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Student’s Arrest: The Lingaram Kodopi of South India?

MANGALORE – Arrest of a student pursuing Post Graduation from Mangalore University on the charges of Naxal link, has created a row between civil society and administration in Dakshina Kannada district. Vittala, a student of Mass Communication and Journalism, along… Continue Reading →

When beauty is rendered as a tool to assert and/or negotiate spaces.

by Minakshee Rode In a place like Pune University, whenever I look around, particularly, at the post graduate students studying English Literature, Caste and gender studies, one question always bothers me: what do we expect our mind-sets to be? Students… Continue Reading →

IMMEDIATE RELEASE- Fukushima Nuclear Disaster- Lessons for India

PUCL-Bangalore Press Release 10/3/12 FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR DISASTER: LESSONS FOR INDIA On March 11, exactly one year ago, a huge nuclear disaster in human history occurred at Fukushima , such that three nuclear reactors in the Fukushima Daichii plant experienced a… Continue Reading →

Two more deaths again in Assam tea garden

The Barak Human Rights Protection Committee (BHRPC) has learnt about two more deaths in the Bhuvan valley tea garden of Cachar district in Assam. According to information, a 7 days old baby and about 70 year old Balaram Bauri of… Continue Reading →

Citizens’ Statement on the arrest of Journalist Kazmi

March 10th, 2012, New Delhi The undersigned condemn the arrest of senior journalist Syed Mohammad Kazmi by the Delhi Police Special Cell in connection with the attack on Israeli diplomat last month. Mr. Kazmi’s arrest is reminiscent of the arrest… Continue Reading →

Freedom unveiled: Iranian women strip to slam repression

Iranian women living in exile in Europe have stripped off for a video to promote their nude calendar in an effort to fight sexual oppression in their home country. “My nudity is a ‘no’ to stoning to death,” say the… Continue Reading →

Nuclear divestment: the medical case

 by Tim Wright This week the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons launched a major study on the global financing of nuclear weapons producers. The 180-page report argues that banks, pension funds, insurance companies and asset managers should divest from… Continue Reading →

Threat of Violence against women activists at TATA STEEL Public Hearing – March 12th

THE TATA STEEL PUBLIC HEARING DATE0 MARCH 12TH, 2012 time- 11am – 1pm VENUE- D. A V SCHOOL,  Tata Iron and Steel Company (TISCO ) , Noamundi ( which is a violation of MOEF, history repearing again ) Noamundi is… Continue Reading →

Aadhaar card has little relevance while investing, buying policies

Neha Pandey Deoras / Mumbai March 09, 2012,  Business Standard Nagpur-based lecturer Bhagyashree Khote was more than happy to receive her Aadhaar number. She had lost her Permanent Account Number (PAN card) some time before and had to make an… Continue Reading →

Modesty of dress and Indian culture

Sir/Madam, I write to complain about the abysmal standards of modesty I am noticing in Indian society. All bad things–sensationalist TV, obscene movies, diabetes among elders, pickpocketing, dilution of coconut chutney in Saravana Bhavan–are a result of Evil Western Influences…. Continue Reading →

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