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FIR against Ramdev in Mumbai for Slur against Dalit Women

An FIR was registered against yoga guru Baba Ramdev in Mumbai on Wednesday for his controversial statement on Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. Ramdev’s statement that Gandhi goes to Dalit homes for “picnics and honeymoon” had kicked up a controversy recently. “An… Continue Reading →

BREAKING: 4 activists arrested for peacefully protesting against @Essar’s illegitimate mining plans in Mahan #WTFnews

First hand account of the activists’ arrest in Mahan Blogpost by Vivek Goyal – May 8, 2014 at 17:58   zoom 08 May 2014 I asked them why were they here, at this hour? They said, “You will find out soon.” We woke-up… Continue Reading →

#India – Why you couldn’t find your name on the voter list

Last updated on: May 07, 2014 17:05 IST ‘The failure of the ECI to follow the Registration of Electoral Rules and create verified and audited rolls or even verifiable and auditable ones, highlight that the entire electoral roll is merely a… Continue Reading →

‘Free Saudi Liberals’ website founder sentenced to 10 years in jail and a 1000 lashes #WTFnews

Reuters | May 7, 2014, 09.44 PM IST    The prosecution had demanded that Badawi be tried for apostasy, a charge which carries the death penalty in Saudi Arabia. DUBAI: A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced the editor of an internet forum he… Continue Reading →

Is the threatened journalist a Pakistani curse alone? Myth of the safe scribe

BY Garga Chatterjee  At least eight murders of journalists have been reported in 2013. This was the year that India slipped to an abysmal rank of 140 of 179 countries in the Press Freedom Index On 19 April, bullets fired by… Continue Reading →

Farmers to get aadhaar liekd ID cards #WTFnews #uid

FARMERS TO GET AADHAR-LIKE ID CARDS Mysore, May 7- The State Government has decided to distribute Aadhar-like ID cards with 12 digits to farmers. The Government has taken up the project under ‘K-Kisan’ programme and the preliminary process in Mysore… Continue Reading →

There’s no such thing as an ‘illegal immigrant’

MARC AMBINDER | MAY 1, 2014 Here is something you probably don’t know about illegal immigrants in the United States. There aren’t any. Zero. The term, on its face, is willfully misleading. It is not a crime to emigrate to the… Continue Reading →

Should only Minorities be Worried over #Narendra Modi

MAY 8, 2014 Sanjay Kumar, kafila.org (Photo Courtesy : ibnlive.in.com) Guest Post by Sanjay Kumar By stealth, wealth, and media barrage a phalanx of powerful interests is trying to create a public opinion favourable to Mr Narendra Modi. It appears… Continue Reading →

How Dalit Land Passed Into Bache Gowda’s Hands #WTFnews

A former minister allegedly grabbed 200 acres earmarked for Scheduled Castes on the outskirts of Bengaluru. But the Siddaramaiah government is yet to act, says Imran Khan Imran Khan 2014-05-10 , Issue 19 Volume 11   In denial? Bache Gowda says the… Continue Reading →

Sexism, Lies and Videotape Imperil Women’s Privacy

(WOMENSENEWS)– In early 2013 a woman in Manhattan, N.Y., discovered secret videos of a man she was dating having sex with multiple women. She found them on his YouTube account and asked him to explain, but he deleted the videos and… Continue Reading →

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