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#Aadhaar a ploy to deny subsidies #UID

Special Correspondent, The Hindu The two left parties, CPI (M) and the CPI, along with their frontal units, have expressed anguish over the spate of problems confronting residents and the working class living under Tirupati Municipal Corporation and in its… Continue Reading →

#India-Can Hindutva win votes? #minorityrights

  Tariq Thachil : Mon Feb 25 2013, IE The answer varies across castes, communities, and local contexts Winning consecutive elections in India is not easy. The attention given to the BJP‘s third consecutive triumph in Gujarat‘s state assembly elections is… Continue Reading →

#Punjabgangrape – Rape survivor battles to put pieces of life together #Vaw

Jupinderjit Singh/TNS Bathinda, February 25 Four months ago, she was brutally raped by seven men who made a video-film on her and chopped off her hair.The 14-year-old, a class VIII student, has not had the courage to return to school… Continue Reading →

Oxford exploitation trial: Man ‘prepared 12 year old girl for #gangrape’ #Vaw #WTfnews

The nine men, from Berkshire and Oxfordshire, are accused of sexually exploiting six girls, aged between 11 and 15 A teenager has told the Old Bailey a man carried out a brutal sexual assault to “prepare” her to be gang-raped…. Continue Reading →

#Delhi-Dial 9818099012 for women-related complaints #mustshare #Vaw

9818099012. This is the mobile number for Sudhir Yadav, the nodal officer appointed to deal with women-related complaints in Delhi. Being the first ever helpline under the direct monitoring of a senior police officer, it means quick results (hopefully). Source:… Continue Reading →

PRESS RELEASE-#India- Don’t allow Govt to ram through land acquisition bill

  CAMPAIGN FOR SURVIVAL AND DIGNITY Contact: Q-1 Hauz Khas Enclave, New Delhi. Ph: 9873657844, [email protected]   25.02.2013 To: Smt. Meira Kumar Hon’ble Speaker of the Lok Sabha Lok Sabha, New Delhi Sub: The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in… Continue Reading →

Srilanka Bans Birth Control Surgery to Protect Dwindling Sinhala Race #Vaw

Govt Bans LRT on Women and Vasectomy on Men After Bodhu Bala Sena Protested Against Birth Control to Protect Dwindling Sinhala Race 24 February 2013, 6:10 am By Chrishanthi Christopher Last week the government sent out a communiqué to all… Continue Reading →

Media Release: Bail Granted for Indian Journalist, but Worries Persist Over Political Pressures

Media Release: India February 25, 2013 Bail Granted for Indian Journalist, but Worries Persist Over Political Pressures The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes the grant of bail to senior journalist http://asiapacific.ifj.org/en/articles/ifj-deeply-concerned-over-criminal-c harges-against-indian-investigative-reporter> K.K. Shahina, in the southern Indian state… Continue Reading →

Saudi cleric terms women Shura Members prostitutes; receives flak #Vaw

Monday February 25, 2013 10:26:16 AM, Agencies   For the first time, women will represent 10 percent of the 150 seats of the Saudi Shura, or consultative council, in the coming legislative term, Xinhua reported.> A controversial Saudi cleric used Twitter… Continue Reading →

‘Soorinje can’t be allowed to go unless innocents are freed’

STAFF REPORTER, The Hindu Chief Minister yet to sign order on Soorinje’s release There was no progress made in reporter Naveen Soorinje’s case at Monday’s Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Jagadish Shettar. A resolution to drop the criminal charges… Continue Reading →

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