The ruling party’s neglect of the “rural” is proving to be fiscally and politically expensive. With farmers in Rajasthan successfully securing a farm loan waiver to the tune of ₹20,000 crore from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, the fourth… Continue Reading →
One-third quota in Parliament is the least we can do to free Indian women from patriarchy’s worst stranglehold. ANGSHUKANTA CHAKRABORTY Consider the question of “marital rape” – I put it within quotation marks because the Indian government doesn’t think it’s… Continue Reading →
Police said KJ Singh (right) was found with his throat slit, while his mother, Gurcharan Kaur, is believed to have been strangled. PUNJAB Updated: Sep 23, 2017 18:14 IST HT Correspondent KJ Singh’s (right) murder came to light around 1pm when… Continue Reading →
In a most undemocratic manner a team of CID officers from West Bengal have arrested three senior Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) leaders from Gurgaon; Haryana on 22ndSeptember 2017 in connection with Bhanu Bhavan (Darjeeling) violence case. Mr. Dhan Kumar Pradhan,… Continue Reading →
What drove Ravana, a good king, and Duryodhana, who could match Bhima on strength and valour to ruin? Arrogance, points out Arundhuti Dasgupta. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Speaking truth to power has always been perilous. Never more so now than… Continue Reading →
In the shadow of caste DHAVAL KULKARNI | SHAILENDRA PARANJPE | Hailed as the cradle of the Indian renaissance, Maharashtra hasn’t overcome its primordial and divisive caste proclivities This country is broken into a thousand pieces, its cities, its religion, its castes. Its… Continue Reading →
By-Anagha Sarpotdar This article is focused on implementation of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013 in the private sector. It is a sequel to an EPW article published in 2013 which put forth… Continue Reading →
Vivek Menezes| TNN | Sep 23, 2017, 03:41 IST Goa‘s social harmony suffered a severe blow this week after an aggressive minority of local residents positioned themselves as adamant opponents of a proposed Muslim graveyard (kabrastan) on the Sonsoddo hillside. There are certainly… Continue Reading →
KARIMNAGAR, SEPTEMBER 23, 2017 00:13 IST TSCSTUS urges govt. to conduct an inquiry into atrocities against Dalit teachers Alleging large-scale atrocities against the SC\ST teaching community in the integrated Karimnagar district, the Telangana SC\ST Upadyaya Sangam (TSCSTUS) has urged the… Continue Reading →
The incident comes nearly a month after Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was convicted in two rape cases. Baba Falahari was accused of raping a woman from Chhattisgarh. (Photo: YouTube | Screengrab) Jaipur: Rajasthan‘s self-styled godman, Baba… Continue Reading →
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