Day November 17, 2020
Last month, the NCW chairperson had kicked off a controversy by saying she discussed issues including a “rise in love jihad cases” with Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari. The National Commission for Women (NCW), in response to an RTI application, has said… Continue Reading →
During TV show-host Arnab Goswami’s hearing, the Supreme Court said: “If this court does not interfere today, we are travelling on the path of destruction”. The judiciary is already on this path, as our analysis shows, with the Supreme Court… Continue Reading →
In a horrifying incident, a 20-year-old woman was allegedly burnt alive by three men for resisting harassment. The incident took place 15 days ago in a village that comes under Chandpura OP police station of the Vaishali district in Bihar…. Continue Reading →
POSTED ON NOVEMBER 17, 2020 A dalit woman in Jaipur was allegedly burnt by a man accused of raping her in April this year. The incident took place on the night of Diwali in the Kotwali area of Jaipur`s Walled… Continue Reading →
The comedian’s words echo what others have been saying. And there is the Supreme Court’s chequered history with power.Ajaz Ashraf 17 Nov 2020 Image Courtesy: Telegraph India Comedian Kunal Kamra has turned into a “Laughing Gandhian,” a category the Hindi film Lage Raho… Continue Reading →
POSTED ON NOVEMBER 17, 2020 The former president’s life and work were anchored in social sympathy and scientific humanism. We would do well to remember these memorable words by the late K. R. Narayanan, speaking in parliament on the golden… Continue Reading →
Technical glitches mar video hearing The Bombay High Court was on Tuesday forced to adjourn the hearing of a plea seeking the release of Dr. Varavara Rao on medical grounds, after technical glitches marred the hearing. A bench of Justices… Continue Reading →
By: Phyllis Chesler | November 15, 2020 Lisa Montgomery is about to be federally executed on December 8th for having committed a truly grim and heinous crime – killing a young mother and cutting her unborn baby from the womb in order to claim the… Continue Reading →
Uttar Pradesh: Two Dalit sisters killed in Fatehpur; family alleges murder after failed rape attempt
POSTED ON NOVEMBER 17, 2020 The bodies of the victims with injury marks in the eyes were retrieved from a pond in a village in Asodhar area of Fatehpur district, said the police Uttar Pradesh: Two Dalit sisters killed in… Continue Reading →
The judiciary’s quick intervention in the Arnab Goswami case turns the spotlight on other serious cases that languish The facts are brief. Mr. Arnab Goswami of Republic TV, a media group perceived to be supportive of the ruling party, was arrested… Continue Reading →