Elections, government and policy in India: reporting and analysis on the parties, leaders and decisions shaping the country.
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Amar Jyoti Kalita, the main accused in the Guwahati molestation case, surrendered to police in Varanasi after his photos went viral across social media.
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RTI activist Akhil Gogoi claimed the July 2012 Guwahati molestation may have been a conspiracy targeting Assam's CM — an allegation, not an established finding.
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In July 2012, the DoPT dismissed Maharashtra-cadre IAS officer L.V. Nilesh after a decade of unauthorized leave — spent working at Microsoft in the US.
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NCRB data for 2011 put Delhi at the top of the list for crimes against children — 33,098 cases nationally, up 24 percent in a year.
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Aamir Khan's 2012 television debut Satyamev Jayate tackled female foeticide, child sexual abuse, and dowry — but did it change anything beyond ratings?
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A July 2012 controversy in Andhra Pradesh: reports that some candidates secured engineering seats via EAMCET counseling despite scoring near zero on the exam.
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Interrogators reported that Abu Jundal said 12 terrorists — not 10 — were trained at LeT camps for the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, with two dropping out before
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A response to Ramachandra Guha's 2012 thesis: India's democracy and capitalism were shaped — and constrained — by two families, the Gandhis and the Ambanis.
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When nominated to the Rajya Sabha in 2012, Sachin Tendulkar declined his entitled government bungalow — a quiet statement on public privilege.
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In June 2012 Sachin Tendulkar took oath as a Rajya Sabha member — the first active cricketer nominated to India's Upper House, and a political lightning rod.
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The Bombay High Court upheld the conviction of Ramkishan Harijan for assaulting a 10-month-old but cut his sentence from ten years to seven, sparking outrage.
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After the Andhra Pradesh High Court struck down the 4.5% minority sub-quota within OBC reservation in May 2012, the IITs decided to ignore it for JEE
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India's Supreme Court ruled that sex obtained through a false promise of marriage constitutes rape under the IPC — a major statement on consent in Indian law.
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The 1,360-km India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway — agreed in 2002, perpetually delayed and re-announced. India's road to Southeast Asia.
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In May 2012 the Lok Sabha passed the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Bill — gender-neutral, with special courts, in-camera trials, and
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A Gujarat village school made national news in 2012 with air-conditioned classrooms — inspiring, startling, and a window into India's rural education gap.
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Satyamev Jayate aired in 2012 without commercial breaks — a deliberate choice that changed how India watched television tackle female foeticide and child abuse.
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In 2012 the Army was reported to be ending its colonial-era sahayak 'buddy' system. The promised end never fully came. What happened — and why the reform
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Accounts circulated that Bal Thackeray pointedly skipped dinner for BJP chief Nitin Gadkari at Matoshree — a blunt episode in Shiv Sena-BJP alliance lore.
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A 2012 report told of an Indian worker returning home after 18 years of bondage in Saudi Arabia — a stark window into the Gulf migrant-worker trap.
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