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Lakshmipet Dalits wait for land distribution after one year

STAFF REPORTER SRIKAKULAM, May 31, 2013 Officials not able to buy land due to skyrocketing prices in Vangara mandal The State government could not resolve the land distribution issue even after one year in Lakshmipet village of Vangara mandal, Srikakulam where… Continue Reading →

Dalits live in fear in Tuticorin village

STAFF REPORTER, The Hindu The Dalits of K. Velayudhapuram village near Kazhugumalai in Tuticorin district are living in fear of violence as they resisted the efforts of a dominant caste to marginalise them, according to A.Marx, writer and convenor of… Continue Reading →

#India – Env Ministry recognises religious rights, pushes ecological concerns behind

Author(s): Kumar Sambhav S… Anupam Chakravartty Issue Date: 2013-6-15 Environment ministry recognises religious rights, pushes ecological concerns behind IN FEBRUARY, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) took many by surprise when it opposed a mining project in Odisha’s… Continue Reading →

#India – The Bloodstained Karmic Cycle #Peru #Guatemala

PTI Target of reprisal The late Mahendra Karma, with guards OPINION The Bloodstained Karmic Cycle To end the Maoist conflict, look to Peru and Guatemala NANDINI SUNDAR in Outlook Any keen observer of Chhattisgarh could have foreseen Saturday’s deadly Maoist attack at… Continue Reading →

Andhra Pradesh –Tribals displaced by Indirasagar should be rehabilitated by June 15

RAMPACHODAVARAM, June 1, 2013 Staff Reporter Importance should be given to traditions, language, security and the employment of tribals who were displaced due to Indirasagar project, said T.K. Sridevi, Commissioner, Rehabilitation and Resettlement. She directed the implementation officials to provide effective… Continue Reading →

Odisha- Gram sabha ball set to roll for Vedanta bid to mine at Niyamgiri Hills

Gram sabha ball set to roll Satyanarayan Pattnaik & Sandeep Mishra, TNN | Jun 1, 2013, 01.20 AM IST BHUBANESWAR/ KORAPUT: Adhering to the Supreme Court‘s order to conduct gram sabhas to decide the fate of Vedanta bid to mine bauxite at Niyamgiri hills,… Continue Reading →

Women Health Activist Madhuri Ben released, joins anti-dam stir

Gwalior, June 1, 2013 Pheroze L. Vincent, The Hindu Human rights activist Madhuri Krishnaswamy, better known as Madhuri Ben, was released from Khargone Women’s Sub Jail on Thursday after she agreed to get bail in a 2008 case of rioting and… Continue Reading →

ILO, UNHRC to take up labour issues at Maruti Suzuki

By Harpreet Bajwa – CHANDIGARH New Indian Express online, 31st May 2013  The alleged violence and human rights violation of workers at the Manesar plant of Maruti Suzuki will be taken up at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United… Continue Reading →

Look who has Aadhaar Cards- Trees, Chairs and even Dogs #UID #WTFnews

Dogs, trees and chairs have Aadhaar cards Sunitha Rao R, TNN May 31, 2013, (Acknowledging slip-ups…)   BANGALORE: In hilarious slip-ups in the Aadhaar card enrolment process, some cards have ended up with pictures of an empty chair, a tree or… Continue Reading →

Woman without dupatta denied Aadhaar photo #UID #WTFnews

    Christin Mathew Philip, TNN | May 31, 2013, 05.48 AM IST   CHENNAI: Is there a dress code to get an Aadhaar card? An incident on Thursday at an enrolment centre in Chennai shows that there indeed may be one,… Continue Reading →

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