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Monday, June 17, 2013
Jiah Khan’s death brings to fore the scourge of suicide which is the second highest cause of death in the nation. Mumbai among top five Indian cities with the most suicides, writes Gajanan Khergamker...
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Monday, June 10, 2013
Dogs are killed without any regard for life or law. Animal haters have extreme contempt of the law and its processes. It’s important to book them and stop the killings, writes Gajanan Khergamker...
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Monday, June 03, 2013
Retailers ‘selling’ plastic bags without price tags violate The Standards of Weights and Measures Act and are liable for fine, even imprisonment. Resist, but by law, writes Gajanan Khergamker ...
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Monday, May 27, 2013
The micro-level survey undertaken by NGO Pratham quashes the popular perception of private-aided schools being better than muncipal schools, writes Gajanan Khergamker...
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Monday, May 20, 2013
Ministers have, since eons, been misusing their posts to ‘appoint’ family members as secretaries. Railway Minister Pawan ‘Kumar Bansal’s nephew Vijay Sangla’s arrest for accepting a bribe has opened a can of worms, writes Gajanan Khergamker...
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Monday, May 13, 2013
There’s a surge in acid attacks all over the nation despite an amendment in the law aimed to address the problem. Making things worse is Maharashtra which continues to drag its feet on drafting a policy on the issue, writes Gajanan Khergamker...
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Monday, May 06, 2013
Mukesh Ambani being provided a ‘Z’ security cover drew a lot of flak despite having to ‘pay’ for it unlike the six new who join the sea of politicians availing ‘Z-plus’ security from the government and paid out of the exchequer’s funds, writes Gajanan Khergamker...
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Monday, April 29, 2013
Every civic body, when posed with an RTI query asking about the status of illegal structures and associated figures, comes up with replies as absurd as ever. It’s high time they’re held accountable, writes Gajanan Khergamker...
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Monday, April 22, 2013
The Boston killings will bring into fore the issue of immigration once again. India, on her part, continues to deal with it day in and out. A RTI query revealed, in all, 71,000 illegal immigrants from 42 countries are on the loose in India, writes Gajanan Khergamker...
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Monday, April 15, 2013
Information Commissioners, who provide people with data is sought through the RTI Act, themselves indulge in ‘corruption’ and obtain appointment on the basis of ‘letters of recommendation’ from politicians, writes Gajanan Khergamker...
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Tuesday, April 09, 2013
At the end of last month, the Tree Authority decided to permit the felling of 1,500 trees to accommodate private and civic construction projects. It’s time the city’s dwindling green cover is salvaged before it is lost forever, writes Gajanan Khergamker...
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Monday, April 01, 2013
An RTI application seeking whether India’s top brass that includes the PM, Sonia Gandhi, UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani and others possess Aadhar card meets with the predictable refusal vindicating popular fears, writes Gajanan Khergamker ...
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Friday, March 22, 2013
A recently-held sting operation brought forth the issue of unaccounted wealth that many Indian politicians have stashed away in foreign nations. A new Act in Switzerland and ‘deeper dialogues’ don’t make any material difference, writes Gajanan Khergamker...
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Monday, March 11, 2013
Within a year of the infamous blaze at Mantralaya, another broke out recently exposing the risk that the city faces. A fire safety check in 30 shopping centres and malls revealed 29 remained ‘unsafe’, writes Gajanan Khergamker...
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Monday, March 04, 2013
A colossal chunk of 449 police personnel died of lifestyle-linked ailments within the last decade. Stress, unhealthy routines and the erratic nature of their job often drives them to committing suicide too, writes Gajanan Khergamker...
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Monday, February 25, 2013
Any political party accused of procuring illegal funds from foreign or illegal sources should take a leaf out of Spain Prime Minister’s move and come clean on the issue of income tax, writes Gajanan Khergamker...
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Monday, February 18, 2013
Over-the-counter pills like vitamin supplements, cough syrups and pain killers are being manufactured and circulated freely posing a huge risk to both India’s image as well as public health, writes Gajanan Khergamker...
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Monday, February 11, 2013
The hate speeches are hot favourites among the masses. To pander to popular whims and play for the galleries, leaders are left with little option but spew hatred. Law, as laid down by statute, will be delayed to everyone’s convenience, writes Gajanan Khergamker...
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Monday, February 04, 2013
Despite implementing changes as proposed by the Verma Committee, even going a step ahead by suggesting ‘death’ in extreme cases, the State continues to dodge the obvious - an amendment of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act, writes Gajanan Khergamker...
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Monday, January 28, 2013
Justice J. S. Verma’s report that was made public recently pointed out various flaws in the existing Indian legal system when it came to laws for protection of ...
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