-The Hindu Maganlal Barela's wife says he loved his daughters, whom he is accused of killing, the most KANERIA VILLAGE (MP): The fragrance of lantana is overpowering as you approach the home of Maganlal Barela, who is on death row for hacking his five daughters to death on June 11, 2010. Supreme Court stayed his execution late on Wednesday night, just hours before the appointed time on Thursday. The mud huts of Maganlal,...
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Manual scavengers want life of dignity, security -Mohammad Ali
-The Hindu New Delhi: Moni will never forget July 13, the last day she spent with her father Ashok. The following noon he went inside a drain sewer in the basement of the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) in the heart of Lutyens' Delhi and did not return. Hit by the poisonous rush of gases, Ashok and two of his colleagues died on the spot. Till date there has...
More »Do BPL families get their due at cancer centres?-Omar Rashid
-The Hindu Allahabad: With her legs crossed and hands folded, 10-year-old Shivani sits quietly on her bed at the Kamla Nehru Regional Cancer Centre's (RCC) Jawahar ward, named after the country's first Prime Minister. "I want to grow up to be a doctor. I like playing the doctor and using needles (injections)," she replied to this correspondent's query. Shivani's father Suresh Kesharwani, mother Bimla and elder brother Rohit (17) look on anxiously. Shivani...
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-Down to Earth Centre wants to treat anaemia with iron tablets. Can pills substitute nutritious food? Eleven-year-old Indumati Katla, who lives in Wazirpur, Delhi, went to school on July 17. There, her class teacher asked her to gulp down a maroon tablet. Two hours later, she was in hospital recuperating from severe nausea, giddiness and fatigue. She was among the 200 government school students in Delhi who fell ill that day after...
More »37% of MPLAD funds lying unspent in India, UP biggest contributor -Shailvee Sharda
-The Times of India LUCKNOW: No matter how much the MPs (member of parliament) assert on the need to increase the fund given to them for local area development, the reality is that they fail to spend what even they have. Chief minister of Himanchal Pradesh, veer Bhadra Singh is the only exception. In an assessment of Members of Parliament Local Area Development (MPLAD) scheme expenditure by ministry for statistics and...
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