By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The head of India‘s National Commission for Women (NCW) on Monday backed a campaign to outlaw “barbaric” female genital mutilation (FGM), the first official support for the banning of the age-old… Continue Reading →
CBFC is worried that the Modi look-alike might stoke a fresh row IANS | First look of Modi Ka Gaon The censor board has refused to clear a feature film based on Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s development agenda. One of… Continue Reading →
A penchant for criminality is an electoral asset in India, the world’s biggest democracy When Crime Pays: Money and Muscle in Indian Politics. By Milan Vaishnav. Yale University Press; 410 pages; $40. To be published in Britain in March;… Continue Reading →
MP reports second highest deaths during pregnancy Purvi Jain Hindustan Times, Bhopal Janani Suraksha ambulances had gone on an indefinite strike in October which affected health services in the state.(HT file photo) Madhya Pradesh reported 113 deaths during pregnancy in… Continue Reading →
The enhancement of state powers without control or transparency is not being done against our wishes by Pratap Bhanu Mehta | The writer points out that the more serious issue involves the conversion of Aadhaar from a tool of citizen… Continue Reading →
Threat to freedom in India, claims activist Prasun Sonwalkar Hindustan Times, London Lawyer and human rights activist Vrinda Grover delivers the Noor Inayat Khan Memorial Annual Lecture at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, on Tuesday.(HT Photo)… Continue Reading →
Bhadra Sinha Hindustan Times, New Delhi Social activists standing in water drums in Bhopal during their protest to support the indefinite ‘Jal Satyagrah’ agitation of the oustees of Omkareshwar Dam at Narmada river.(PTI File Photo) The Supreme Court brought curtains on… Continue Reading →
(CNN)The mother of a slain British backpacker has written a scathing letter to US President Donald Trump after her daughter’s killing in Australia appeared on the White House’s list of 78 underreported terror attacks. “My daughter’s death will not be… Continue Reading →
Recontesting MLAs: Uttarakhand Election Watch (UKEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analyzed the affidavits of 60 MLAs recontesting in the 2017 Uttarakhand Assembly Elections. Average Assets in 2012 Elections: The average assets of these 60 re-contesting MLAs from… Continue Reading →
(From left) Jagdeep S. Chhokar, Prashant Bhushan, Justice (retd.) A.P. Shah, Admiral L. Ramdas (retd.) and E.A.S. Sarma at a press meet in Delhi on Tuesday.— Photo: Sushil Kumar Verma : Disappointed by the government’s track record in… Continue Reading →
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