Privacy International 29 May 2013 A US Army soldier takes a biometric scan of an Afghan police officer before paying his monthly salary, in Kandahar province, Afghanistan, October 2012 REUTERS/Erik De Castro The following piece originally appeared on Slate. It was written by… Continue Reading →
Thu May 30, 2013 5:24am IST NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – An international conference on women’s health and empowerment currently taking place in Malaysia has sparked controversy in India after it allowed Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P.J. Kurien, who… Continue Reading →
by Pallavi Polanki , First Post When the Supreme Court in 2011 banned the Salwa Judum, a state-sponsored tribal militia propped up to counter Maoists in Chhattisgarh, it ordered the state government to investigate and register FIRs against all alleged criminal activities… Continue Reading →
Former cabinet minister and president of Janata Party Subramanian Swamy‘s anti-gay tweet attracts criticism 29 MAY 2013 | BY ANNA LEACH Indian politician Subramanian Swamy, the president of the Janata Party, wrote ‘Being gay is a mental disorder’ in a tweet on… Continue Reading →
TNN May 28, 2013, 12.17AM IST KORAPUT: With the Supreme Court leaving it to villagers to decide the fate of Vedanta‘s mining plan at Niyamgiri hills at gram sabhas, the anti-mining campaign at villages situated in and around Niyamgiri hills… Continue Reading →
PTI THODUPUZHA, KERALA, MAY 29, 2013 | UPDATED 18:18 IST TAGS: Suryanelli sex scandal |Suryanelli rape case | Sole convict Dharmarajan | P J Kurien | Congress leader |Suryanelli rape victim | Kurien| Kerala court | Kerala | Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien In yet another twist to the nearly two-decade-oldSuryanelli sex scandal, the lone… Continue Reading →
AARTI DHAR, The Hindu The HinduP J Kurien. File photo “Had we known of the controversy, we would not have permitted PJ Kurien to speak at the side event,” say the organisers of Women Deliver conference With twitterati in India… Continue Reading →
May 29, 2013 12:30:50 AM | By Pramod Chunchuwar Mumbai : Killing Naxals is not the solution, says the Congress MLA from Gadchiroli, Dr Namdev Usendi, a medical practitioner. On Monday, home minister R R Patil and Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray had… Continue Reading →
Livemint National green tribunal says large number of trees are being cut without permission of any competent authority Neha Sethi | Ruchira Singh First Published: Tue, May 28 2013. 11 39 PM IST Environmental clearance for the project was suspended by the… Continue Reading →
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