-The Indian Express The 612 Indians on the list of those who have invested in tax havens such as the British Virgin Islands include two MPs, a former royal and top industrialists. RITU SARIN puts together details of 20 among them SONU LALCHAND MIRCHANDANI Mirchandani is the founder of popular consumer electronics firm Onida. Mirchandani and his wife, Soni, opened a BVI company called Strong Wing Overseas Ltd in 2006 with an authorised...
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Wrong to hit woman: Punjab DGP
-IANS On the defensive after its personnel were caught on camera thrashing a young woman in public in Tarn Taran district, Punjab Police Tuesday said that it was "examining all evidence" of the incident. Punjab Police Director General of Police (DGP) Sumedh Singh Saini told media here: "Whatever the facts may be, whatever the provocation, it was wrong to raise a hand or lathi (cane baton) on a lady." Saini said two police...
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-PTI Project will help strengthen anti-money laundering steps, combat terror financing, says inter-governmental body Paris: India’s Aadhar programme has been praised by the FATF here which said the initiative will not only ensure “financial inclusion” for its teeming population but also tighten anti-money laundering measures in the country. “If successfully implemented, it (Aadhar project) would be the first biometrically verified unique ID implemented on a national scale and would provide the ‘identity...
More »Tribals flee village after Reds kill teacher -Riyan Ramanath V
-The Times of India BHUBANESWAR: Villagers of Pathpani, where Maoists killed a Sikhya Sahayak three days ago, have appealed to chief minister Naveen Patnaik, Nuapada SP and collector to relocate them at some other village. Maoists had killed Dunguripali primary school teacher Chaitanya Majhi (32), accusing him of being a police informer, and thrown his body in Pathpani forest. After the incident about 250 villagers deserted the village fearing more attacks by...
More »I want my name back -Shaju Philip
-The Indian Express The victim in the Suryanelli rape case tells her story—a nightmare that lasted 40 days and the trauma that stayed with her every day for the past 17 years She is the ‘Suryanelli girl’. “But that’s not my name.” It’s not. It’s the name of the village in Kerala’s Idukki district where she lived a 16-year-old’s life—happy, innocent, smiling easily. She doesn’t smile easily anymore, but then, a lot...
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