove, valuables worth 76 lakh
Jul 2, 2011 Maoists kill 6, abduct 12 in Bihar: "about 25 Maoists in CRPF uniform armed with AK-47 rifles and other sophisticated weapons stormed the village — about 200 km from Patna — and opened fire, killing six"
Jul 2, 2011 Stray dogs maul toddler to death: "In a heart-rending incident, a two-and-a-half-year-old boy sleeping in the cellar of a hospital in Yelahanka New Town was dragged away by stray dogs and mauled to death early Friday morning."
Jul 1, 2011 Celebrities, high-profile families not immune to dowry malice: "Lust for money has been the prime cause for the alleged dowry deaths in the recent past."
Jun 30, 2011 DU: forty fake admissions in last two years: "Tutorials in the capital were the favorite hunting ground for these racketeers."
Jun 30, 2011 Haryana: Man sells daughter for Rs 50,000
Jun 30, 2011 12 babies die at govt hospital in Kolkata, Mamata Banerjee orders probe: "unconfirmed sources said 17 babies died at the hospital in the last 48 hours."
Jun 29, 2011 Teacher suspended for caning 7 girls: "Seven girls of a Jamshedpur school were admitted to Tata Main Hospital after they fainted on being caned by their teacher"
Jun 29, 2011 Couple sold toddlers to tantriks for sacrifice: "they would kidnap children to sell them to childless couples or even to tantriks, who would offer them as human sacrifice. "
Chandigarh: PGI patient electrocuted to death
‘Mere laws will not help. This country needs a social transformation’
Forced labour, ‘child sex tours’: how slavery thrives in India: "Hampered by government corruption, India does not fully comply with minimum US standards to combat modern-day slavery,"
Dawn - Maoists kill six police in central India: "The Maoist movement, which began in 1967, feeds off land disputes, police brutality and corruption, and is strongest in the poorest and most deprived areas of India."
Three fresh cases of rape in Uttar Pradesh: "A 10-year-old dalit girl was gangraped and burnt alive while another minor from the community and a mentally challenged teenager were sexually assaulted in fresh rape cases in UP"
Five securitymen killed, 6 injured in Chhattisgarh Maoist attacks: "Maoists on Sunday blew up a police vehicle in a landmine blast and ambushed BSF personnel killing five securitymen and injuring six others in two separate attacks"
Girl with 91% faked OBC papers, three arrested: "A Delhi University aspirant, who scored more than 91 per cent in her Class XII Board exams, resorted to acquiring a fake certificate for special quota as her marks were not good enough to admit her to Hans Raj College.", "“Most of these students are from top-notch schools and they paid anywhere between Rs 3 lakh and Rs 5 lakh for the fake certificates."
Industrialist stoned to death in Bhagalpur
Human Smears Poor Andhra villagers now victims of clinical drug trials
UP: 14-year old girl raped at gunpoint
Wheat goes waste in Punjab, Haryana
Puttaparthi traders demand state takeover of Sai trust: "traders in this bustling pilgrim town in Andhra Pradesh's Anantapur district Saturday observed a shutdown to protest suspected irregularities committed by the trust members."
Orissa: Dalit MP denied entry in temple
Uttar Pradesh shames nation with two more rape cases: "Uttar Pradesh had witnessed a spate of rape cases early this week, prompting the Union home ministry to seek a report from the state government on the prevailing law and order situation in the state."
A cop who stuck on in Puttaparthi for 4 decades: "A classic example of the say that the Sathya Sai Baba Trust has in the police postings in Anantapur district is B Narsimhulu , who was DSP of Puttaparthi till last Wednesday.", "Narasimhulu was sub-inspector when violence rocked Prasanthi Nilayam in 1993. Four young boys were gunned down by the cops inside the baba's abode and it is not clear to this date as to what triggered the violence and why were the boys killed.""
South Mumbai bungalow sold for record Rs 350 crore
Orissa peon found to possess properties worth a crore: "The crorepati peon, Jaga Rao Reddy, of Sabaradeipeta village under Jarda police station, was arrested by vigilance police on Thursday for allegedly amassing properties disproportionate to his known sources of income. "
India's super rich club 12th largest in the world
Gurgaon: Man burnt alive for killing sarpanch
Should Sathya Sai Trust come clean with its assets?
Tamil Nadu: 300 arrested for caste discrimination: "Those arrested were trying to stop a bus from entering a low caste village, that houses 500 Dalit families."
