All India | Written by Sunetra Choudhury , Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Updated: October 16, 2014 NEW DELHI: She was three when she was raped and made to testify in court against her attacker, who was then let off… Continue Reading →
REUTERS (FROM OUTLOOK 27 OCTOBERR 2014) Fake encounter The Ishrat case GUJARAT: ADMINISTRATION Snakes & Ladders At Work The curious reward-and-retribution handouts for top Gujarat cops, babus R.K. MISRA To some they are heroes, but in the eyes of… Continue Reading →
16 OCTOBER 2014 A comprehensive and scathing report on the Indian Right to Information documents extensive weaknesses in the system and makes major recommendations for reform. The 150-page examination provides a detailed picture of dysfunction, including “huge” backlogs, an… Continue Reading →
By Sharmila Purkayastha One woman’s harrowing ordeal in Chhattisgarh reveals the nature and functioning of India’s repressive state apparatus. A candlelight vigil organised by civil society groups for Sodi Shambo, who was denied access to the press, activists and even… Continue Reading →
WEB | OCT 16, 2014 While denying bail to M. Salman, the trial court judge noted that his crime was worse than murder. The alleged crime? Not standing up when the national anthem was played in a cinema before a… Continue Reading →
The Law Commission has outlined a plan to cut through the enormous backlog of cases. Saurav Datta Photo Credit: Manan Vatsyayana/AFP “This is an exceptional case where this court has taken serious note of the way the Sessions… Continue Reading →
M Suchitra [1] Issue Date: 2014-10-16 With this, cyclone death toll has reached 35 Five adivasis have been killed in a landslide in Andhra Pradesh that followed the torrential rains after the landfall of severe cyclone Hudhud. The incident took… Continue Reading →
Exclusive: Hidden epidemic of abuse is ‘as bad as FGM’ PAVAN AMARA Police have launched the first-ever investigation into “dowry violence” in Britain, after The Independent discovered evidence that hundreds of women a year are being burnt, scalped, imprisoned or… Continue Reading →
Vol – XLIX No. 41, October 11, 2014 Glimpses from the Past EPW It has been thirty years since the brutal anti-Sikh riots of 1984 in Delhi. EPW republishes this report of civil society organisations who investigated into the carnage…. Continue Reading →
INDIAN RACISM STEPS OUT OF THE CLOSET SEEMA MUSTAFA Attacks on the Indians from the north east are becoming far too frequent in Delhi, with the police a NEW DELHI: Indian racism has stepped out of the closet, on to… Continue Reading →
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