-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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Mother’s missive to Sonia adds to Congress woes in Suryanelli case-Smita Gupta
-The Hindu The Suryanelli case in Kerala cast its lengthening shadow over the Congress on Thursday, with the rape victim’s mother asking party president Sonia Gandhi to act against Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P. J. Kurien, whom she places at the heart of the 40-day-long nightmare her daughter underwent 17 years ago — a crime for which not one of the 42 accused persons has been punished to date. The woman...
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-The Times of India THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The National Bankfor Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has unveiled an ambitious Rs 5,320 crore plan for various development activities in the state this year. The bank has allocated Rs 2,075 crore for short-term agriculture activities which can go up to Rs 2,600 crore depending on the successful operations of the co-operative banks in the state. "For long -term investment in rural sector, NABARD has committed to provide...
More »'Paid news' in media threatens democracy: Soni
-The Indian Express 'Paid news' syndrome is a menace capable of eating into the vitals of a free and fair media and rooting it out is essential for the health of democracy, Union Minister Ambika Soni has said. Inaugurating the 125th year celebrations of Malayalam daily 'Deepika' here last evening, the Information and Broadcasting minister noted that the Press Council of India and Election Commission are seized of the matter and are...
More »Manav Vikas Award for Kottayam
-CNN-IBN Kottayam, the first town in the country to experiment with total literacy programme, the first to have a printing press in the state and the first to have a college in the state, is in the limelight again. The first-ever Manav Vikas India Human Development Award instituted by the Planning Commission and the UNDP zeroed in on the Kottayam District Human Development Report for its excellent quality of analysis. The report was...
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