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State, BMC, named respondents in legal notice on birth certificate corrections

India, July 30 -- The founder of the Govandi Citizens Welfare Forum, advocate Faiyaz Alam Shaikh, has sent a legal notice to the registrar-general of India and the chief registrar of births and deaths... Read More


Notice to state, bmc over freeze on birth cert corrections

MUMBAI, July 30 -- The founder of the Govandi Citizens Welfare Forum, advocate Faiyaz Alam Shaikh, has sent a legal notice to the registrar-general of India and the chief registrar of births and death... Read More


Dawood Khan: A soldier, a trade unionist and a lifelong fighter

India, July 26 -- He was a familiar face at all protests, but few knew about his colourful life. Dawood Khan, who passed away on Saturday, had been a soldier and a trade unionist; he'd rubbed shoulder... Read More


A soldier, a trade unionist and a lifelong fighter passes away at 93

MUMBAI, July 26 -- He was a familiar face at all protests, but few knew about his colourful life. Dawood Khan, who passed away on Saturday, had been a soldier and a trade unionist; he'd rubbed shoulde... Read More


Police were not attacked: Suleman Usman Bakery raid witness in court

Mumbai, July 2 -- "No, the police were not attacked in our area." Qutbuddin Shaikh, one of the last surviving witnesses of the Suleman Usman Bakery police raid that took place 33 years ago, told defen... Read More


When families leave women no good choices

New Delhi, June 30 -- The Siya Goyal case confirms some unpleasant truths about Indian society, so tied up with our "glorious 5,000-year-old culture" that we may never rid ourselves of them. The most... Read More


'Till date, I feel the pain'

India, June 18 -- Thirty-three years after he was assaulted by the police, Qutbuddin Shaikh, then a 17-year-old madrasa student, on Wednesday told a sessions court how he was beaten till he lost consc... Read More


Witness testifies against cops in 1993 Suleman Bakery case

MUMBAI, June 18 -- Thirty-three years after he was assaulted by the police, Qutbuddin Shaikh, then a 17-year-old madrasa student, on Wednesday told a sessions court how he was beaten till he lost cons... Read More


5 of 100 legal houses rendered unfit in WR's anti-encroachment drive in Garib Nagar

India, May 23 -- They were assured that their homes would not be touched, with the Western Railway (WR) even announcing on Thursday that bulldozers would not be used against them. However, on Friday ... Read More


5 of 100 legal houses rendered unfit in Garib Nagar

MUMBAI, May 23 -- They were assured that their homes would not be touched, with the Western Railway (WR) even announcing on Thursday that bulldozers would not be used against them. However, on Friday ... Read More