Category Kractivism
Mumbai groups and activists held a protest on 24th Jan at Azad Maidan as many participants were also participating in the Jaitapur protest and Jail Bharo Andolan on 25th-Jan, the day National Protests are being held across the country. Protestors… Continue Reading →
Barack Obama targets sexual assault epidemic PTI | Washington | Updated: Jan 23 2014, 18:18 IST The report said campus rapes and gang-rapes are fuelled by drinking and drug use that can incapacitate victims. Reuters SUMMARYBarack Obama shone a light on… Continue Reading →
BY SUJOY DHAR KOLKATA Fri Jan 24, 2014 6:54pm IST Police personnel inspect the area where a woman was gang-raped at Birbhum district in West Bengal January 23, 2014. CREDIT: REUTERS/STRINGER Notwithstanding the freezing cold, rehearsals are underway for the… Continue Reading →
*WE THE PEOPLE : RECLAIM THE REPUBLIC* *Sunday, 26th January 2014, 2.30 PM, New Delhi* We the People, Reclaim the Republic A Republic Day March ‘Of the People, By the people, For the people’ January 26, 2014, New… Continue Reading →
The recent Supreme Court judgment reversed the progressive stance taken by the Delhi High Court in 2009 with regard to Section 377. It recriminalizes sexual acts deemed “unnatural” between consenting adults. One of the grounds justifying this decision is that… Continue Reading →
TNN | Jan 24, 2014, 07.59 PM IST Somnath Bharti inaugurated the 3rd International Kite Festival near old Yamuna Bridge in Delhi on Friday. NEW DELHI: Delhi law minister Somnath Bharti on Friday failed to appear before the Delhi Commission for Women, but did attend… Continue Reading →
Bangalore Mirror Bureau | Jan 24, 2014, 01.00 AM IST Somnath’s brother Loknath reportedly threatened acook in a paying guest and allegedly assaulted a cop By:Bharat A Patel Arrest of Somnath Bharti’s brother led to protests and complaint against police in Jan,… Continue Reading →
DARSHAN DESAI We are not acquiring a single inch of land of farmers, says official The Gujarat government is acquiring 920 square km of land, most of it agricultural, of 15,000 farmer families spread across 22 villages for Chief Minister… Continue Reading →
FARAH NAQVI ‘No’ to protective paternalism of the mohalla: Picture shows women’s groups and African nationals protesting against Somnath Bharti’s raid on Ugandan women in Delhi. Photo: Meeta Ahlawat Gains on women’s rights should not be sacrificed at the… Continue Reading →
All India | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Updated: January 21, 2014 12:58 IST Delhi Law Minister Somnath Bharti uses a women’s washroom at Press Club New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal‘s protest on the street, what he describes as a fight for freedom, has seen… Continue Reading →