Probe into CM’s wife’s assets

Khaufpur, Oct 10: Income Tax Chief Commissioner MK Moghe today said that an inquiry would soon be completed into purchase of vehicles worth Rs 2 crore by Khaufpur Chief Minister’s wife Mrs.C. Mantri.
”The complaint was made by Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly Jamuna Devi,” he told reporters here. Regarding returns submitted by Mrs [...]

Street kid Animal attends Man Booker shortlist party

Street urchin turned storyteller Jaanvar aka Animal has returned to Khaufpur from adventures in Europe which took him to Edinburgh, London and the south of France.
‘Edinburgh is a city made fully of stone,’ he told the Gazette. ‘Many people came to hear me talk, I was with Indra Sinha who’s told them sorry for Animal’s [...]

Controversial Khaufpur novel is longlisted for the 2007 Man Booker Prize

Politicians in Khaufpur and Delhi are privately seething that the memoir “Animal’s People”, narrated by street kid Jaanvar, aka Animal, has been selected on the long list of the prestigious Man Booker prize.
The prize’s previous winners include Salman Rushdie, Kiran Desai and Arundhati Roy, who has in the past given public support to the cause [...]

Khaufpur street boy is invited to speak at UK’s prestigious Edinburgh Festival, 2007

The Khaufpuri street urchin, Jaanvar, alias Animal, whose memoir “Animal’s People” paints a grim picture of political chicanery and neglect of survivors in Khaufpur has been invited as a guest speaker to this year’s Edinburgh Book Festival, the UK’s premier literary event.
The reading, scheduled for August 25, is guaranteed to be controversial as politicians in [...]

Survivors lift a leg on ‘Ratty’ Dada

APRIL 13, 2007
Khaufpur survivors groups today took out a procession in the city against an attempt by Indian magnate ‘Ratty’ Dada, who heads the multi-billion Dadagiri salt, steel and tea empire, to free the Kampani of its undischarged Khaufpur liabilities.
The groups used the Freedom of Information Act to obtain private letters from the Kampani CEO [...]

Khaufpur survivors groups declare victory as state government accedes to demands

Khaufpur April 13, 2007
Following six weeks of dharna sit-in and two weeks of hunger strike at the “Tin shed” in the New Market area of Khaufpur, the Collector of Khaufpur has confirmed that the government will meet survivors leaders to implement their demands.
According to survivors’ spokesperson Zafar Rahman, ‘The politicians have now agreed to implement [...]

Controversial ‘novel’ kicks up political storm

Khaufpur March 13, 2007
Preview copies of ‘Animal’s People’ have been circulating among the movers and shakers in the Mantralaya. Sources close to Chief Minister’s office termed the tome, penned by journalist Indra Sinha as “a filthy and vile poison, full of bad language and sexy frolics” and informed that action would be forthcoming to ban [...]

Minister stops address midway

Khaufpur, February 20:
The Khaufpur Legislative Assembly today witnessed an unprecedented situation when Minister of Poison Relief Zahreel Khan stopped his address midway following interruption by opposition members and took his seat after declaring that his address may be taken as read.
After interruption the Minister stopped his address midway for ten minutes and locked horns with [...]

Coffee bomb ready to kill

Gazette News Service
Khandwa, Feb 19: If any one is fond of drinking coffee and thinks about to take coffee from a coffee counter in any ceremony then it could be your last coffee! This machine turns into a bomb during preparation of coffee.
Though this information is hair raising and threatening but many incidents have happened [...]