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The whole nation was shocked over the incident in Goa.
Tehelka, which has exposed many investigative stories, it is very shameful that the founder editor in Chief was caught in sordid episode.

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Tehelka on Tehelka : Media& Sex sells

By  Siddhartha Shankar Mishra

The editor-in-chief of India's leading investigative magazine is being probed over claims that he sexually assaulted a woman colleague. The case came to light after the victim complained in an email to a superior that Tarun Tejpal, founder of the award-winning weekly, Tehelka, assaulted her twice in a hotel elevator during a conference in the resort state of Goa this month.

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“Educate a girl, you educate a family”

By  Himadrish Suwan's

In India almost 40 % women suffer harassment while working in offices.
“TEJPAL’S OF MEDIA” – This created another anger in the minds of people , and gave a clear signal that women is unsafe every where. Tejpal who created Tehelka in the Politics is now under scanner as her employee has alleged that Tejpal has Raped her. It’s really shocking that this can happen in country where women is worshiped.

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Culture

Death of 3 IN IGNCA

By Vidya Bhushan Rawat
There has been no news from the Indira Gandhi National Centre for Art regarding the deaths of three sanitation workers who died in the campus on July 14th while cleaning the sewage line near to AC plant. The families of deceased have not heard anything from the company which has Rajesh as supervisor. The National Human Rights Commission and other government bodies need to act on it as one of the prime witnesses of the issue is Chhotu, 30 who was part of the team and survived. In an interaction, Chhotu and his mother provided horrific details of the incidents and how they have been treated at the hospital.

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World Trade Organisation

WTO under US shadow has hurt Indian economy, Should we come out of it?

By Shivaji Sarkar

The World Trade Organisation deals have led to the collapse of Indian economy. The quantitative restrictions imposed by it late 1990s has ruined its manufacturing base as free and cheap imports from China and other countries flood the market. Today its growth rate may plummet to around 4 per cent this year and next year to the classical Hindu rate of may be 3 per cent or less.

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The Aam Aadmi Party will cut into BJP votes in the Delhi assembly elections

By Souzeina Mushtaq Delhi
It is unusual for 27-year-old Sharda, a jewelry designer based in West Delhi, to discuss politics. “I am not a political person,” she says. She has never voted in her life, but she is hoping the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will come to power. Sharda wants “change”. “People are tired of the two evil parties — one is into corruption, the other instigates communalism.”

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The Alchemy of Ponzis

The Alchemy of Ponzis

By Sadiq Naqvi

A special investigative report Hardnews did in June 2013 on Tehelka's majority owner/promoter and TMC MP KD Singh's ponzi scheme that allegedly duped people of Rs 1,932.91 crore. Alchemist Capital, one of the companies under investigation by SEBI And SFIO, is partly owned by Royal Building and Infrastructure, the same company that bought majority stakes in Anant Media Pvt Ltd (Tehelka), as per the balance sheets available on the Ministry of Corporate Affairs website Sadiq Naqvi Delhi  - See more at:

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Law

Why India need a federal law against ‘miraculous claims’ of God men?

By Vidya Bhushan Rawat

It was the month of November 2000 and I was in Lucknow to attend a wedding. It was in close relation hence the responsibility was a bit big. We arrived in the city two days prior to the wedding but our euphoria evaporated as the brother of the woman getting married disappeared. All efforts were made though the matter was kept under the wrap till the marriage was over which also reflect the brutality of social system where nobody want to take a chance and marriages are not made of convictions but of chances and money.

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Society

Living Relationship a trend or a Life out of way

By Siddhartha Shankar Mishra

The British ruled India for about two hundred long years.Even after they retreated , they left an indelible mark on the mind of the young India, whether it be in the form of legislation their culture or most importantly the craze for westernization. We are always in the run of aping the west be it through western outfits or their lifestyles without delving deep into the consequences or repercussions of those acts on our society. Sometimes we defy our own culture in order to endorse theirs and label ourselves as the children of the globalized world. One of the such ongoing trends is the culture of live in relationship.

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