Month October 2017
Darshan Desai, Akshit Sangomla For more than 56 years, farmers in Gujarat have been waiting to get water, but work on the most crucial aspect of Sardar Sarovar dam—distribution of water—is not even complete Tankers are the main source of… Continue Reading →
Dr G.N.Saibaba Professor at Delhi University and now in solitary confinement in Nagpur Central Jail has spoken out for help. Disabled, he has been branded a Maoist and sentenced to life imprisonment. The sentencing has been controversial with many who… Continue Reading →
Punjab’s most loved comedian and satirist won over fans with his rib-tickling humour that focused on troubling social issues. ASIT JOLLY Time truly flies. “The Sardar with the poker face,” Punjab’s most loved comedian and satirist, the ubiquitous Jaspal Bhatti,… Continue Reading →
Adani Port in Vizhinjam, near Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital of Kerala, India has hit a road block with local people started agitating against the port. The agitation has entered into the fourth day and is likely to intensify as there… Continue Reading →
Earlier, Ms Banerjee had announced that she would rather have her phone disconnected than submit to the new rule requiring every citizen to link their Aadhaar card number to their mobile number. The petition filed will be heard on Monday… Continue Reading →
On 18th September 2017, at around 1 p.m., behind the closed doors of Room No. 225 of the JNU Administrative Block, with barely 20 people present, a fifth of whom opposed it, within the space of a few minutes: a)… Continue Reading →
Karnataka state cabinet on Thursday approved a policy to safeguard transgender individuals from social, sexual exploitation, and integrate them into mainstream of the society. The policy aims to remove the stigma attached to the transgender community, and allow them to be… Continue Reading →
FIR filed by Prakash Bajaj alleges he had been receiving numerous calls in which Verma blackmailed and threatened him over alleged sex video of a Chhattisgarh minister. Peeyush Khandelwal Hindustan Times, Ghaziabad Senior journalist Vinod Verma was arrested on extortion… Continue Reading →
A fact finding team, in association with Human Rights & Child Rights Organisations like People’s Watch, Civil Society Forum on Human Rights (CSFHR) & Odisha Coalition for Rights of Children (OCRC), Odisha to visit the spot and to collect… Continue Reading →
All residents of this village born on January 1, say Aadhaar cards Shivani Azad| TNN | Updated: Oct 27, 2017, 12:33 IST HIGHLIGHTS Aadhaar cards of all residents of a village in Uttarakhand show they were born on January 1. Residents said they… Continue Reading →