Month November 2018
NCW seeks to review 2013 Act Bring places of worship under POSH Act , says lawyer Flavia Agnes #Vaw Rituparna Chatterjee Senior women’s rights advocate Flavia Agnes on Saturday said there’s an immediate need to bring religious bodies, including Catholic… Continue Reading →
by- Dillip Kumar Dash A significant share of popular sentiment is anti-activism today. Many people hardly trust activists. In fact they loath them, abuse them on social media and often make fun of their tragedy by sharing jokes around. Not… Continue Reading →
The Chief Minister said the biggest “concern” these days was the newfound propensity of women to lodge rape cases. This is not the first time Manohar Lal Khattar has made a controversial remark on rape. CHANDIGARH: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal… Continue Reading →
The bereaved family has alleged that had Kishtwar deputy commissioner Angrez Singh Rana helped, the child would have been alive today. Mufti Islah | Srinagar: The heaviest load that labourer Mohammad Sultan has carried in the last 30 years was a tiny… Continue Reading →
In cases of sexual violence, power is a big factor at play. And unless we realise how this power plays out in everyday situations, we can keep harping – “Oh but why didn’t she speak sooner.” Ragamalika Karthikeyan Nandhini* was… Continue Reading →
Nine activists across the country had been raided by the Pune Police for alleged Maoist links; five of them were arrested, including Varavara Rao. Hours after the extended house arrest came to an end, the Pune police Saturday arrested activist… Continue Reading →
Shailesh Gandhi The right to information is being steadily constricted by gross subversion of the law and Constitution. RTI Act mandates in Section 7 (1) that information can only be refused for exemptions specified in Section 8 and 9. Personal… Continue Reading →
File photo of CBI logo | Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images AMRITA NAYAK DUTTA Journalist from The Pioneer, removed from WhatsApp group Tuesday, alleges agency being opaque to journos not toeing its line. New Delhi: With the tussle within the CBI, between director Alok… Continue Reading →
NAPM declares the just concluded Investors Meet in Odisha, a plan for corporate loot of resources and rights of people No water in rivers and reservoirs for farmers; Corporates enjoying uninterrupted supply Land, Rivers, Forests are… Continue Reading →
The judgment was contradictory to the contempt notice issued by the court to former Supreme Court Justice Markandey Katju, prompting experts to suggest laying down of consistent principles. Supreme Court of India. Credit: Reuters New Delhi: A Supreme Court bench, on… Continue Reading →