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Day November 4, 2017

Lawyer who refused to link Aadhaar sticks to her guns

Sivakumar B| TNN |  CHENNAI: Having an Aadhaar card has become essential, whether it is to claim welfare benefits or to continue operating your bank account. But this city advocate was not willing to mindlessly toe the line. Preethi Mohan refused to link her Aadhaar… Continue Reading →

Custodial torture: Law commission report makes strong observations

Special Report The Law Commission’s 273rd Report asks the government to put a stop to endemic torture ~By Venkatasubramanian It does not require a compilation of a series of reports or judicial pronouncements to show that torture is dehumanising, and… Continue Reading →

40 Days’ Jail for FB Posts: Zakir Tyagi on “Dictatorial” UP Govt

On a balmy April night, Zakir Ali Tyagi had just returned from a soiree of Urdu poetry, when a police team showed up at his residence in Muzaffarnagar. The 18-year-old thought it was a harmless visit, and went about serving… Continue Reading →

Uttar Pradesh: Bank manager arrested for alleged rape of Russian woman #Vaw

A 20-year-old foreign national has been allegedly raped by a bank manager in Mathura.  By Zee Media Bureau | ANI photo Mathura: A foreign national has accused a branch manager of a nationalised bank of allegedly raping her repeatedly since… Continue Reading →

  Another Aadhaar card ‘goof up’: 800 villagers in Haridwar now have same date of birth

By ANI  | 17 HARIDWAR (UTTARAKHAND): The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has faced a major setback after reports of over 800 people in Haridwar‘s Gaindi Khata village sharing January 1 as their date of birth in their new Aadhaar cards… Continue Reading →

Historian Ram Guha tears into intellectual “bullies”, even sections of the media

  “Patriotism vs Jingoism” was the topic of discussion at the Justice Sunanda Bhandare Memorial Lecture at IIC on Wednesday(November 1)   ~By Lilly Paul Historian Ramachandra Guha was as vitriolic and open about his views on current situations as he has… Continue Reading →

Mumbai -Traumatised girl lands in hospital as her molester walks the streets #WTFnews

| Lata Mishra Is this the protection that women who complain against sexual violence can expect?16-year-old girl, who was assaulted on a busy Kurla road last month, has been admitted to Rajawadi Hospital even as her stalker is out on… Continue Reading →

Lilavati hospital’s senior trustee alleges Rs 500 crore scam, writes to CM, police

Niket Mehta approached the Charity Commission regarding the issue and a hearing is slated to be held on November 15. Mumbai | m Niket Mehta claims there are a list of properties bought from money siphoned of from the Lilavati Hospital’s… Continue Reading →

Chhattisgarh- ‘ODF village’, 90% disabled woman crawls to the fields to defecate #WTFnews

  Rashmi Drolia Raipur The open defecation free (ODF) tag of her village in Durg seems to mock Neera every day as she drags herself–by one hand–to the fields and bushes, while the other hand holds up a lota on… Continue Reading →

Bhopal- 19-year-old preparing for UPSC gang-raped for 3 hours #WTFnews

19-year-old UPSC aspirant in Bhopal gangraped by four men ‘repeatedly’; cop mocks victim for coming up with ‘filmy story’ Sudeep Mishra| TNN |  HIGHLIGHTS The spot where she was raped has some of the busiest roads and rail tracks. Thousands of cars… Continue Reading →

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