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Bengal's film industry dances to ponzi fund tune -Anindita Acharya

-The Hindustan Times The meltdown of the Saradha Group and subsequent focus on the state's multiple ponzi scams are hitting Bengal's film industry where it hurts the most - right in the pocket. The release of Asharey Gappo, a film funded by Angel Cinevision & Media - a deposit-taking company (popularly known as a ponzi fund) - has now been postponed indefinitely, even though the funding company does not have any apparent...

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Suicide pact: Dalits stage protest, demand judicial probe

-The Hindustan Times Hisar: Members of the Dalit community on Thursday staged a protest in Hisar, demanding judicial inquiry into the suicide pact of a missing rape victim's family at Bheri Akbarpur village in Uklana, 50 km from here. Ashok Kumar, a Balmiki leader, said: "The inhuman treatment of police had forced the family to take the extreme step. We demand judicial probe into the incident. The government should provide best...

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HC summons Honey Singh for singing vulgar songs

-The Hindustan Times Chandigarh: Expressing disappointment on the vulgar songs being sung by Punjabi rapper(singer) Honey Singh, also known as Yo Yo Honey Singh, the Punjab and Haryana high court has summoned him to the court personally on May 14 for explanation. The directions came from the division bench comprising acting chief justice Jasbir Singh and justice Rakesh Kumar Jain on a public interest litigation filed by a non-governmental organisation, HELP...

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Hunger deaths cast a cloud on Kerala district

-The Hindustan Times Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy said on Tuesday his government was expected to take a decision shortly on Attapadi, a malnutrition-afflicted tribal hamlet in Palakkad district below the Nilgiri hills of the Western Ghats. According to the district health office of Palakkad, 14 malnutrition-related deaths have taken place in the past four months, but NGOs working with the tribals say more than 40 children died in the past...

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Caught in desi ponzi schemes

-The Hindustan Times The sorry plight of thousands of small savers duped by a deposit-collecting firm in West Bengal is, perhaps, symptomatic of a wider malaise that runs deep in the Indian economy. What if a company asked you to invest Rs. 200,000 and promised to give you Rs. 8,000 a month for five years and a swanky sedan at the end of the fifth year? What if a company asked...

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