After violence was witnessed all over Mumbai on Wednesday, the Maratha Kranti Morcha, that led the quota stir, called for a Mumbai bandh but withdrew the call afternoon. On Wednesday morning several incidents of violence in Mumbai and its neighbouring areas were reported. A shutdown was called later in the day remains in effect in …
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For decades, the city has seen thousands of reckless deaths as people slip on railway tracks. In a bid to catch the train, many fall into the wide gap between the train and the station and suffer a painful death. According to an RTI query in 2017, around 3,202 commuters lost their life on railway tracks alone. These tragedies have …
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A Special CBI Court in Kerala has sentenced two police constables to death and three others to three years each in jail for a custodial death case dating back to 2005. The two police constables, K Jithakumar and S V Sreekumar have also been fined Rs 2 lakhs each. They were found guilty in the death of Udayakumar, a 26-year-old …
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Cayman Islands, a 102 square mile island located in western Caribbean sea, is an autonomous British territory which has been dubbed as an offshore financial haven for many international businesses and wealthy individuals. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been defined as an “a country or jurisdiction that provides financial services to nonresidents on a scale that is incommensurate with …
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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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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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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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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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