It was a long and tiring journey to this non descript village near Nashik. Had lost most of the patience with a #$@# travel company that took so long to collect passengers in the bus and start an hour later.
The races were a terrible scene [...]
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Jan 29, 2010
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Contempt of court – the first step
Jan 29, 2010
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Stopped cock fighting in Nagpur
It was alleged that there was a huge racket involving cock fighting competitions in a village in Nagpur.
The betting involved millions of rupees and the local police were a part of the racket. I informed the Superintendent of Police about the event and its exact [...]
Jan 28, 2010
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A day gone … Preventing races in Gondia
I was shocked to know that some goons have taken over a fertile land of a poor farmer and converted it to a racing track. They went to the extent of feeding all the standing crop to the cattle to make way.
I called up the [...]
Jan 25, 2010
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Tiny tots drama – and papa is a rebel
After a quick nap Aakanksha is off to her Kid’s club where she learnt making sandwiches by rolling them like chapatis and putting jam. Wow it was really nice but not as much as she does in kitchen with Mamma where she learns so many [...]
Jan 23, 2010
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Another thrilling weekend with Aakanksha
As every other Saturday, we both made our agenda for the day. The first thing to do were to distribute all the cartoon packs of paper tissues to all her friends. So we went to the neighborhood and visited about 8 houses giving away those [...]
Dec 22, 2009
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‘Killer’ elephant back on streets with new mahout
Killer elephant back on streets with new mahout
Man Was Brushed Aside By The Jumbo And Came Under A Bus
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Pune: Despite last weeks incident when a man was run over by a bus on Shivaji road after being pushed by an elephant [...]
Dec 17, 2009
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Major races stopped in Nanded
Malegaon in Nanded is host to a major fair visited by 5 lakh people. We were told about the major attraction being the bull races and races involving horses, camels, donkeys, mules and other animals. Also we were told of cock fights being a part [...]
Dec 08, 2009
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Threatening again… as if it scares me!
Surrounded by 10 madaris* I caught hold of two so tightly that they did everything in their power to get them released. I just held on. If they managed to free one hand, I held on to another.
They threatened me, pleaded to me… but I [...]
Dec 08, 2009
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DNA : Five turtles seized from shop owner
He was caught a year ago with 20 turtles and 10 parrots
Ritu Goyal Harish
The Dattawadi police on Saturday seized five turtles from pet shop owner Tushar Karde and booked him under sections 9, 39 and 40 of the Indian Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
The accused was [...]