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July 21, a warm summer day in 2007, Yamuna gave birth to Vijay. Yamuna is from Delhi — her union arranged like many others — and the father, Laxman, from Bhubaneswar.

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Why Delhi’s ‘rape capital’ tag is problematic

In Delhi, from 2017 to March 31, 2018, approximately 3.75 per cent rapes were committed by strangers while almost 96.5 per cent were by persons known to the victim. Which is perhaps why Delhi Police’s Deependra Pathak believes most of the rape cases could not have been prevented by the…

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DCW chief’s hunger strike yet to evoke Central govt’s response

Delhi Commission of Women chief Swati Maliwal should have, ideally, been sitting inside the AC cabin of her office in Delhi’s ITO. However, since April 13, Maliwal has been on an indefinite hunger strike demanding the death penalty for those convicted of raping minor girls. Her list of demands, sent to…

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‘Modi sacked Marlena, who made govt schools better’

The Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government has received another gift from the Narendra Modi government at the Centre. Through an order issued by the Union Home Ministry, the Centre on Tuesday sacked nine advisors to the Delhi government. One of them was Atishi Marlena, the advisor to Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia. At…

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Why the sacking of Atishi Marlena is an attack on the politics of AAP

Full disclosure: Akshay Marathe is National Joint Secretary of the Aam Aadmi Party. He currently works with the Delhi Government on education policy and has closely worked with Atishi Marlena.

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Highway to hell

It was 8 am when our taxi crossed the Delhi border into Noida. This is not a highway like any other – it has eight lanes, clear signage and advance warning of exits. The long smooth road snakes across the countryside of Uttar Pradesh, dotted with restaurants, small rural settlements,…

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AAP workers hail Sanjay Singh, shrug off Guptas

Resentment in the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) over the selection of Rajya Sabha candidates has come out in the open.

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The lure of Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh

For much of the English news media, Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is somewhat of a joke who first burst onto the scene with his viral song, Love Charger in 2014.He’s been steady fodder since with his music videos, blingy fashion sense, hairy back and five movies.The self-styled ‘messenger of god’…

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UGC nods to one-week deadline for final decision about NET after students’ protest

As part of All India Students Association’s (AISA) nationwide call, student activists held protests, Save NET exam, across the country. This included protests in Delhi, Chandigarh, Allahabad and Uttar Pradesh.

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