70-year-old beaten up, force-fed acid
Sai’s secret services: "First it was Sai and the chamber of secrets, now a devotee Isaac Tigrett promises an even greater secret, that he is the living will of the pasha of Puttaparthi. "
Andhra govt to probe Sai Baba trust's finances
IIPM sues Caravan, Google, Penguin for Rs 50 cr: "The article, titled “Sweet Smell of Success: How Arindam Chaudhuri Made a Fortune Off the Aspirations—and Insecurities—of India’s Middle Classes”", "‘for number of students enrolled between 1 to 24, the compensation would be 75,000 per student …[and] for anyone who crosses the 25 students mark, the compensation would be 90,000 per student…[and] for anyone who crosses the 50 student mark, the compensation would be 1,25,000 per student”"
4 Naxals sentenced to death for killing 20 people: "Former Jharkhand chief minister Babulal Marandi's son Anup was among the 20 villagers who were gunned down while watching a cultural programme"
Mumbai: teen gangraped at railway station: "A 17-year-old girl was gangraped at the Kalyan railway station"
Kerala CM promises action after minor girl sexually abused by 100 men
Five rapes in 24 hours stir UP
Gobindpur villagers observe 'Black day' to protest Posco deal
‘Some auto drivers will never learn’: "Commuters can register a complaint against auto drivers using a 24-hour helpline", "This helpline number (25588444/25588555), which has been in existence for the past three years, automatically records the complaint and those at the helpline counter are constantly monitoring and screening all the calls that are coming in."
Crime against women peaks in UP, 5 cases of rape in two days: "a 35-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped and burnt alive by three persons in Nidhauli area last night. "
BBC - Indian woman gang raped and set alight in Uttar Pradesh: "The girl's parents alleged that she was raped and murdered and that the police had offered them a bribe to keep quiet."
Pastor's wife accuses husband of sexually exploiting minors
98 kg gold, Rs.12 crore cash found in Sathya Sai Baba's chamber
End manual scavenging in six months, PM tells states
Desis home in on London in clusters: "Wealthy Indians are keeping the family bonhomie alive in the heart of London, buying not one but a cluster of houses or apartments for themselves, their children and small teams of personal staff."
Three Tihar inmates appear in civil services exam: "In 2009, a convict in a rape case had appeared for the civil services examination for the first time and was set free by the court after he qualified. "
K'taka marks-for-money: no exam re-evaluation: "Students paid Rs 1 lakh to evaluating officers to change their marks during re-evaluation."
Student scores 85%, but hangs herself
In Jharkhand, 72% fail Class 12 Science, even Minister’s children: "Among the students who failed — the results came in three days ago — are the son and daughter of state Human Resource Minister Baidhnath Ram. "
Delhi University admission: Finally, the 100% cutoff is here
Gurgaon: Woman resists rape, thrown out of car
Power failure forces halt of Metro trains; commuters stranded
4 killed in Mumbai for staring at goons
10 security personnel killed in Naxal attack
Spurt in farmer suicides in Bundelkhand
Father kills 18-year-old daughter in Hisar: "The accused killed his daughter Ritu as he was opposed to her relationship with a boy."
One die as 27 Passengers on Roof Top of bus touches high voltage wire
Child labour generates Rs 1.2 lakh crore black money a year!: "there were around six crore child labourers in the country who assumingly work for approximately 200 days in a year on an average cost of Rs 15 per child per day"
Corruption eats into PDS grain in Maoist corridor: "For the last five years, he has allegedly diverted a big portion of grain to markets in Orissa and Andhra, selling it illegally, depriving the poor of grain."
Army sets its footprint in Naxal-infested Bastar
Underworld is regrouping: Former Mumbai CP
Maharashtra: 9 female foetuses found in drain
MiD DAY crime editor J Dey shot dead in Mumbai: ""He used to report about underworld activities apart from major issues related to crime in the city"
Indian women in US go for sex selection to have sons: "women who carried a female foetus said they were subject to varying degrees of verbal and physical abuse"
Man throws his kids into well before killing self
Karnataka - Some state engineering colleges mired in apathy
Mafia slayings in Asansol - Bike gang guns down three: "A 15-member motorbike gang shot dead a realtor and two others barely 50 metres from the Asansol court today before a stunned noontime crowd, with police blaming the lightning strike on an interstate rivalry between coal mafias."
Man beheads daughter for having affair

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