Sahim Salim

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Assault on Sikh leads to tension in west Delhi

Assault on Sikh leads to tension in west Delhi

Rediff.com   17 Aug 2010

"We are outraged. This is a Sikh-dominated area and to cut or trim the hair of a Sikh is the first possible assault. We have backed down for the moment, but we will erupt if the police don't fulfill their promise of arresting the accused in 48 hours. The Sikh community from the whole of Delhi will be out on the streets. This is an insult," Harpreet Singh, a local leader of Akali Dal said

CVC refers Delhi Games project to CBI

CVC refers Delhi Games project to CBI

Rediff.com   30 Jul 2010

The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) lifted the hood just a little off the 2010 Commonwealth Games projects to find several cases of corruption and inefficiency by almost all the government agencies related to the event.

Women witnesses in Gujarat riot cases recount woes

Women witnesses in Gujarat riot cases recount woes

Rediff.com   27 Jul 2010

The women witnesses of these trials are being forced into habitats of exclusion because of their firm decision to bring the culprits to the book. These women, most of who are casual labourers in Naroda Patiya and other places in Gujarat, are reportedly threatened by their assaulters

BJP skips PM's lunch to protest 'misuse' of CBI

BJP skips PM's lunch to protest 'misuse' of CBI

Rediff.com   23 Jul 2010

Claiming that the ruling party is using the country's premier investigating agency to fulfill its "political agenda", senior BJP leaders LK Advani, Nitin Gadkari, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley skipped a lunch hosted by the prime minister on Friday

Who stole your vehicle? It could be the bank!

Who stole your vehicle? It could be the bank!

Rediff.com   22 Jul 2010

In several raids conducted across New Delhi, the district police in East Delhi have recovered more than 200 stolen motorcycles. Investigations into the recovered vehicles have revealed that most of them were taken away by recovery agents employed by banks. And this is clearly against the Supreme Court guidelines.

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