Month June 2018
By- Samar Growth has remained the buzzword in Indian polity for decades now. It started after the unprecedented economic crisis that the country faced in early 1990s and never really went away after that. It, rather, almost consumed the other… Continue Reading →
Isolate and Defeat Perpetrators of Lynching: PADS statement against recent cases of public lynching in different parts of the country The seven day period from 13th June to 20th June, 2018 saw four Muslim men lynched atHapur (UP) and at Godda and… Continue Reading →
By News Desk Indians have mistakenly been led to believe the video is evidence of an increase in kidnapping cases in India. SCREEN GRAB: COURTESY BBC A video of an apparent child kidnapping has gone viral in India, sparking violence and… Continue Reading →
Madurai The wife of advocate Vanchinathan, arrested on the charges of spearheading the anti-Sterlite protests in Thoothukudi, has filed a habeas corpus petition before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Tuesday. She sought an order restraining the… Continue Reading →
BJP MLA Neelam Abhay Mishra coming out of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly in Bhopal on Tuesday. Weeps in the House; Home Minister assures security to her and family A woman BJP MLA on Tuesday broke down in the Madhya Pradesh… Continue Reading →
By -Dr. Anupam Saraph The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), in a reply to a Right to Information (RTI) query, confessed that it had not issued any notifications or orders to any union ministry, state governments or any… Continue Reading →
Coordination of Democratic Rights Organization & Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression The Co-ordination of Democratic Rights Organization (CDRO) and Woman against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS) team, consisting of 17 members undertook a fact finding from… Continue Reading →
Indian Association of People’s Lawyers J The Indian Association of People’s lawyers (IAPL) condemns the arrest of Advocate Vanchinathan by the Chennai police in the early hours of Thursday, 21 June 2018. Following the brutal police crackdown in Tuticorin on people… Continue Reading →
The movie is Indian cinema’s strongest statement yet in favour of Dalit assertiveness and mobilisation. MURTAZA ALI KHAN With doubts continuing to loom over Rajinikanth’s political affiliations, Pa Ranjith’s Kaala, starring the actor, has surprisingly emerged as a formidable critique of right wing… Continue Reading →
Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire called on UK government to free Julian Assange and end their cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment which amounts to torture, as defined by international law. She said, “I know of no other country where… Continue Reading →