Month July 2017
By Ashok Shrimali* There is no end to misery of 45 tribals of a small Goa village, Sonshi, who were arrested in April this year for protesting against air and noise pollution which villagers say is caused by thousands of… Continue Reading →
By Nazia Sayed & VINAY DALVI, Mumbai Mirror Calling the accused her sisters, Sathe in a series of WhatsApp messages urges colleagues to raise money for the bail of the six accused. She also asks fellow officers to do everything in… Continue Reading →
Posted By: CG Basket As per an Indian express report, dated 30th July 2016, Bastar Police claimed to have arrested two people, Niranjan Das and Durjati Mahangkodo (both residents of Orissa), and recovered a massive haul of explosives from the… Continue Reading →
While on her way to college, a 20-year-old girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped by three men near Charkop area. The three men arrived at the spot in an Eco car, kidnapped her, took her to Madh area and raped… Continue Reading →
Is the spate of ‘mob lynchings’ in India really just a spontaneous expression of mob anger? Activists of Hindu Sena protest against a government inquiry’s conclusion that Mohammed Akhlaq, victim of mob lynching in Uttar Pradesh, was not storing beef… Continue Reading →
SADIQ NAQVI| (Arya Sharma) The brutal lynching of Alimuddin Ansari at Ramgarh’s Bazar Tand in broad daylight wasn’t a spontaneous mob attack. It was a pre-planned, pre-meditated lynching by right wing Hindutva activists, an informed source in the local police… Continue Reading →
Karan Thapar Getty Images/iStockphoto | Photo Credit: AlexLMX The Saudi demand for shutting down the channel must be resisted on principle I wonder if you have noticed the strange silence with which the Saudi demand for shutting down Al Jazeera has been… Continue Reading →
Govt tweaks rules, reduces judiciary control on India’s environment watchdog New appointment rules do away condition that only a retired SC judge or chief justice of high court could become the chairperson of the National Green Tribunal The National Green… Continue Reading →
SARBANI SHARMA The 12-digit unique identification (UID) number called Aadhaar issued by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) neither replaces any of the existing identity cards nor is it a cognizance of citizenship. The Supreme Court of India had reiterated… Continue Reading →
Embed from Getty Images Prime Minister Modi makes up the first PM to visit Israel but it is reported that he will not visit Palestinian side, against to the earlier practice of visiting both sides which was done by our… Continue Reading →