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Day July 1, 2015

Mumbai: ABCD2 dancer held for gang rape of mentally challenged girl #Vaw

By Sagar Rajput | The youth, along with another person, had allegedly been gang-raping the teenaged girl in public toilets of Ghatkopar since May; cops picked him up based on the girl’s description of his two broken front teeth A… Continue Reading →

The Case Of Vanishing Villages

Deepening agrarian crisis and frequent man-animal conflicts are fuelling mass migration to the cities, turning rural hamlets into ghost villages. 2015-07-04 , Issue 27 Volume 12NISHA PONTHATHIL   Mathamangalam village, located in the hill ranges of the Western Ghats in… Continue Reading →

Wiki entries on Nehru family edited from NIC IP?

Sandhya Soman,TNN | Jul 1, 2015, 03.34 AM IST More First Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru. MUMBAI: A software that tracks anonymous Wikipedia edits has found that mischievous changes were made to the entries on the country’s first prime minister Jawaharlal… Continue Reading →

The state is doing its best to cripple us by freezing our accounts: Teesta Setalvad

The allegations   The Home Ministry has slapped notices on Gujarat riots activist Teesta Setalvad. It has asked the CBI to freeze her bank accounts and probe fund transfers. Govt says Teesta’s company Sabrang Communications has committed Foreign Contribution Regulation… Continue Reading →

Urgent action alert on SRHR Resolutions at the UN Human Rights Council #Vaw

We are writing to update you on the status of three resolutions currently being negotiated at the 29th session of the Human Rights Council, and to urge you to contact your relevant government ministry to support the tabled texts. Your urgent… Continue Reading →

Cash-strapped Maharashtra AIDS control society decides to suspend core interventions

State agency MSACS along with several NGOs has been reporting serious shortage of drugs and testing kits since early last year Vidya Krishnan i The activities that will be suspended include advocacy activities, crisis response, health camps, insurance of staff,… Continue Reading →

MNREGA – A precious avenue for survival for resilient poor

  Dignified alternative HARSH MANDER PTI MNREGA: A precious avenue for survival. Far from being ‘useless’, the MNREGA helps the impoverished and resilient poor earn a decent living. Famously on the floor of Parliament, Prime Minister Modi dismissed the Mahatma… Continue Reading →

Tension Grips Village After Vanniyar-Dalit Love Marriage

By Express News Service SALEM: A mob attacked a village late at night after a Vanniyar girl married a Dalit youth. Police so far arrested nine in this connection on Tuesday. According to Vazhapadi police, Saravanan (29), of Adi Dravidar colony,… Continue Reading →

India #Doctorsday – Time for critical reflection for the medical profession

          India celebrates Doctors’ Day every year on 1 July, in memory of Bidhan Chandra Roy (1 July 1882-1 July 1962), a well respected physician who was also the second chief minister of the state of West Bengal…. Continue Reading →

Odisha – Activist alleges police harassment

STAFF REPORTER Sumant Parida, a youth social activist from Rayagada district of Odisha alleged that the police are trying to harass him by terming him to be an associate of Maoists. Sumant is a member of Lokshakti Abhiyan, an organisation… Continue Reading →

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