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Day September 20, 2014

Jadavpur University website shows vice chancellor apologising, authorities claim it was hacked

Saturday, 20 September 2014 – 12:00pm IST | Place: Kolkata | Agency: DNA Webdesk DNA Web Team In a new twist to the student unrest following police excesses in Kolkata’s Jadavpur University, a message on the website of the university… Continue Reading →

Villagers oppose Vedanta survey work in Koraput

TNN | Sep 18, 2014, 11.41 AM IST KORAPUT: Another tribal revolt against mining is in the offing as villagers are gearing up to protest against government decision of providing prospecting license (PL) to Vedanta Aluminium Limited (Sesa Sterlite group) for laterite… Continue Reading →

Activists see red over new green norms

Saturday, 20 September 2014 – 5:35am IST | Place: New Delhi | Agency: DNA Mayank Aggarwal Since coming into power, the NDA government has been diligently working to simplify and ease green clearance norms and in its latest move the Union ministry… Continue Reading →

Rise of the right-wing agenda

Published: September 17, 2014 12:30 IST | Updated: September 17, 2014 11:38 IST Show Caption Interview with independent film-maker Rakesh Sharma. By ANUPAMA KATAKAM Rakesh Sharma is a documentary filmmaker best known for his feature-length documentary on the 2002 Gujarat… Continue Reading →

RSS -Using education as a tool of indoctrination #WTFnews

  Published: September 17, 2014 12:30 IST | Updated: September 17, 2014 11:38 IST Saffron slant Show Caption Using education as a tool of indoctrination, the RSS and various organisations associated with it have begun a systematic campaign in BJP-ruled… Continue Reading →

The fight for Internet democracy in India

This Supreme Court petition could be a big step in the fight for Internet democracy in India The Internet and Mobile Association of India has contended that certain aspects of the existing legal framework violate our fundamental rights to equality… Continue Reading →

India’s first Dalit medical college in Kerala

By Ashraf Padanna/Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy yesterday inaugurated India’s first medical college for former untouchables (Dalits) in Palakkad yesterday. The medical college run by the state’s department for scheduled castes (Dalits) had officially started functioning with an initial… Continue Reading →

#RIP – Mandolin Srinivas will not play anymore

Chennai, Sep 19 (IANS) Uppalappu Srinivas, who was known for playing rare ragas on mandolin at his concerts, never played a false note in his illustrious career. His death Friday morning at the young age of 45 came as a… Continue Reading →

Manipur- CORE condemns bomb blast in Ukhrul

Manipur: CORE condemns bomb blast in Ukhrul TNT News Imphal: Centre For Organisation Research and Education (CORE), Manipur vehemently condemned the reported bomb blast in the evening of 17th September 2014 at around 5:30PM in front of Neetu Hardware Store, Viewland in Ukhrul… Continue Reading →

The trial of Oscar Pistorius – Racism and Gender Violence

Thursday, 18 September 2014 – 5:00am IST Updated: Wednesday, 17 September 2014 – 8:01pm IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: DNA Kalim Rajab His acquittal shows how inept South Africa is in dealing with apartheid and gender violence It began… Continue Reading →

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