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Indian Society:
Cops ignore woman's rape, hush up hubby's murder
Minister exposes ills at Victoria: "A surprise visit by Medical Education minister S A Ramdas to Victoria Hospital on Tuesday revealed poor hygienic conditions in wards, liquor bottles and used condoms strewn in toilets and misuse of canteens." Chhattisgarh Maoist ambush: Nine policemen confirmed dead Now, Sibal questions the calibre of IIT faculty: ""IITs are surviving because of their students. There is hardly any worthwhile research from our IITs. The faculty in the IIT is not world class. It is the students in IITs who are world class. So the IITs and IIMs are excellent because of the quality of students not because of quality of research or faculty,"" BBC - India's unwanted girls: "eight million female foetuses may have been aborted in the past decade" Faculty of IITs, IIMs 'not world class': Jairam Ramesh: ""There is hardly any worthwhile research from our IITs. The faculty in the IIT is not world class. It is the students in IITs who are world class. So the IITs ( Indian Institute of Technology) and IIMs ( Indian Institute of Management) are excellent because of the quality of students not because of quality of research or faculty,"" 7 CRPF jawans killed in Maoist blast: "The landmine attack, the latest salvo in a four-decade long insurgency that has killed thousands" Mother hurls herself, child before moving train: "abject poverty could have been the reason behind the alleged suicide." 2.5 lakh students still on mats, MCD blames babus Two cops, farmer killed in Gr Noida violence over land: "policemen burned haystacks and motorcycles inside a gher, an open area where the clashes began. Those trying to leave or enter the village were also caned." For mothers, India not a happy place: study: "India has been ranked at 75th among 79 "less developed" countries, even below some of the poor African nations, in a study on 'best place to be a mother'" A murder for Rs.5 DU girl abducted, molested & beaten BBC - Eight arrested for stoning Indian couple to death: "There have been many cases in India where people have been killed for defying tradition and family honour.", "Rajiv Verma and his girlfriend Renu Pal were stoned to death by a mob of about 200 people, including many of the girl's relatives." Fraud and corruption fears at Indian 'charities' Docs pass exams with tampered marks cards School-level corruption: "around 15% of rural households paid a bribe to avail of school services, of which one-third was to gain admission" State PDS system most corrupt: Study: "According to the India Corruption Study: 2010, Karnataka has the most deplorable situation in the Public Distribution System in the country as over 46 per cent of those who interacted with the PDS officials in the State had to pay bribe." Corruption bane of PDS Mob burns alive 7 in Orissa AIEEE question papers leaked, test postponed rajasthan: female infanticide - See Any Girl Out Here?: "They have all been killed quietly, leaving Devda just with 20 girls compared to 300 boys" God On A Phone Line: "Eye-popping visual tricks and sleights of hand are the name of their game." For the poor, death is as miserable as living Policing The Ratio - The lowest sex ratio since 1947 has the Centre worried '10, not 5 girls were raped at Panvel home': "added five more girls to the list of mentally challenged inmates of a Panvel shelter home who were raped by those who were supposed to look after them.", "Bombay high court took suo motu cognizance of a newspaper report on mentally challenged children being starved and raped at an orphanage in Thane" Girl beheaded outside college in Ranchi Tears, hymns, 14-gun salute escort Sai to final abode Sathya Sai Baba's last rites today with full state honours PM, Sonia pay last respects to Sai Baba Woman gang raped in husband's presence in Jharkhand Taslima Nasreen advises Sachin not to pray for Sai Baba: "Many of the retweets were attacks on Sai Baba, calling him a cheat and trick master", ""One godman gone but a thousands others will surface what a pity the bhakti business is quite lucrative."" VIPs get quick glimpse of Sai Baba while devotees wait hours Baba, Give Me a Pumpkin!: "There is a halo around you because you perform miracles. When your miracles are proved to be illusory you will be reduced to a common man.", "Narasimhaiah further challenged the Baba and asked him to give him a pumpkin from thin air, instead of a tiny ring.", "I sincerely hope the Puttaparthi Baba will not betray his own foretelling and will be around till he turns 96." ‘Homeless’ HIV girl dies unnoticed Man kills 12-year-old sister for family honour All that glitters isn’t India: "Millions starve while foodgrains rot" To take leave, docs do 21 caesareans in 2 days Blind Men Of Hindostan: "The rot set in when Indira came to power.", "“Anil Ambani’s corruption is less visible than a politician’s due to the media’s cultivated silence.”" Christians Demand a Church Lokpal to check corruption in Indian Churches 'Miracle' in Puttaparthi, Baba statue oozes scented oil We have failed to provide employable skills to youth: N Gopalaswamy People watch as man beats 2 widows to death BBC - India: Haryana widows battered to death: "He said he had killed the women to protect his "family's honour"" Stamp out honour killings ruthlessly, suspend DMs/SPs: SC Spanish tourist sexually assaulted in Pushkar Govt suspects Bangalore has 20 lakh bogus LPG connections Four girl students molested inside express train Maharashtra: RTI activist threatened, attacked Two university staffers arrested in fake marksheet case Mother throws son, jumps to death from highrise Uterus of 226 women removed in Dausa hospitals: "The activist claimed that it was a big number and the doctors removed the uterus even when it was not necessary." No girls for prospective grooms in Vaish community 'India has exam system, not education system': "When will young people stop taking exams and do something worthwhile?"", "Young people suffer so much to succeed in these entrance exams, and in the process lose excitement in education itself." 