Journalist Nita Bhalla recounts the lingering scars – physical and mental – from an assault on her and draws a wider lesson about violence against women in patriarchal India. I stand in front of the mirror, surveying my face and… Continue Reading →
In Solidarity The state government of Tamil Nadu has finally succumbed to pressure by the Central government and decided to commission the operation of the two Russian built nuclear reactors in Koodankulam. It has carried out a major crackdown on… Continue Reading →
Reporters Without Borders condemns police obstruction of national print and broadcast media today in Idinthakarai, a fishing village in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, where the authorities are trying to remove entrenched anti-nuclear protesters from their camp beside the… Continue Reading →
Division Bench at Patna Underscores Importance of Maternal Mortality and Orders State of Bihar to Account for Every NRHM Rupee Spent 20 March 2012 PATNA- The Division Bench of Patna’s recent order in Centre for Health and Resource Management (CHARM)… Continue Reading →
BS Reporter / Kolkata/ Bhubaneswar Mar 21, 2012 Close to 12000 hectares of forest land have been diverted in the state in the past 10 years for mining activities and also to make way for industries in sectors like steel,… Continue Reading →
Here is the story in Meera Udaykumar’s own words.Her school was vandalised yesterday. Lalita Ramdas When Meera Udaykumar finally got home after a long and stressful day – and at my urging, she finally sent me the photographs you will… Continue Reading →
Dear All, We have received a number of endorsements for the proposal to organise a ONE DAY TOKEN FAST on MARCH 23, which also happens to be the Martyrdom Day of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru. Medha Patkar and her… Continue Reading →
Mar 21, 2012, TNN In Nagpur a 50-year-old labourer named as Kishore Agrawal was taken into custody for raping his 19-year-old daughter from the past five years.At presesnt the girl is now two months pregnant, which brought this worst act… Continue Reading →
20-year-old collegian’s mother says her father is impeding her education as he has thrown mother-daughter duo out of their Chembur home Sunil Baghel, March 22, Mumbai Mirror At an academic level, collegian Neha Agarwal has chosen ‘gender’ as her thesis… Continue Reading →
By RAVI NESSMAN Associated Press DHULIYAN, India — Sagira Ansari sits on a dusty sack outside her uneven brick home in this poor town in eastern India, her legs folded beneath her. She cracks her knuckles, then rubs charcoal ash… Continue Reading →
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