Month June 2017
Rahi Gaikwad Following a nationwide furore, embarrassed state govt makes changes to Std XII sociology textbook chapterEducationists say such content is not the way to make students aware about social problems, call for better screening of textbook writers A paragraph… Continue Reading →
By- Ram Puniyani By nominating Ramanth Kovind as the Presidential candidate, BJP has tried to play the politics of tokenism to the hilt. Mr. Kovind is a dalit from UP. While many names were doing round from BJP parivar,… Continue Reading →
By Linah Baliga, Mumbai Mirror | Rubble from the razed shanties Five men sexually assaulted her a day after her complaint led to the demolition of their illegal hutments in Kandivali’s Charkop An activist engaged with conserving the mangrove cover in… Continue Reading →
Will linking Aadhaar to bank account destroy banking system? Linking Aadhaar to bank accounts is a recipe for creating benami bank accounts and scaling benami bank transactions. Linking Aadhaar to bank accounts is a recipe for creating benami bank… Continue Reading →
Talk to Narendra Modi about human rights violations On June 27, Prime Minister Modi of India will pay his first official visit to the Netherlands. Reasons for this visit are the 70 years diplomatic relations between India and… Continue Reading →
By Sushil Aaron HT fileFamily members of Pehlu Khan, a dairy farmer who was allegedly lynched by vigilantes for transporting cows in Rajasthan in April, sit on a dharna to demand justice for him. In recent months, a string of… Continue Reading →
ENS Even the Kudankulam nuclear power plant, being built by Russia, is using the heavy water reactor valves and motors manufactured at the city plant of Peekay Steel Castings Pvt Ltd. | Express Photo Service CHENNAI: Anti-nuclear activists are gearing… Continue Reading →
Three killed in north Dinajpur: Lynched as cattle smugglers, family say they were construction workers Heavy police force has been deployed in local markets and streets of Chopra post the lynching of Delhi construction workers alleged to be cattle smugglers by… Continue Reading →
In India, the Bharatiya Janata Party banned the selling of cows, seen as sacred, for slaughter in 18 states in India, yet some critics, including historian Dwijendra Narayan Jha, claim that Hindus have in the past eaten beef. | ISTOCK… Continue Reading →
Yusra Husain| TNN HIGHLIGHTS The campaign that started on Saturday gathered pace on Sunday with hashtags #StopKillingMuslims and #EidWithBackArmBand doing rounds. A number of activists and common citizens gave the call to wear black bands on the right arm when… Continue Reading →