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Dongria Kondhs set police camp on fire in Odisha’s Niyamgiri

Kalyansinghpur, Sep 20: Over hundred Dongria Kondhs today protesting against the construction of a road to the Niyamgiri hills torched a temporary camp of the para-military forces after ransacking it in Odisha’s Rayagada district. According to reports, Dongria Kondh tribals… Continue Reading →

Three cases that threaten the open internet

By- Adv Apar Gupta  Do you dislike eating pumpkin? It may surprise you to know that exercising this dietary option in some places can lead to a criminal prosecution. In 2015, during a seminar organized by the International Committee for… Continue Reading →

Largest-Ever GMO Crops Study Shows Massive Environmental Damage in US

According to new research from University of Virginia in the U.S., widespread adoption of genetically modified (GM) crops has decreased the use of insecticides, but increased the use of weed-killing herbicides as weeds become more resistant, leading to serious environmental… Continue Reading →

Understanding Dalit Assertions

by Suranjita Ray The recent mobilisation of Dalits to assert their rights to livelihood and dignity has once again reminded us that the state has failed them. By imposing disparaging occupations on the Dalits, such as manual scavenging and skinning… Continue Reading →

Salwa Judum in a new guise? AGNI goads Bastar villagers to go after Maoists

Bastar’s Jagdalpur played host to a ‘Lalkar‘ rally on Saturday, organised by the Action Group for National Integrity (AGNI), an anti-Maoist group. Thousands of people turned up for the rally, but AGNI’s bid to dare the insurgents through mass mobilisation… Continue Reading →

Rajasthan introduces ‘transgender’ category in school admission

Salik Ahmad, LGBT community in the state have welcomed the move. (HT File Photo)   The directorate of secondary education has directed schools across the state to admit students from the transgender community under the transgender category. Till now, there was… Continue Reading →

Magsaysay awardee criticizes Swachh Bharat Abhiyan programme

MYSURU: Criticizing the construction of public toilets under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (SBA), Ramon Magsaysay awardee and Safai Karmachari Andolan national convener Bezwada Wilson said it leads to manual scavenging.   Attending the Press Day celebration organized by Mysuru District Journalists… Continue Reading →

A Muslim girl brutally killed in Narsingi, Hyderabad #Vaw

 Hyderabad, Hyderabad: The brutal killing of a Muslim girl created panic in Cyberabad West Zone of Hyderabad City. The girl is aged between 20-22. The man killed her by cutting her throat. According to the reports, Police received a news… Continue Reading →

Was the Uri attack designed to provoke in the run up to UNGA session?

      . IN an apparently calculated bid by Pakistan to escalate the situation in Kashmir in the run-up to UN General Assembly session, 17 soldiers were killed in a pre-dawn attack on the 12th brigade headquarters at Uri… Continue Reading →

Supreme Court’s Schizophrenic Approach to Land Acquisition

Alok Prasanna Kumar The Supreme Court’s judgment in the Singur land acquisition case reflects two parallel strands of thinking that have informed its land acquisition jurisprudence: the state’s model of “development” versus farmers’ livelihoods. It has not been able to… Continue Reading →

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