The Weekend Leader – Positive Stories from Around India of Unsung Heroes, Change Makers, Entrepreneurs, Startups, Innovators, Green Warriors

Vol 8 Issue 22, Jun 09, 2017 - Jun 15, 2017.

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Another fake doctor nabbed in Bengal

Muslims observe 'Black Eid' over Haryana lynching

Khattar condemns Junaid's killing

Meira Kumar to file nomination on Wednesday

Two Kannada editors ordered jailed by assembly yet to be arrested

Linking CPEC with BCIM will benefit people: China

Farmer, farm labourer commit suicide in Bundelkhand

'Act of God' blamed for cable car accident that killed seven

Eid celebrated across India, clashes occur in Kashmir Valley

Don't wait for last day to file returns, cautions GSTN Chairman

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For many years now, V S Veerapathiran or Veera as he is fondly called, has been falling foul of people for his concern about protecting the environment. But nothing has deterred the green warrior from Kodaikanal. Usha Prasad profiles the man

Kusum Dahivalkar, a retired plantation officer in the Social Forestry Department in Nashik, Maharashtra, has made it her mission to inspire people to save and plant trees, and live as close to nature as possible. Surekha Kapa-Bose reports

Mamoon Akhtar is offering hundreds of poor children in Howrah what he did not get as a child – a good English medium education, because his family could not afford it for him. G Singh spoke to Mamoon, who is also involved in other social projects

At the funeral of his brother in 1963, Deo Kumar Saraf swore not to let poverty-struck people die due to lack of medical care. Today, his Anandalok group of hospitals challenge corporate hospitals with their affordable charges, says G Singh

An ordinary simple middle class couple has been serving free lunch to 34 senior citizens in Mumbai since 2012. Somma Banerjjee finds out why Yvonne and Mark D’Souza are so selfless in service

To prevent an accident, similar to the one that killed her daughter, 59-year-old Dorris Francis has been regulating traffic since last six years at the spot where a car rammed their auto. Partho Burman profiles the braveheart from Ghaziabad

Entire India will soon come under the cover of Arogya Finance that lends money for the poor to go for medical treatment. Supported by social venture funds, Arogya is in nine States and has helped over 400 persons, says Kavita Kanan Chandra

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