Month June 2017
A photograph in a government-run magazine shows a rural woman in a veil. An accompanying message says women behind veil, were Haryana‘s identity, its pride. A photo in Samvad magazine says women behind veil, were Haryana’s identity, its pride. NEW… Continue Reading →
Usman Ansari was attacked after some villagers found the dead cow outside his house in Beria Hatiatand village in Deori area of Giridih district. IndiaToday.in | Edited by Shashank Shantanu HIGHLIGHTS 1 Man beaten up, his house partially burnt by a… Continue Reading →
-, Here’s a comprehensive list of all events under #NotInMyName planned so far. June 28, June 29 , July 1 and July 3 Date: Wednesday, June 28th, 2017 Venues: 1. Allahabad: 5pm, Subhash Chauraha, Civil Lines, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh 211001,… Continue Reading →
KARTHIK VENKATESH When the Emergency was declared on June 26, 1975, Kalpana Sharma was with Himmat, an independent news magazine, one of the few that chose to defy the censors and take an independent stand. Over the course of the… Continue Reading →
By Alka Dhupkar & Anupam Dasgupta, Mumbai Mirror | Sushma Ramteke (l) spent more than 2 years at Byculla jail (centre). (Manjula Shetye (r), who died on Friday, leading to a mutiny inside the jail (top) THE BYCULLA WOMEN’S JAIL HAS… Continue Reading →
Soutik Biswas Image copyrightAFPImage captionVigilante cow protection groups have been acting with impunity On Thursday a 15-year-old Muslim boy, returning home from Eid shopping with his three brothers, was killed in a brutal assault by a mob of about 20… Continue Reading →
Zoya Hasan A combination of coercive and non-coercive means is being used to silence criticism Opposition by major political parties against the Bharatiya Janata Party’s plans to establish its total dominance of the electoral landscape is still quite… Continue Reading →
In Gujarat, OMR heroes turn out to be zeroes Bharat Yagnik Ahmedabad: HIGHLIGHTS Results of 850 Class X students were cancelled after authorities found major discrepancies between their OMR and descriptive exam results The students had scored 40-49 marks out… Continue Reading →
After steel and telecom, lenders brace for NPAs in power sector Dev Chatterjee | With their Gujarat-based power plants incurring hefty losses, the Adani, Tata and Essar groups are staring at write-downs in the thousands of crores of rupees. Lenders… Continue Reading →
Patiala: Bajrang dal workers on June 17 , created nuisance in a Christian prayer gathering at Ghagha Road Samana Patiala. Shivsena activists inculpated the prayer meet of alleged forced religious conversion and kindled a havoc. However, the Punjab police later… Continue Reading →