Day July 21, 2014
Nirjhari Sinha July 21, 2014 Recently, Gujarat Police is having a very hard time with the Supreme Court. Judgements after judgements in various ‘terror cases’ are shredding apart the integrity of Gujarat Police and putting a big question mark on their… Continue Reading →
The corruption that never makes headline!!! A portion of an approach road, which was constructed alongwith a bridge in Vadodara, caved in due to rains on 18th July 2014 The bridge constructed to connect Manjalpur and Kalali areas, was inaugurated… Continue Reading →
Mahesh Agarwal, Hindustan Times Bhilwara, July 19, 2014 A 17-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour and then pushed into a deep well at a village in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district on Thursday. The girl, however, survived and was rescued… Continue Reading →
Sunil Sethi July 18, 2014 Last Updated at 22:48 IST We’re well-acquainted with smartphones and smart cards, but what do we really know of smart cities – 100 of which the finance minister has promised at a cost of Rs 7,060 crore? Is it… Continue Reading →
By Yogesh Maitreya & Daisy Katta, With the energetic recital of humanitarian songs from “Republican Panther”, a Mumbai based Dalit and Human rights cultural organisation, the meeting to condemn Israeli act of genocide in Palestine has accelerated amidst the wetly… Continue Reading →
by Pallavi Polanki In a significant judgement, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asserted its powers to enforce environmental rights, clarifying that it has “the complete trappings of a civil court” and that its power of judicial review is “implicit and… Continue Reading →
Reuters | Jul 20, 2014, Snowden intends to devote much of his time to promoting anti-surveillance technologies, including ones that allow people to communicate anonymously. RELATED NEW YORK: Edward Snowden, a former US spy agency contractor who leaked details of major US surveillance… Continue Reading →
AFP | Jul 21, 2014, 10.53 AM IST GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: The UN security council called for an “immediate ceasefire” as Israel pressed on with a blistering assault on Gaza on Monday taking the Palestinian death toll above 500. US President… Continue Reading →
Below is a letter from Dr. Mads Gilbert, a physician working in Gaza. Dearest friends The last night was extreme. The “ground invasion” of Gaza resulted in scores and carloads with maimed, torn apart, bleeding, shivering, dying – all sorts of… Continue Reading →
By Charles J. Ogletree Jr., The Washington Post 19 July 14 have wondered countless times over the past 30 years whether I would live to see the end of the death penalty in the United States. I now know that… Continue Reading →