-The Indian Express Khunti: It could not have been an easy decision for Jyoti Mariyam Hora, 10, to leave Khunti and head for Delhi. Though her best friend, Jayamani Guria, accompanied Jyoti, leaving behind her five siblings and alcoholic father should have wieghed heavily on her mind. Her mother had died when she was a toddler. They boarded the Swarna Jayanti Express to Delhi on April 11 along with Jayamani's neighbour, Chandmani,...
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Bengal chit fund kingpin's run through N India ends in J&K, held in Sonamarg -Madhuparna Das and Bashaarat Masood
-The Indian Express Srinagar, Kolkata: Sudipta Sen, the absconding alleged kingpin of West Bengal's multi-crore chit fund scam, was picked up along with two senior employees of his company at a hotel in the picturesque resort town of Sonamarg on the Srinagar-Leh highway late on Monday evening. Police officers from West Bengal have confirmed their identities, and are likely to get formal custody of the trio after they are presented in court...
More »Ensure the accused are not brought before the victim, urge activists-Bindu Shajan Perappadan
-The Hindu Demanding that the police ensure that the accused in the recent sexual assault of the five-year-old girl not be brought before the child in any manner and that the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, (POCSO) be followed strictly, child rights activists and non-government organisations working in the area have now written to the Delhi Police in the matter. In a letter written to the...
More »No country for women -Rasheeda Bhagat
-The Hindu Business Line While violence against women continues unabated in India, our crime investigation and justice systems offer no comfort. The Capital has erupted once again over the gruesome kidnapping and rape of a five-year-old girl child. This time, the protests are more political with the presence of volunteers from organisations such as the Aam Aadmi Party, the ABVP, etc. But matters have come to such a head vis-à-vis the gender...
More »Money-or-poison plea to Mamata
-The Telegraph West Bengal: An agent of the Saradha Group fell ill in Siliguri today after a three-hour demonstration while investors hit the streets with placards asking the chief minister to give them back their money or provide them with poison. Dinabandhu Pal, who had collected Rs 16 lakh for the Saradha Group, was admitted to Siliguri subdivisional hospital after he complained of palpitation in front of Siliguri Police Station. His wife...
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