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1 month ago | 
thehindu.com | Suchitra Karthikeyan |Gautam Doshi
A decade has passed since the Devendra Fadnavis government promised to make Maharashtra ‘drought-free’ via its flagship scheme Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan. Currently in his third term as CM, Mr. Fadnavis announced ‘Jalyukt Shivar 3.0’ to repair existing water conservation structures, expand satellite-based mapping of these structures, and enable live-monitoring via a website and a mobile application. “There were a lot of benefits of Jalyukt Shivar Scheme in the State.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
thehindu.com | Gautam Doshi
In the week since the fires in the Los Angeles County broke out, which have destroyed thousands of homes, at least 24 lives have been lost and 16 people were reported missing. The 24 deaths were attributed to the two major fires raging across the county: the Eaton fire, which accounted for 16 of them and the Palisades fire (8). About 1,50,000 people in the county remain under evacuation orders, with more than 700 residents taking refuge in nine shelters.
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Oct 12, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Gautam Doshi
The results for the assembly elections in the Union Territory were declared on Tuesday, October 8, and the National Conference - Congress alliance bagged 48 of the 90 seats, forming a majority. But in the 43 seats of the Jammu division, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 29 of them, thereby maintaining its stronghold in the region.
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Jun 23, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Gautam Doshi |Rhea Gupta |Sruthi Darbhamulla
The 18th Lok Sabha’s inaugural session, between June 24 and July 3, will see the newly-elected MPs taking oath, some for the first time. Among these are 74 women MPs, a decrease from the 77 MPs in the previous Lok Sabha, the highest ever recorded. West Bengal leads as the State electing the most women MPs, at 11.
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May 31, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Gautam Doshi
For the seventh phase of the Lok Sabha polls, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and The National Election Watch analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 904 contenting candidates and found that 199 (or 22%) of them have declared criminal cases against themselves, 151 of which have serious criminal cases against them. 13 candidates have cases related to crime against women and 27 have cases related to attempt to murder, as shown in the table below.
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May 24, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Gautam Doshi
For the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha polls, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and The National Election Watch analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 866 contenting candidates and found that 180 (or 21%) of them have declared criminal cases against themselves, 141 of which have serious criminal cases against them. 24 candidates have cases related to crime against women and 21 have cases related to attempt to murder, as shown in the table below.
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May 19, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Gautam Doshi
For the third phase of the Lok Sabha polls, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and The National Election Watch analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 695 contenting candidates and found that 159 (or 23%) of them have declared criminal cases against themselves, 122 of which have serious criminal cases against them. 29 candidates have cases related to crime against women and 28 have cases related to attempt to murder, as shown in the table below.
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May 6, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Gautam Doshi
For the third phase of the Lok Sabha polls, Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and The National Election Watch analysed the self-sworn affidavits of all 1,352 contenting candidates and found that 244 (or 18%) of them have declared criminal cases against themselves, 172 of which have serious criminal cases against them. 38 candidates have cases related to crime against women and 24 have cases related to attempt to murder, as shown in the table below.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
thehindu.com | Gautam Doshi
At 10.15 in the night during Ramzan, the roads leading to Nagpada junction in Mumbai Central are bustling with actvity. But in one of the bylanes, less than five minutes on foot from the junction, 43-year-old advocate Nadeem Siddiqui is back to work in his office after the evening prayers and iftar, helping people with free legal advice to ensure that their identity documents are free from discrepancies. Students who wish to avail scholarships for higher studies abroad also come to him for help.
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Apr 11, 2024 | 
flipboard.com | Gautam Doshi
'AITA for not wanting to go to my stepson's wedding?' 'I told them to move out.'↵"AITA for not wanting to go to my stepson's wedding?"Situation: I have been with my to my wife for 6 years (marriage & dating) & this is both our …
