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Jayalalitha, Amma, Was The Mother Of Welfare Schemes
Jayalalitha, fondly called Amma, the chief minister of Tamil Nadu had more than 18 welfare schemes that are free or heavily subsidized. Some of these include - the cradle baby scheme (to prevent female foeticide in the early 1990s), gold for marriage scheme, Amma canteens where food is available for… Read More
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Voters Give Demonetization A Big Thumps Up – BJP Win Two Key States
Political commentators thoughts demonetization would backfire on the ruling party. Instead during the recent local and panchayat level elections in Maharashtra and Gujarat, BJP made a clean sweep in both states in a big way. There were always many issues, drought, regional and community agitations such as Marathwada and Patildars.… Read More
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Richest Hindu Temple Relaxes Dress Code For Women
Sri Padmanabaswamy temple, one of the richest temples in the world, will allow women to wear Salwar Kameez and Churidar. Previously only saris and full length skirt were allowed. If one wore Salwar Kameez and Churidar, then they had to wear a mundo (dhoti) over that. Keralites also wanted this… Read More
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Does Supreme Court Want To Appoint Judges With Adverse Intelligence Report?
The fight between the Government of India and the Supreme Court is building up. India's judiciary, especially the Supreme Court seems to be hyperactive, and in the view of several people stepping into executive decisions. Further, the Supreme Court also struck down the parliament passed National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC)… Read More
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Kashmiri Terror Outfits Desperate For New Notes
Police say Kashmiri terror outfits operations have been hit hard by the ban on old notes. Laskhkar and other terror outfits are desperately on the look out for new notes to basic things like charge their mobile phones and pay their cadres. One group of terrorists attached a local bank… Read More
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Demonetization Leading To Behaviour Changes…
The newspapers and TV channels are criticizing the government for the demonetization exercise. But the behaviour changes that were expected are starting to happen. Some of the early ones are: people are rushing to pay their electricity, income tax, real estate tax or other bills quickly; E-wallet companies are seeing a… Read More
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Actress Mallika Sherawat Attacked In Paris For No Reason
Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat, whose real name is Reema Lamba was attacked during her visit to Paris, France to see her french boyfriend. Both of them were attached by three masked men in an upscale neighborhood. They were pushed to the ground and then sprayed them with tear gas. They… Read More
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Kashmiri Muslim’s Letter To PM On Demonetization…
Afzal Rahman, a normal Kashmiri (because he is not part of the 2% who are separtists) says he is a father of 4 and son of aged parents. Like every parent in India and everywhere, I worry about my children's future. I am a proud Indian and Kashmiri and operate… Read More
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Unexpected But Real Benefits Of The Demonetization…
No doubt, there is short-term pain and inconvenience. But there are several unexpected and/or unreported benefits to the Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 demonetization scheme. Some of these are: a) Maoists or Naxalites have reported been hit hard, b) Stone peling in Kashmir is suddenly stopped, c) there have been… Read More
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50% Of Delhi’s CCTV Are Not Working…
Delhi has lots of CCTV but according to a Delhi Police report, half the cameras installed by them are not working, to be exact - nearly 2,000 of more than 4,000. Obviously a serious security concern in New Delhi which is a VVIP city. CCTV cameras have been installed to keep… Read More
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