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Day April 3, 2015

Mumbai – 1.5 years on, parents still await son’s custodial death report #WTFnews

  Mumbai: ‘1.5 yrs later, we still don’t have son’s custodial death report’ Sonam Saigal, Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Updated: Apr 02, 2015 22:19 IST On October 26, 2013, 20-year-old Aniket Khicchi was arrested in Goregaon by the Vanrai police. A… Continue Reading →

A reality check for gau rakshaks #Beefban

A typical cow, from the time of birth, takes two to three years to deliver its first calf and start producing milk. Written by Harish Damodaran | Updated: April 3, 2015 3:10 pm Would anyone buy a car with little resale value… Continue Reading →

Beedi business owner, tobacco panel member Shyama Charan Gupta questions cancer link #WTFnews

K Sandeep Kumar, Hindustan Times, Allahabad | Updated: Apr 02, 2015 20:55 IST BJP MP from Allahabad Shyam Charan Gupta. (PTI photo)  54  30 Share0   BJP MP from Allahabad Shyama Charan Gupta, who is in midst of a controversy over… Continue Reading →

Press release: London protest as Supreme Court hold Vedanta Guilty of water poisoning

PRESS RELEASE 2nd April 2015 For immediate release LONDON PROTEST AS SUPREME COURT HOLDS VEDANTA GUILTY OF WATER POISONING  The Supreme Court of Zambia today upheld a High Court verdict that KCM is guilty of water pollution which poisoned more than… Continue Reading →

Rape- Shame is not hers #Vaw

The stigma of rape is borne by the victim/ survivor, for the remainder of her life. She lives as a fugitive, haunted constantly by the fear of being identified as a rape victim, as though she is the sinner, rather… Continue Reading →

When scarred female bodies demarcate the Indian subcontinent’s polity  #Vaw

PRIYANKA BORPUJARI 31 March 2015 The Lightning Testimonies, an acclaimed feminist exhibition, comes to Assam, and its powerful images speak to the region’s own legacies and women’s often-sidelined stories. Why do women’s bodies become the site of the mad pursuit of… Continue Reading →

AAP Suspends National Executive Member Professor Rakesh Sinha #WTFnews

All India | Press Trust of India | Updated: April 02, 2015 14:25 IST File Photo: Professor Rakesh Sinha NEW DELHI:  AAP National Executive member Rakesh Sinha was today suspended from the party days after he raised questions over the way its internal Lokpal… Continue Reading →

Does Kerala need a share of the Rs 200 crore Naxal pie?

This month the Kerala Home Minister approached the Union government to declare three districts from the state as Naxal-affected. But does the state have a Naxal problem and who would it benefit to have it declared so? By Thufail PT | Grist Media – Mon… Continue Reading →

Christina Samy, only woman in AAP’s national executive, quits

TNN | Apr 2, 2015, 01.31AM IST Christina Samy is AAP‘s Tamil Nadu state convener and has been a women’s rights activist for the last 30 years. NEW DELHI: The only woman member of AAP’s 18-member national executive, Christina Samy, resigned on Wednesdayaccusing… Continue Reading →

Holy Cow! BJP’s Adityanath Starts a Mother India Campaign  #WTFnews

Nistula Hebbar New Delhi:   Hindu Yuva Vahini wants the cow declared Rashtra Maata, launches missed-call subscription no. Star Bharatiya Janata Party campaigner and lawmaker Yogi Adityanath, whose impeccable Hindutva credentials include support for Ghar Wapsi and the desire to… Continue Reading →

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