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Day July 10, 2015

‘Why is the government afraid of me? I am 90% disabled… But I think, I write’: GN Saibaba

‘The State is filled with systemic violence which all of us have to resist,’ says the DU academic, out on bail after 14 months in jail for suspected links with Maoists. Anumeha Yadav  ·  Photo Credit: Anumeha Yadav 34.4K Total Views Dr… Continue Reading →

Pope Francis – unbridled capitalism is the ‘dung of the devil’

The pontiff condemns the impoverishment of developing countries by the world economic order and apologised for the church’s treatment of native Americans  Pope Francis makes his speech in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, where he called for the poor to have the… Continue Reading →

Illegal Evictions of adivasis from Kanha and Achanakmar National Parks #WTFnews

DISPOSSESSION AND DEFORESTATION IN THE NAME OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT: ILLEGAL EVICTIONS OF ADIVASI COMMUNITIES FROM KANHA AND ACHANAKMAR NATIONAL PARKS POSTED IN DISSENT, PERSPECTIVE 50 million people are estimated to have been displaced by Modi’s development projects in India, of which… Continue Reading →

#FTIIMahabharat – Adoor Gopalakrishnan- Chauhan a simpleton, should quit voluntarily

By Preetha Nair | IANS India Private Limited/Yahoo India News  New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Demanding that Gajendra Singh Chauhan should voluntarily quit as the head of the Film and TV institute of India (FTII), eminent filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan remarked that he (Chauhan)… Continue Reading →

India – Not enough food on the plate 

  The NDA, by its casual indifference to laws and court rulings, is threatening to dismantle the National Food Security Act It is troubling that the Centre has displayed a casual disregard for laws and court rulings that create a… Continue Reading →

Pipe Dreams and Power Crisis: UP Villages Hang Hopes on Bamboo Poles

IN अंग्रेज़ी, फैज़ाबाद / BY KHABAR LAHARIYA / If you peel back the full page advertisement proclaiming promises to reach electricity into remote corners of the ‘state of hopes’, you may glimpse this picture of a village in Pura Bazaar block of Faizabad district, where power… Continue Reading →

World Bank Says 59 pc PDS Grains Don’t Reach People, Bundelkhand Shows You Why

IN अंग्रेज़ी, महोबा / BY KHABAR LAHARIYA / In a report in 2011, the World Bank had stated that almost 59 percent supply of the public distribution system (PDS) fails to reach households in India. The World Bank attributed poor supply of the PDS to uneven implementation and high… Continue Reading →

#FTIIMahabharat – Gajendra Chouhan Should Resign Voluntarily’: Rishi Kapoor

FTII Controversy All India | NDTV.com | Updated: July 10, 2015 15:46 IST A MUMBAI:  Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor addressed a press conference on his tweets of advice to embattled FTII chairman Gajendra Chauhan. Here are the highlights of what he said: I’ve nothing personal… Continue Reading →

#FTIIMahabharat – Rajinikanth, Amitabh Bachchan Ignored as Government Picked Gajendra Chauhan

FTII Row: All India | Reported by Sunetra Choudhary, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Updated: July 10, 2015 15:18 IST FILE photo: Actors Amitabh Bachchan and Rajinikanth and FTII chief Gajendra Chauhan NEW DELHI:  The government ignored the names of at least six renowned film personalities,… Continue Reading →

Indian courts awarded death penalty to over 2,000 in 15 years

Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Updated: Jul 10, 2015 09:14 IST Representative photo of a noose  5 The debate over capital punishment may be still going on, but the courts in India awarded death penalty to 2,052 individuals between… Continue Reading →

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