-Mid-Day.com Mumbai: Thane resident Priya Mahunta is still undergoing surgeries for the 45 per cent burns she sustained in a kitchen accident last year. But despite the scars and marks, which hindered her learning, she has done the unthinkable. Thirteen-year-old Mahunta has passed her Std VIII examinations with flying colours, securing 94 per cent, in spite of being snubbed by several tuition classes from the area who were afraid that other...
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Coal-Gate: PM reportedly asked law officers if he is an accused in the coal case -Sunil Prabhu and Abhinav Bhatt
-NDTV In a meeting with the government's top law officers, the Prime Minister reportedly asked if he is an accused in a case that searches why coal fields were given to private players without transparency, allegedly losing the government vast amounts of money. For several of the years under review, the Prime Minister held direct charge of the Coal Ministry. But the government's real embarrassment lies in the revelation that last month, Law...
More »What makes someone rape a child? -Sutapa Deb
-NDTV April 15, Gandhi Nagar, Delhi: A five-year-old girl is raped by two sexual predators, both young adults The shocking gang-rape has raised many questions. Where are the perpetrators of rape coming from? What makes them commit rape? To prevent sexual abuse and sexual violence against children, understanding the minds of the sex offenders is of utmost importance. Experts in the field of mental health and child abuse say perpetrators are like any of...
More »Justice JS Verma, who headed the anti-rape law panel, dies-Amit Chaturvedi
-NDTV Former Chief Justice of India Justice Jagdish Sharan Verma, who headed a three-member panel to examine laws on crimes against women, died today due to multiple organ failure. He was 80. The former Chief Justice of India died at Gurgaon's Medanta Hospital. "Justice Verma was admitted to the hospital on Friday with complaint of liver failure. He died at 9.30 pm of liver failure and bleeding in the stomach," Medanta's official spokesperson...
More »Government auditor's (CAG) report says funds bungled in flagship rural employment scheme-Shamik Ghosh
-NDTV Employment under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or MNREGA has declined, while Rs. 128 crore have been misused and work worth a staggering Rs. 4000 crore is incomplete, the government's auditor has alleged in its review of the rural job scheme that the Congress-led UPA government counts as one of its most significant achievements in the last nine years of rule at the Centre. In its report...
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