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SHOCKING: 33, 000 homeless people died on Delhi streets since 2004, 8 deaths every day

-IANS New Delhi: In a shocking revelation that could be seen as an indictment of the past governments in Delhi and at the centre, a report of union home ministry has claimed that more than 33,000 homeless people have perished in the national capital since 2004. According to the data released by the zonal integrated police network under the union ministry, 33,518 homeless people died in Delhi between January 2004 and October...

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Mamata Banerjee attacks PM Narendra Modi for ‘dissolving’ the Planning Commission -Madhuparna Das

-The Economic Times KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee while welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Digital India' initiative, attacked the government for 'dissolving' the Planning Commission, which she alleged, has affected the federal structure of the nation. "Earlier, there was at least a Planning Commission. The chief ministers had a platform to voice their views and worries. But now where should we go and speak about such issues?" she said. Even though...

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Ramon Magsaysay Award 2015 for AIIMS whistleblower Sanjiv Chaturvedi and Anshu Gupta

-Tehelka The Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2015 has been announcedwith two Indians among the five, The Indians chosen are former Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) at AIIMS Sanjiv Chaturvedi and Anshu Gupta, founder of the NGO Goonj Former Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) at AIIMS Sanjiv Chaturvedi and Anshu Gupta, founder of the NGO Goonj are among the people who have been chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2015.  Ironically , Chaturvedi was...

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Thirsty in a Wi-Fi-wala village -Sarita Brara

-The Hindu Business Line Digital dreams are cheaper than a pot of drinking water in Tila Shahbazpur, near Delhi A Wi-Fi-enabled village with no potable water! Yes, this is Tila Shahbazpur, which was in the news a few months ago as the first village in Uttar Pradesh to get Wi-Fi connectivity. “While [Delhi Chief Minister Arvind] Kejriwal is yet to fulfil his promise, we have done it in no time,” boasted Samajwadi Party...

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10 states seek to have their own land laws -Archis Mohan & Sanjeeb Mukherjee

-Business Standard This could help bypass central legislation and break the land Bill deadlock Ten big states, most of those ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its alliance partners, on Wednesday sought to unshackle themselves from the logjam over amendments to the contentious land acquisition Bill, 2013, by proposing to bring their own laws for boosting infrastructure development. At a NITI Aayog meeting to discuss the land Bill (the Right to...

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