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Thursday, 11 December 2014 – 7:10am IST | Place: Lucknow/ Agra | Agency: dna Police have filed an FIR against a Hindu outfit, an RSS offshoot, over the alleged forced reconversion of about 100 people to Hinduism here on Monday…. Continue Reading →
By Vasudha Venugopal, ET Bureau | 10 Dec, 2014, 04.40AM IST NEW DELHI: This Christmas, the RSS plans to convert at least 4,000 Christian and 1,000 Muslim families into Hinduism under what it calls the ‘Ghar Wapsi’ (returning home)… Continue Reading →
One year anniversary of the SC judgement Today, the 11th of December 2014 marks the first anniversary of the Supreme Court’s decision to recriminalise the intimate lives of LGBT people and reintroduce Sec 377. The verdict saw an unprecedented mobilisation… Continue Reading →
The Statesman 11 Dec 2014 Armin Rosencranz Union Carbide, both the former American company, and its 49 per cent stake-owned Indian subsidiary, bear prime responsibility for the worst industrial accident in history. They hired entry-level people and failed to train… Continue Reading →
The academician discusses the disappointment with Narendra Modi’s government and vents ire against Smriti Irani. Vrinda Gopinath Photo Credit: Sam Panthaky/AFP Noted academician Madhu Purnima Kishwar of the Centre for Study of Developing Societies and founder of Manushi, a women’s rights journal, has been… Continue Reading →
A Beacon for the Left Vol – XLIX No. 49, December 06, 2014 | Rohini Hensman A tribute to the Tamil doctor, feminist and human rights defender of Jaffna, Rajani Thiranagama, on her 25th death anniversary. She was killed by the Liberation… Continue Reading →
Srinagar: In a horrific incident, a girl here was attacked with acid by two unidentified men on Thursday. Acid attack on law student in Srinagar Students hold a protest after a girl was attacked with acid by unidentified youths… Continue Reading →
Getting bail or even an acquittal does not mean the end of trouble for Kabir Kala Manch activists accused of Naxal links. Prateek Goyal reports PRATEEK GOYAL On the morning of 6 December, a small group of men and women… Continue Reading →
by Baher Azmy (Photo: Oliver Lang/Getty/AFP) After all the battles over redaction in the Senate Intelligence Committee torture report, we should keep one thing in mind: this is not, primarily, a battle over information. Having sat for many years across… Continue Reading →
RUKMINI S The Hindu The number of reported rapes in Delhi more than doubled between 2012 and 2013 The rape of a young woman in a taxi is another reminder of Delhi’s reputation as India’s most unsafe city, a reputation… Continue Reading →