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Bhima Koregaon Case : Bombay HC asks NIA to respond to Anand Teltumbde’s bail plea in two weeks

The activist has filed another petition challenging the constitutional validity of certain provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The Bombay High Court on Wednesday granted two weeks’ time to the National Investigation Agency to file a reply to a… Continue Reading →

‘Stop dragging your feet’: SC warns Uttar Pradesh as 40 witnesses yet to record statement in Lakhimpur Kheri case

“We think you are dragging your feet. You please dispel this,” the Supreme Court on Wednesday told the Uttar Pradesh government while hearing the Lakhimpur Kheri matter, and asked it to record statements of remaining witnesses in the case before… Continue Reading →

I was definitely targeted in the Lakhimpur violence: Farmer leader Tajinder Singh Virk

JATINDER KAUR TUR15 October 2021 Tajinder Singh Virk, a 48-year-old who led the farmers’ protest held in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri on 3 October, has alleged that the cars that ran over protesters that day were also targeting him. The cars—linked to… Continue Reading →

‘The heaven of film-making’: how a Dalit orphan got to tell her own story

A gift of a camera inspired Belmaya Nepali to rise above poverty and abuse to make documentaries  I Am Belmaya review Global development is supported by Rojita Adhikari in KathmanduFri 15 Oct 2021 15.48 BST Belmaya Nepali’s life changed for ever… Continue Reading →

Distress and Danger in Kashmir

Anuradha BhasinUPDATED: 15 OCT 2021ISSUE: NOVEMBER 5, 2021 A Kashmiri woman reacts as she looks inside a house damaged during a gunfight between militants and government forces on 16 July in Srinagar | Muhammad Manan/Alamy Live News Until the recent… Continue Reading →

Singhu lynching: Nihang group admits to killing man

A Dalit man was found dead at Delhi’s Singhu border on Friday morning. While a Nihang group has claimed responsibility for the murder, the BJP has slammed farmer leaders over the incident and the Samyukta Kisan Morcha has distanced itself… Continue Reading →

A crisis of compassion in India

While releasing prisoners in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the high-powered committee mandated by the Supreme Court of India to decongest prisons did not invoke the health vulnerabilities of prisoners but recalled the crimes they were accused of committing. It is also… Continue Reading →

‘SUV over protesters’ in Lakhimpur Kheri shows how RSS looks at farmers

The RSS, which carries the ‘one nation, one culture’ slogan, has never allowed a farmer’s son to head the organisation in its 96 years of existence. KANCHA ILAIAH SHEPHERD 15 October, 2021 The Lakhimpur Kheri incident, in which Union minister Ajay… Continue Reading →

Whither SDG goal? India’s maternal mortality rate fall target 5.5% per yr, actual 4.5%

Friday, October 15, 2021By Srinivas Goli, Parul Puri* The maternal mortality ratio (number of maternal deaths per one lakh live births) is a key and sensitive parameter used by health policymakers to monitor maternal health conditions in particular and women’s… Continue Reading →

NWMI condems the candidature of an accused in an ongoing sexual harassment case in the Trivandrum Press Club Elections

The Trivandrum Press Club Elections are set to happen on October 23, 2021. NWMI, being an independent organisation of women in media across India which works to ensure justice to them regardless of their proximity to positions of power and… Continue Reading →

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