19-year-old girl raped for over three months Raped, teenager flees only to be gangraped in Delhi Day after being found in state of starvation, elder sister dies We, the corrupt, must root out corruption Pimp To Delhi High Society Sonu Punjaban Arrested What civil society? - Decline in child sex ratio shows we are an uncivilised society Darkness prevails - Girl child’s plight is India’s shame Adulterated flour claims one life Only 25 % IT graduates are readily employable Women cheaper than liquor in Goa, claims Bollywood film Corruption in India is like cancer and the situation is explosive: Shanta Kumar: "CBI is a puppet of Government, and CVC have lost its sanctity. The 1st Administrative Reform Commission recommended the Independent authority of LOK PAL and Lok Pal bill was introduced in parliament in 1968, but its passing was lapsed 8 time in 42 years , which show that the leaders doesn’t want this law, he said. In 1988 Benami Transaction Prohibition act was passed, but was not enforced in 23 years. The present loka yukt organizations are handicapped." Anna Hazare's fast triggers public anger against corruption in India All power to Anna, say TOI Online readers Anna's caravan swells, a Gandhian joins his mission Church joins fight against corruption Aamir Khan, Bollywood support Anna Hazare India Graduates Millions, but Too Few Are Fit to Hire Do we Indians actually want corruption?: "The recent events happening in India makes one think: Does India actually want and love corruption?" 'People Are Corrupt' Of givers and takers Minor raped by her schoolteacher The school where fake pilots trained: The Rajasthan Flying School is emerging as the epicentre of the fake pilot racket. It ran inside the Jaipur airport for 30 years till 2008 from two meagre rooms and one old aircraft. The shutdown came in 2008 because the aircraft was grounded." BBC: The dangers of whistle-blowing in India: "Whistle-blowing can nearly destroy you in India, as Salim Baig found out for himself." Thanks to corruption, we may soon walk like Egyptians! Corruption in India a dangerous challenge: Ramdev Waqf Misuse, most systematically managed daylight robbery in India Does India's Corruption Matter?: "A new study says graft could derail growth in India, but voters don't seem to care." ‘Pvt schools faked losses to hike fees’: "an inquiry by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has suggested that the schools, which include DPS R K Puram, Modern School- Barakhamba Road, Mount Carmel and Amity International, resorted to accounting malpractices and faked financial losses." Academia has been 'wallowing in the past': Sibal: "Coming down heavily on vice-chancellors being appointed by political establishments, HRD minister Kapil Sibal on Friday said the educational system in the country would thrive only if such practices are brought to an end." 16 abducted baby girls rescued from brothels in MP: "girls aged between two and seven years who were abducted from their homes and sold at prices ranging from Rs 10,000 to Rs 60,000" Over half of Bangalore sewage flows into storm water drains,lakes Lawlessness, private armies ruling roost in the country: SC Another Air India pilot with fake papers exposed: "The fake pilot scam is now getting bigger." Where are the honest people to clean up India? Fight corruption – at your own risk 28 people go missing in Mumbai daily for past 2 years Bar girls entertain 'fatigue-hit' agitating Jats: "An agitation, especially the one which has brought traffic on one of the busiest rail routes in the country to a complete halt affecting lakhs of people, is definitely not the place where one can expect to find bar girls.", "the bar girls had been brought in to make sure that the agitators did not leave the place and remain there in good strength." Girl shot at by father for refusing to marry Radhika Tanwar murder: No one came to help: "Even though there were more than hundred people on the foot-overbridge at Satya Niketan in South Delhi, where Radhika Tanwar, a second-year-student of Ram Lal Anand College was shot dead, no one came forward to her help, not even her friends. Radhika lay bleeding on the ramp, and her friends who were accompanying her fled the scene. A passerby, Ajit Singh, made a call to the police." 5-yr-old abducted from wedding, found nude: "The ugly face of unsafe tricity once again came into light when a five-year-old girl was abducted and left abandoned in nude condition after being sexually assaulted in Sector 40 on Friday night." ''Ghost'' forces Pune school to shut 9-yr-old raped by teacher |