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Month October 2015

Rising intolerance: Left singer arrested and charged with sedition for anti-Jayalalithaa song #WTFnews

Tamil folk singer Kovan arrested for anti-Jayalalithaa song, slapped with sedition charge Tamil folk singer Kovan arrested for anti-Jayalalithaa song, slapped with sedition charge Kovan was charged for 124A (Sedition), 153A (Promoting enmity between different social groups and doing acts prejudicial to… Continue Reading →

How Safe Is Your Identity Under Aadhaar ? #UID

SUCHETA DALAL | A lot of people believe that Aadhaar is just like – or even better than — the Social Security Number system of US. This is a big myth Awidely-held misconception in India is that the US social security… Continue Reading →

Muslim man not allowed to feed cows, sets self ablaze #WTFnews

Sachin Sharma, Hindustan Times, Bathinda | Updated: Oct 13, 2015 11:55 IST Victim Eid Muhammad’s family members outside the emergency in Bathinda Civil Hospital on Monday. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT) Amid the nationwide outrage over the lynching of Mohammad Ikhlaq in Uttar… Continue Reading →

Riot breaks out after Muslim barber refuses to shut shop on Tuesday #WTFnews

Sudipto Mondal, Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | Updated: Oct 28, 2015 19:55 IST A riot broke out in Nelliyadi village in Karnataka after a Muslim barber refused to shut shop on Tuesday ‘as per custom’. Dozens of people were injured and… Continue Reading →

Full text of the letter from filmmakers to the President and Prime Minister

Representative pic Ten filmmakers on Wednesday returned their national awards to protest against the ‘rising intolerance’ in the country and in support of FTII students. Here is the full text of the letter they sent to the President and Prime… Continue Reading →

Muslim Women in India – Trapped by Triple Talaq #Vaw

  A survey reveals that a huge majority of Muslim women in India want to see the end of the unilateral oral divorce and other such injustices of the religion’s personal laws BY Madhavankutty Pillai Women gather for a Shariah Adalat… Continue Reading →

Top scientist Bhargava to return Padma Bhushan to protest science and reason ‘being eroded in the country’

In this photo taken on September 1, 2015, activists condemn murder of MM Kalburgi, Govind Pansare and Narendra Dabholkar in Mumbai. (TOI) CHENNAI: Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) founder-director P M Bhargava on Wednesday became the first Indian… Continue Reading →

A night patrol with India’s cow protection vigilantes

 Soutik Biswas Media player help Out of media player. Press enter to return or tab to continue. Media captionNawal Kishore Sharma explains how the vigilante patrols work The men leap out of the darkness at a fork in a lonely… Continue Reading →

CIC directs MoEF and Karnataka Govt to make public information on military-industrial-nuclear complex proposed at Challakere

 Bangalore : 28th October 2015  Central Information Commission directs MoEF& Karnataka Government to make public information on military-industrial-nuclear complex proposed at Challakere, Chitradurga Dt., Karnataka  Slams and fines Ministry for denying information and misleading public  Environment Support Group filed a Public… Continue Reading →

In 15 years, Maharashtra government acquired land 4.4 times size of Greater Mumbai #WTFnews

Priyanka Kakodkar, TNN |  ] Representative image. MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government has acquired a staggering 1.92 lakh hectares of land – 4.4 times the size of Greater Mumbai – over nearly 15 years. These details have emerged from the latest data compiled by… Continue Reading →

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