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Thane man kills 14 family members, himself
Hasnain Warekar
In a horrific incident, a 35 year old man killed 14 members of his family before hanging himself, in Thane, Mumbai. Hasnain Warekar, employee at a financial services firm in Navi Mumbai, allegedly slit the throats of his family members including his wife, parents, sisters, and seven children. One sister who survived the murder spree gave her account to investigators of what happened in the house between 2 and 2.30 am on Sunday. The Police suspect that Hasnain sedated his family members he had invited over for dinner. The officials were alerted by the neighbours who around 3:15 rescued Hasnain's 21 year old sister Subia Bharmar, who reportedly woke up just before Continued on page 26
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JAITLEYâS AAM AADMI BUDGET Kapadia bags Oscar Nominees discuss diversity; GOES ON RURAL OVERDRIVE proud moments for Indians Vol 44 | Issue 42
Let noble thoughts come to us from every side
With its focus primarily on the farmers and the agricultural sector, the BJP governmentâs âVikas ka Budgetâ reaches out to the rural as it shifts its focus from the rich to the poor. The âsuit-boot ki sarkarâ focuses on irrigation in its 2016-17 Union Budget as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley proposed creation of a dedicated Long Term Irrigation Fund for implementing 89 major/medium irrigation projects covering a command area of over 8 million hectares. The Budget has increased allocation to the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana, which focuses mainly on microirrigation and boosting water-use efficiency at farm level, from ÂŁ530 million to ÂŁ584 million. It also stresses on rural roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), a programme that was introduced during the tenure of the NDA government to provide all-weather road connectivity to all rural habitations with a minimum population of 500 in the plains and 250-plus in hill states, tribal districts and desert areas. A total of ÂŁ1.90 billion is provided for PMGSY. The third prorural initiative that found
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Daisy Ridley, James Gay-Rees, Asif Kapadia and Dev Patel
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place in the Budget is the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) for which ÂŁ550 million has been allocated. Modi made the PMFBY one of the governmentâs flagship schemes. It enables farmers to insure
their crops at low premiums of 1.5 to 5 per cent, with policy claims covering the full value of produce linked to minimum support prices and average threshold yields. Continued on page 26
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British Indian filmmaker Asif Kapadia has won the best documentary Oscar for âAmyâ, a poignant reflection of singer Amy Winehouseâs life and her tragic death at the age of 27. Amy, which is the UKâs highest grossing non-fiction film, marks Kapadiaâs first Oscar win, from his first nomination. Hackney born Kapadia, has already won the Golden Globe and Bafta awards for the documentary. Continued on page 29