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Day April 17, 2014

Gujarati Muslim Can Forget Godhra, But What About These Economic Figures?

By Sanjeev Kumar 15 April, 2014 Countercurrents.org If not Modi, then at least some of his supporters have been finally coming out with increasing number in order to peruse secular voters of this country, either to set aside or forgive… Continue Reading →

Press Release: Cancel the registration of the GMERS Medical College, Valsad

PRESS RELEASE                                Cancel the registration of the GMERS Medical College, Valsad and take immediate action against the concerned authorities who gave this illegal permission to start the GMERS Medical College. – Rohit Prajapati & S. Srinivasan, Members of People’s Union for Civil Liberties.  … Continue Reading →

Alleged killers, arsonists and rapist are in the fray today

Zia Haq, Hindustan Times  New Delhi, April 17, 2014   Alleged killers, abductors, robbers and even a rapist are among those who will contest for a seat in the Lok Sabha in these elections despite a growing public campaign for cleaner… Continue Reading →

BJP will make army training compulsory: VK Singh #WTFnews #NOMOre_2014

Punkaj Bhaartiya, Hindustan Times  Hamirpur, April 16, 2014   Former Indian Army chief General VK Singh (retd) on Wednesday, while lauding the role of jawans belonging to Himachal Pradesh, said that the BJP would make army training in educational institutes compulsory… Continue Reading →

नरेंद्र मोदी: कंधा 18.5 इंच और सीना 43 इंच #NaMo #Feku

  सुशीला सिंह बीबीसी संवाददाता, दिल्ली  गुरुवार, 10 अप्रैल, 2014 को 16:52 IST तक के समाचार   भाजपा के प्रधानमंत्री पद के उम्मीदवार नरेंद्र मोदी को चुनाव पूर्व सर्वेक्षणों में सबसे लोकप्रिय नेता बताया जा रहा है. ऐसे में लोगों… Continue Reading →

Modi ‘wave’ at India TV Studio, Editorial Director resigns in protest

By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter, New Delhi: Qamar Waheed Naqvi, Editorial Director of India TV has resigned in, purportedly in protest of a “staged interview,” with the BJP prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in Rajat Sharma’s famous programme “Aap Ki Adalat.”… Continue Reading →

Press Release – WSS statement in support of Chithralekha, dalit woman auto driver #Vaw

Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS) condemns the attacks upon chithralekha, a dalit woman auto driver from Payannur, Kerala. WSS urges the local administration, in particular the collector, to take immediate action for justice for chithralekha.  chithralekha has been repeatedly attacked by CITU/DYFI autodrivers since 2005. This group of Savarna and obc men have tried to run her over with an auto in 2005 and burnt her auto later in the year; attacked her husband with a knife in 2006; and beaten her as well as her husband,  daughter and brother-in-law in three separate attacks in 2010. In 2013 her husband was almost run over by a bus; later in the year a group of 30 men attacked her and her family at home; and in another attack in 2013 her husband was beaten and implicated in a legal case.   Most recently in 2014, DYFI attacked her house and threatened the family in retaliation for a squabble about a goat wandering into her do pound and eating her plants. A goat wandered into her compound from the goat farm behind her house and chithralekha tied it up and said she would return it when the owner comes. A small incident like this, ended up in a large group of 11 dyfi workers turning up at her house and throwing stones at it to intimidate her.Once again instead of a complaint being registered under the SC/ST atrocities act,  chithralekha and her husband were implicated in an attempt to murder case (IPC 380) after three days. Her husband Sreeshkanth spent a month in jail while chithralekha managed to get anticipatory bail.   This lack of redressal under the SC/ST atrocities act despite several incidents of chithralekha and her family being attacked, beaten, and her livelihood threatened is completely unacceptable. It sends a clear message that the state refuses to take the SC/ST atrocities act seriously. If the Kerala government can not commit to justice for the dalit community despite such clear cut and repeated attacks, then it signals an alarming state of affairs.   WSS demands that:   1. All cases against DYFI and CITU workers who have been harassing her should be tried by the special court in Kannur set up for the SC/ST Atrocities Act. 2. All false cases against chithralekha and husband Sreeshkanth must be withdrawn. 3. Compensation to be given for loss of livelihood and property. 4. For neglect of duty and slapping false cases, Payannur CI Abdul Rahman and SI Shaji Pattery  must be tried and punished under section 4 of the SC/ST Atrocities Act. 5. Protection must be given to her and family to ensure right to earn livelihood without intimidation.   Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS) is a non funded grassroots effort started in November 2009, to put an end to the violence being perpetrated upon our bodies and societies. We are a nationwide network of women from diverse political and social movements comprising of women’s organizations, mass organizations, civil liberty organizations, student and youth organizations, mass movements and individuals. We unequivocally condemn state repression and sexual violence on our women and girls by any perpetrator(s).  

The remaking of Narendra Modi #NaMo #Feku

SHIV VISVANATHAN POWER fascinates and when self-obsessive, it is even more fascinating. Subject to continuous churning, a dynamic sense of power has a magic few other processes possess. Narendra Modi is not just a man obsessed with power, but one… Continue Reading →

Women protesting GMR’s hydel project charged with ‘inciting communal riots’ #WTFnews

Author(s): Anupam Chakravartty Date:Apr 14, 2014 Shifting of 15 km-long tunnel and the power house of Bajoli Holi project in Himachal from the right bank of the Ravi river to the left bank will disrupt lives and forest rights of tribal… Continue Reading →

#ShameIndia -Irom Sharmila, NSA detainees denied voting rights in Manipur #WTFnews

Updated: Apr 17, 2014 10:15 AM , By Iboyaima Laithangbam Civil rights activist Irom Sharmila, who has been jailed on charges of attempting to commit suicide, has been denied her right to vote in Manipur on Thursday. Only 17 prisoners… Continue Reading →

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