Sonagachhi, where thousands of women work in the sex trade in abysmal conditions, has struck a blow for the girl child. The city’s biggest red-light area can now boast of its first women’s football team. Christened ‘Amra Padatik’, the team will start training from the first week of August. The initiative, taken by Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, which has been …
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Kerala has been ranked the best governed Indian state in the Public Affairs Index (PAI) 2018 released by the think tank Public Affairs Centre (PAC). Kerala which scored 0.526 in the index was closely followed by two other southern states, Tamil Nadu and Telangana,with scores of 0.517 and 0.514 respectively. Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka also made it to the top …
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Those who traverse the Bengaluru-Malavalli-Kollegal Road to reach temples and hill stations of Chamarajanagar district, have heard of one name spoken of with reverence as they enter Malavalli taluk: Kere Kamegowda. Here, Kamegowda is a legend, and it is easy to find his residence, located inside Dasanadoddi hamlet which is full of hattis (traditional makeshift house of shepherds). But it …
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It took Alwar police more than three hours to travel 6km while taking a critically injured victim of lynching, Rakbar Khan, to the nearest hospital, the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Ramgarh, on Saturday. Rather than save the life of the 31-year-old youth allegedly lynched by cow vigilantes on Friday night, the two cows recovered from him seemed to have …
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Cases of gang rapes of women and minor girls have seen a sharp rise in the last few months. The cruelty does not end there, because in most cases the perpetrators end up killing or maiming the girl for life, if she remains alive. In another case of sheer horror, a woman in Haryana’s Panchkula has alleged that she was …
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After attacking PM Modi with scathing remarks and criticism, RaGa went on to hug him, thereby inviting a pandemonium and thunderous applause in the parliament. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) Rs 1,484 Crore Have Been Spent On PM Modi’s 84 Foreign Trips Since He Took Office In 2014 PM Modi’s diplomatic trips may bring foreign …
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As many would say, Congress President Rahul Gandhi, today, owned the Parliament during his No Confidence motion speech. From ‘Jumla Strike’ to Rafale deal, Gandhi hit every point while attacking the government. At the end of his speech, Gandhi surprised everyone in the Lok Sabha when he went and hugged Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “I have not an iota of …
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The Uttar Pradesh Police have busted a fake-degree racket and arrested five members of a gang that would prepare forged marksheets and certificates of private universities based in Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and UP in only 10 minutes. These forged documents looked as good as the real ones, down to the university hologram and watermark. BCCL/Representational Image The …
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A day after the arrest of 17 men accused of raping an 11-year-old hearing impaired girl in Chennai for nearly seven months, spine-chilling details of the shocking crime is now emerging. According to police, those arrested include a lift operator, watchmen, plumbers and water can delivery boys either working in or frequenting the apartment complex where the girl lives with …
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The nanny state is back with a bang and this time it has banned alcohol in Goa. Drinking publicly on the beaches of Goa will soon be a thing of the past. On July 17, chief minister Manohar Parrikar has announced that drinking alcohol at public places in Goa will attract heavy fine from August 15. “There will be a …
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