Month August 2017
Ali Mehdi Who Will Save Our Children? Seventy child deaths on the eve of 70 years of Independence! The nation is shocked. Two doctors at the state-run BRD hospital were held responsible and removed by the Uttar Pradesh government. In… Continue Reading →
The architects of this ‘state-engineered modern-day genocide’ are not gangsters or despots but genteel bureaucrats, industrialists, politicians, SC judges. ARUN FERREIRA AND VERNON GONSALVES “We will request you to move from your houses after the dam comes up. If you… Continue Reading →
Dhananjoy shows how the police, the judiciary and the State can err in sending a poor security guard to the gallows. GAUTAMAN BHASKARAN The debate on death penalty continues to rage. And why not? For more than 60 per cent… Continue Reading →
– Brinda Karat On the 70th anniversary of… Continue Reading →
Why the Battle for India’s Past Is a Fight for Its Future . By Kanishk Tharoor Painting from the Padshahnama, which chronicles the reign of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, circa 1636. This month an education group aligned with India’s ruling party recommended revising… Continue Reading →
SAMIRATMAJ MISHRAEight-day old twins were among the children who died at a public hospital in northern India More than 100 children have died at a public hospital in northern India amid allegations that the oxygen supply was cut over… Continue Reading →
Respected Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji/Shri Arun Jaitely ji, First of all I extend my sincere thanks in anticipation that you will spare a few minutes of your valuable time to read and take suitable action in the… Continue Reading →
PRABHAT PATNAIK NEW DELHI: Volume II of the Economic Survey which was brought out by the Ministry of Finance a few days ago paints an extremely grim picture of the Indian economy. The growth rate of real Gross Value Added (GVA which is… Continue Reading →
Doordarshan and All India Radio on Tuesday refused to air Tripura CM Manik Sarka’s speech and instead asked him to “reshape” the speech, which he refused. Tushar Dhara | News18.com Chief Minister of Tripura Manik Sarkar inspects soldiers on a parade during… Continue Reading →
The government has imposed a new penalty of USD 264 million (about Rs 1,700 crore) on Reliance Industries Ltd and its partners for producing less than the targeted natural gas from eastern offshore KG-D6 fields in 2015-16. The total penalty… Continue Reading →