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Day February 20, 2015

Delhi – Nigerian woman gang-raped four held #Vaw

Last Updated: Friday, February 20, 2015 – 15:44 Zee Media Bureau New Delhi: In another shocking incident, a Nigerian woman was allegedly gang-raped by four men in Delhi in a moving car, late Thursday night. The incident took place in… Continue Reading →

Maharashtra Governor asks Mumbai University VC to abstain from attending duties

Indiatimes|The Times of India|The Economic Times| Mumbai University VC Rajan Velukar. MUMBAI: In a major setback to Mumbai University vice-chancellor Rajan Welukar, a few months before his retirement, Maharashtra Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao has directed him to abstain from attending… Continue Reading →

Submissions in the greenpeace activist Priya Pillai Case

1   IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI  (Original Jurisdiction) W.P. (Civil) No. 774 of 2015    IN THE MATTER OF: PRIYA PARMESWARAN PILLAI … PETITIONER VERSUS UNION OF INDIA … RESPONDENTS    WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS BY MS. INDIRA… Continue Reading →

The SEZ scam – Economic disaster zones

Friday, 20 February 2015 – 5:00am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: dna | From the print edition Devinder Sharma The SEZ scam serves as an example of how economic policies are framed in this country I still remember it… Continue Reading →

Documentary Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai revisits the riots preceding BJP victory #Film

Documentary Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai revisits the riots that tore apart western UP in 2013 Nakul Singh Sawhney’s sprawling documentary proceeds like an inquiry commission report into the riots preceding the famous BJP victory of 2014 Nandini Ramnath Photo Credit: via YouTube.com… Continue Reading →

Punjab Congress puts poor man’s suit on auction; fetches Rs 61K

| Jalandhar | February 20, 2015 S In an unusual protest against the auctioning of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s bandgala suit, a Dalit unit of Punjab Congress here put a poor man’s suit on the block that fetched Rs 61,000,… Continue Reading →

Remembering Malcolm X, 50 years on

African-American Muslim activist remains enduring reminder of a rights struggle that many believe is still not won. Alan Fisher | 20 Feb 2015 01:26 GMT | Human Rights, US & Canada, Racism, Civil Rights There was an air of excitement in the hall. A heat generated by expectation… Continue Reading →

  Reading between the lines of Modi’s religious tolerance speech 

Guest Post- John Dayal Members of the Syro-Malabar rite in the Indian Catholic Church last week invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to speak at an event to commemorate the canonization of two Catholic saints born in Kerala. We would be… Continue Reading →

Security, race and people — from USA to India

Friday, 20 February 2015 – 5:00am IST | Place: Mumbai | Agency: dna | From the print edition Garga Chatterjee Ever since Sureshbhai Patel was assaulted by the police in USA’s Alabama state, there’s been some outrage in Indian Union’s… Continue Reading →

Politics of rape in Kashmir #Vaw

  AYESHA PERVEZ The ‘high-profile’ cases of sexual violence in the Kashmir Valley show a pattern of intimidation and threats that have been deployed by the government, the police and the military so that the cases do not reach the… Continue Reading →

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