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Month March 2018

T-shirts showing man tied to army jeep stir controversy in Kashmir, activists file defamation case

Shuja-ul-Haq Srinagar New Delhi  A controversy erupted after an online Indian store put a T-shirt with an image on the front showing a Kashmiri civilian tied to the bonnet of Indian army jeep on sale. The t-shirt is being sold online… Continue Reading →

Karnataka Election: EAS Sarma seeks independent judicial probe of election date announcement by BJP official before EC

Former secretary EAS Sarma has requested independent judicial probe in the incident where Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced election dates in Karnataka before a formal announcement by the Election Commission of India (ECI). Mr Sarma, in a letter to President… Continue Reading →

CBDT extends PAN-Aadhaar linking deadline to June 30 #Goodnews

NEW DELHI: The CBDT today extended the deadline for the PAN-Aadhaar linking to June 30. The policy-making body of the tax department issued an order extending the deadline from the current last date of March 31. The order said the… Continue Reading →

Government says Vidhi Centre of Legal Policy received nearly Rs 50 lakh for helping formulate #Aadhaar Act #WTFnews

According to a reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha on 23 March, the Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology KJ Alphons said Vidhi was paid Rs 48,15,000 in the last five years Neha Alawadhi@alnehaa Vidhi Centre… Continue Reading →

MP- 40 Students Strip-Searched At College=Over Used Sanitary Napkin In Hostel #WTFnews

Students of a college in Madhya Pradesh protested after the warden allegedly strip searched them. A used sanitary napkin was found in the hostel by Debjani Chatterjee |  Students of a university in Madhya Pradesh protest over strip search by warden BHOPAL:  At… Continue Reading →

Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai Revisited: Not ‘Riots’ But ‘Calculated Attacks’

SHOMA A CHATTERJI | “Why should girls be forced to be the stakeholders of the family’s izzat? Why not men?”  The term “communal riots” has become a dangerous cliché especially in the volatile, religion-dominated political environment where secularism has become a… Continue Reading →

Chhattisgarh College forces 7-month pregnant woman to dance #WTFnews

college diktat: Don’t conceive during B.Ed course [email protected] Raipur: A private college offering BEd course in Chhattisgarh is under the scanner for making women students sign an undertaking, stating that they would not conceive during their twoyear academic programme. The bizarre… Continue Reading →

Dalit protest – Ambedkar gives Maharashtra CM 7 days to arrest Sambhaji Bhide #BhimaKoregaonViolence

By Alka Dhupkar, Mumbai Mirror |  HIGHLIGHTS Prakash Ambedkar on Monday issued an ultimatum to the Devendra Fadnavis government The ultimatum says Sambhaji Bhide should be arrested for the c within a week Hundreds of Dalits marched in south Mumbai and thousands… Continue Reading →

Whats Happening at the LOC is very Dangerous , says Pakistani Nuclear Physicist Pervez Hoodbhoy

By Danish Khan, Mumbai Mirror | iNTERVIEW Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani Nuclear PhysicistThe Pakistani nuclear physicist on how casualties on both sides are increasing and why leaders in India and Pakistan must step up. Pakistani nuclear physicist and scholar Pervez Hoodbhoy has been… Continue Reading →

Three environmental agitations inspired by the Chipko movement

The Chipko Movement began in 1973 in Uttar Pradesh The goal of the movement was to draw attention to and prevent deforestation Women were the main drivers of the movement started by environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna The Chipko Movement started off… Continue Reading →

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