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Kejriwal resigns as AAP convener.

Nirbhaya film rocks Parliament, Rajnath says UPA allowed shoot.

RBI cuts repo rate by 25 basis points.

Sensex breaches 30,000 mark for first time after RBI's repo rate cut.
 
NEW DELHI: Delhi Government has
cleared the proposal to revamp the
anti-corruption helpline which was
launched during AAP's earlier 49-day
stint. This time the helpline, to be
launched sometime later this month,
will come with a backing of a larger
support team and systems to ensure
accountability on response and
action on complaints.
The decision was taken in a cabinet
meeting on Tuesday. In his speech
from Ramlila Maidan on February 14
after he took oath, chief minister
Arvind Kejriwal had assured
Delhiites that soon an anti-
corruption helpline would be made
functional to trap government
employees across departments and
agencies who demand bribes.
"As per our promise, we have
decided to launch the anti-
corruption helpline after around 15
days. We appeal to people that if
anyone is asked to pay a bribe by
any official in Delhi, it should be
recorded and given to us. We will
take strict action," said deputy CM
Manish Sisodia.
 
CHENNAI: About seven years after a
public interest litigation challenged
the Centre's decision to accord
classical language status for
Kannada and Telugu languages,
which is still pending in the Madras
high court, a new PIL has been filed
in the court assailing the classical
language bid for Malayalam and
Odia.
Senior advocate R Gandhi, who filed
the earlier PILs, has filed the
present one as well, saying neither
Malayalam nor Odia fulfilled the
criteria laid down by the Centre.
The Union ministry of culture has
miserably failed to discuss the
correctness of the recommendation
and apply its mind to satisfy
whether the criteria laid down had
been fully satisfied by any language,
that it has a high antiquity and
recorded history for over a period of
1,500 to 2000 years, said Gandhi in
his PIL.


PIL in Madras HC opposes classical language status for Malayalam, Odia - TOI Mobile | The Times of India Mobile Site
 
PANAJI: Banned in neighbouring
Maharashtra, beef is in short supply
in Goa too with shops selling it
closed for the third day on
Wednesday.
A spokesperson for the Goa Meat
Sellers Association said the shops
were closed because of issues
related to short supply of the meat
and harassment by animal rights
activists.
"Shops are closed for three days now
due to short supply and the ban in
Maharashtra will only make things
worse," Anwar Bepari told IANS, even
as beef sellers across the state are
due to meet Wednesday to discuss
the shortage.


Banned in Maharashtra, beef dries up in Goa too - TOI Mobile | The Times of India Mobile Site
 
CHENNAI: In a worrying trend, the
number of women filing false rape
complaints against husbands and in-
laws is on the rise in the country.
As many as 31,292 cases of alleged
cruelty by husbands and in-laws,
filed by women under Section 498A
of the IPC between 2011 and 2013,
were found false or mistake of fact or
law after police investigation, said
minister of state for home affairs
Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary in
the Lok Sabha recently.
The number of false cases under
Section 498A has increased over the
past few years - 10,193 in 2011,
10,235 in 2012 and 10,864 in 2013.
Similarly, a total of 1,207 cases of
insult to the modesty of women
(Section 509 of the IPC) were found
untrue after police investigation.
The number cases under Section 509
has also increased from 386 in 2011
to 482 in 2013.
According to the recent NCRB data,
there is a gradual increase in the
number of rapes reported in India -
from 24,923 in 2012 to 33,707 in
2013.




Steady increase in number of women filing false cases against husbands - TOI Mobile | The Times of India Mobile Site
 
NEW DELHI/LONDON: Even as the
Indian government was pressing it
not to show the controversial
documentary on the December 16
gang rape, the BBC went ahead and
aired 'India's Daughter' on
Wednesday night, saying that the
film had handled the issue
"responsibly".
Originally, the BBC had decided to
show it on March 8, coinciding with
International Women's Day, but
suddenly decided to advance it even
as a storm was raging in India,
saying it will enable viewers to see
this "incredibly powerful
documentary at the earliest
opportunity".
"This harrowing documentary, made
with the full support and
cooperation of the victim's parents,
provides a revealing insight into a
horrific crime that sent shock waves
around the world and led to protests
across India demanding changes in
attitudes towards women," the BBC
said in a statement.
 
The Delhi high court on Thursday
upheld the conviction of former
Haryana chief minister Om Prakash
Chautala his MLA-son Ajay Chautala
and 53 others in the junior basic
teachers recruitment case.
Justice Siddharth Mridul had
reserved the judgement in the case
on July 11 last year.
Chautala, his son and eight others,
including Vidya Dhar and Badshami,
had been awarded 10 years jail term
for illegally recruiting 3,206 junior
teachers in the year 2000.
 
The world's oldest person says 117
years doesn't seem like such a long
time.
Misao Okawa, the daughter of a
kimono maker, made the comment
on Wednesday, at a celebration in
Tokyo a day before her 117th
birthday.
Appropriately, she was wearing a
pink kimono decorated with cherry
blossom prints.
Okawa, born in Osaka on March 5,
1898, was recognized as the world's
oldest person by Guinness World
Records in 2013.
 
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