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Day February 5, 2017

Indian-American Who Inspired ‘Swades’ Detained, Questioned About Immigration

Aravinda Pillalamarri has lived in Bel Air for 30 years. ARAVINDA PILLALAMARRI’S FACEBOOK PAGE NEW YORK — An Indian-American woman, who along with her husband had been the inspiration behind Shah Rukh Khan‘s film Swades, was stopped and asked by… Continue Reading →

A year after NHRC ruling, patients await state compensation in Maharashtra

Labourer Suresh Naik (27) suffered a crushed feet in March 2015 after a truck ran over him in Taloda. He was admitted at Taloda sub-district hospital and referred to Nandurbar district hospital for treatment. A year after the National Human… Continue Reading →

Maharana Pratap may defeat Akbar, at least in Rajasthan university books

HIGHLIGHTS A BJP MLA has proposed to amend the historical event ‘Battle of Haldighati’ He has proposed that the 1576 war was won by Maharana against the popular view which says Akbar won JAIPUR: The Rajasthan University (RU) may rewrite… Continue Reading →

Pilots for cash transfer in lieu of PDS failing in three UTs

Nitin Sethi | New Delhi   Govt study finds pilots in these UTs not successful in achieving target even after a year After more than a year of their launch, government’s pilot programmes to replace subsidised food grains with cash… Continue Reading →

Hitler reacting to Modi’s demonetisation

He is giving international fascism a bad name.’ HUMOUR Der Untergang (Downfall in English) is an internationally acclaimed Austrian film about the most notorious man in the world: Germany’s Chancellor, the reason behind the Second World War, and a racist… Continue Reading →

After protests, JNU tweaks admission policy for MPhil, PhD

The admission policy for MPhil and PhD programmes at JNU will continue to have a weightage of 80% for entrance exam and 20% for viva voce. Jawaharlal Nehru University had last December approved amendments in the admission policy giving 100%… Continue Reading →

Report – Uttarkhand Raids on human rights activists after the Dhari incident

Chandrakala‘s detention at her parent’s home (Village Manpur West, Rampur Road, Haldwani, Dist Nainital) since around 8 am on Feb 3 got over in the afternoon. The police left with a laptop, her pen drive, some innocuous magazines, pamphlets, books,… Continue Reading →

Gujarat Governor approves controversial education bill #WTFnews

Kapil Dave & Bharat Yagnik| TNN |  Gujarat governor O P Kohli. GANDHINAGAR: After thinking over it for nearly 10 months, Gujarat governor O P Kohliapproved the controversial Gujarat Higher EducationCouncil (GHEC) Act-2016 on Wednesday giving the state government overarching… Continue Reading →

F U Kalluri: Going, Going… Gone?

A look at a decade of the Kalluri model of policing in Chhattisgarh Indian Cultural Forum Exchange of SMSs between Kalluri and advocate Piyoli upon demanding security for Bela Bhatia / DailyO On 2nd February, IG SRP Kalluri wrote on a… Continue Reading →

Just in Time for Trump, Jury Says Defense of Planet Is No Crime

  ‘With our political leadership failing us, we need more courageous activists like Ken to stand up to the fossil fuel industry and set an example of how normal people can effect change.’ by Lauren McCauley, staff writer “The jury… Continue Reading →

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