Bar raid row: Mumbai cops took revenge on girls?

Bar raid row: Mumbai cops took revenge on girls? Mumbai: MiD DAYs expose about how innocent college girls and housewives, branded as sex traders, were confined to a rehab centre after a police raid led by ACP Vasant Dhoble on a Khar pub, has only emboldened cops to continue harassing them, their kin allege. On Thursday, half of the detained girls whose families had spoken to this paper about the unwarranted police action had to spend another day in...
02:18 PM, May 11, 2012

Mumbai: Police take revenge on girls

Mumbai: Police take revenge on girls Mumbai: MiD DAY's expose about how innocent college girls and housewives, branded as 'sex traders', were confined to a rehab centre after a police raid led by ACP Vasant Dhoble on a Khar pub, has only emboldened cops to continue harassing them, their kin allege. On Thursday, half of the detained girls whose families had spoken to this paper about the "unwarranted" police action had to spend another day in...
11:21 AM, May 11, 2012

Lifting the veil on Afghanistan's female addicts

Lifting the veil on Afghanistan's female addicts Kabul: Anita lifted the sky-blue burqa from her face, revealing glazed eyes and cracked lips from years of smoking opium, and touched her saggy belly, still round from giving birth to her seventh child a month ago. "I can't give breast milk to my baby," said the 32-year-old Anita, who like other women interviewed for this story, declined to give her full name. "I'm scared he'll get addicted." She was...
10:19 AM, Apr 01, 2012

Peru: 27 killed in fire at rehabilitation centre

Peru: 27 killed in fire at rehabilitation centre Lima: A fire swept through a two-story private rehabilitation centre for addicts in a poor part of Peru's capital, killing 27 people and critically injuring five as firefighters punched holes through walls to rescue residents locked inside. The "Christ is Love" centre for drug and alcohol addicts was unlicensed and overcrowded and its residents were apparently kept inside "like prisoners," Health Minister Alberto Tejada told The Associated Press. Authorities said...
10:43 AM, Jan 29, 2012

Odisha seeks funds for flood hit areas

Odisha seeks funds for flood hit areas Bhubaneswar: Odisha on Friday asked the central government to provide early assistance of Rs 3,265.38 crore for relief and rehabilitation work in regions hit by the September floods. At least 21 of state's 30 districts were devastated by two successive floods and the state government asked the centre to provide assistance of Rs 3,265.38 crore and for release of adhoc assistance of Rs 1,000 crore. "The union government did not...
03:10 AM, Dec 03, 2011

Singur: HC stays redistribution of Tatas' land

Singur: HC stays redistribution of Tatas' land Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Thursday granted continuation of the stay of the trial court order validating the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act which has been challenged by the Tatas. The stay order passed by the high court means that West Bengal government cannot distribute land among farmers until the matter is heard. The court will hear the case from November 8 onwards. A division bench of justices...
12:38 PM, Nov 03, 2011

US: Sikh gets job, $ 295,000 in discrimination case

US: Sikh gets job, $ 295,000 in discrimination case Washington: Six years after he was denied prison guard's job in California as he refused to shave off his beard required by his Sikh religion, an Indian-American has finally been appointed as a correctional officer in the prison and won $ 295,000 in damages. Trilochan Singh Oberoi, 63, has reached a settlement in this regard with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) as a result of which he...
05:13 PM, Oct 28, 2011

Singur land returned in public interest: WB govt

Singur land returned in public interest: WB govt Kolkata: West Bengal government on Thursday told the Calcutta High Court that return of acquired land to unwilling farmers is in public interest and defines such farmers as those who do not accept the compensation awarded in return for their land. Hearing the Tata Motors Ltd's petition challenging the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Act, 2011, Justice IP Mukerji asked the government if return of the acquired land was for...
06:15 PM, Aug 18, 2011

Land Bill: irrigated land won't be acquired

Land Bill: irrigated land won't be acquired New Delhi: The Land Acquisition Pre-settlement and Rehabilitation Bill 2011 suggests that under no circumstances should multi-cropped, irrigated land be acquired. The government put the Land Acquisition Pre-settlement and Rehabilitation Bill 2011 in public domain on Friday. The draft bill is now available on the Press Information Bureau website. The draft bill also says that the government can acquire land only for public purpose and that the land acquired for...
04:27 PM, Jul 29, 2011

Fans, stars tweet the blues over Winehouse death

Fans, stars tweet the blues over Winehouse death Los Angeles: Soul singer Amy Winehouse, who died unexpectedly at age 27, received numerous tributes on Saturday from ordinary fans around the world and music luminaries ranging from Tony Bennett to producer Mark Ronson. The 'Rehab' singer whose problems with substance abuse were well-documented, died at her home in London, and while it appears she has lost her battle with drink and drugs, an official cause of death has yet...
11:59 AM, Jul 24, 2011

Land Acquisition Act draconian: Mamata Banerjee

Land Acquisition Act draconian: Mamata Banerjee Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said the Land Acquisition Act of 1894 as "draconian" while the Singur Bill would show the way for the entire country. Participating in the debate in the Assembly over the Singur Land Rehabilitation and Development Bill, 2011, she said the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, has been a cause of suffering to a large number of countrymen as it was "draconian". Banerjee...
07:44 PM, Jun 14, 2011

No force used to acquire land for Posco: Naveen

No force used to acquire land for Posco: Naveen Bhubaneswar: Rubbishing allegations of forcible land acquisition for Posco project near Paradip, Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday said force was not used for the purpose as his government believed in "peaceful industrialisation". "I have often said that we believe in peaceful industrialisation," Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik told reporters adding the state government was constantly monitoring developments at the proposed plant site villages. The state government would take appropriate...
05:21 PM, Jun 13, 2011

Amy Winehouse heads back to rehab

Amy Winehouse heads back to rehab Los Angeles: Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse is heading back to rehab, her spokeswoman said on Friday. Winehouse, 27, ironically best known for her 2006 hit 'Rehab', checked herself in to a UK clinic on Wednesday prior to playing several summer dates in Europe. "Amy has embarked on a treatment program at the Priory Clinic," her publicist Tracey Miller said in a statement. "She wants to be ready for performances...
08:23 PM, May 29, 2011

Submit tribal rehab plan: SC to Chhattisgarh

Submit tribal rehab plan: SC to Chhattisgarh New Delhi: Chhattisgarh government on Tuesday admitted in the Supreme Court that the prevailing situation of tribals being caught in a crossfire between Maoists, the police and anti-Maoist vigilante group Salwa Judum was a testimony to governance failure. "All these are the testimony of failure of governance in the state. It is honestly accepted," senior advocate Harish Salve, appearing for the state government, submitted before a Bench comprising Justices B...
07:25 PM, Jan 18, 2011

Actor David Arquette in rehab - reports

Actor David Arquette in rehab - reports Los Angeles: Actor David Arquette, the estranged husband of former "Friends" star Courteney Cox, has checked into rehab to deal with alcohol and depression issues, according to news reports on Sunday. Arquette, 39, and Cox, 46, announced in October that they were undergoing a trial separation after 11 years and one daughter together, but still loved each other "deeply." Since then, both have been linked to other people, while Arquette...
03:35 PM, Jan 03, 2011
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