— By FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICE, May 14, 2014 12:41 am SHIVPURI: Three youths dragged a 13-year-old girl to a house and gang-raped her in a village under Khaniandhana police station area on Monday night. The girl was watching a marriage procession… Continue Reading →
The recent incident at the Koodankulam Nuclear Power Plant raises doubt not only about the plant’s safety and its operator’s ability to handle emergencies, but also about the Supreme Court’s own appreciation of the hazards and how they play out… Continue Reading →
Challenge brought by Guardian, AP and three newspapers says US public has a right to know about how drugs are being used • theguardian.com, Thursday 15 May 2014 11.00 EDT It is believed to be the first time that… Continue Reading →
Express News Service | Hyderabad | May 15, 2014 12:03 am SUMMARY Outrage over the case had prompted political parties to include safety and security of women in Hyderabad in their election manifestos. In the first judgment in Andhra… Continue Reading →
By Emilio Godoyl The Ajusco forest, one of Mexico City’s green lungs and water sources. Credit: Emilio Godoy/IPS MEXICO CITY, May 8 2014 (IPS) – The rural communities of San Miguel and Santo Tomás Ajusco, to the south of Mexico City, are… Continue Reading →
Photo: Hannah McNeish/IRIN South Sudan’s ongoing violence puts women at risk of sexual and gender based violence. JUBA, 13 May 2014 (IRIN) – Sexual and gender-based violence might not be a new phenomenon in South Sudan, but the current crisis… Continue Reading →
VIJETHA S. N + The HinduG. N. Saibaba TOPICS Delhi New Delhi Delhi University professor G. N. Saibaba, who was arrested by the Maharashtra police for alleged Maoist links and taken to the State, will go on a hunger strike… Continue Reading →
Around six civil society activists — including academicians, student leaders and even representatives of prominent international NGOs — are on the intelligence establishment’s scanner and under constant surveillance in the capital, HT has learnt. According to senior Delhi Police officials,… Continue Reading →
Wednesday, 14 May 2014 09:57 By Marjorie Cohn, Truthout | Op-Ed (Image: Lance Page / t r u t h o u t; Adapted: World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, dog ma) The recent torturous execution of Clayton Lockett in Oklahoma has propelled… Continue Reading →
PRESS RELEASE: Eminent citizens appeal to secular parties to form secular government We, concerned citizens of India, are alarmed by the divisive, abusive and violent Lok Sabha election campaign that has just been concluded. Throughout the campaign, the Bharatiya… Continue Reading →
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