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Joe Raedle/Getty Images A restraint chair used to force-feed detainees at the military hospital at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. By JOHN GRISHAM Published 10th aug, NY Times ABOUT two months ago I learned that some of my books had been banned at… Continue Reading →
photo courtesy- fekuexpress.com Aug 13, 2013, 06.01AM IST TNN HYDERABAD: Calling Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi as ‘ignorant’ of facts, Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Monday advised him not to mislead the nation on the progress… Continue Reading →
Listen carefully how the team of lawyers representing Gujarat Government are talking about their failures they can be heard accepting that “they are caught, now no one can avoid charge sheet… on the timeline 8:41 they are also talking about… Continue Reading →
Mon, 12 Aug 2013 Author: Sujoy Dhar People in Kolkata light candles during a prayer ceremony for a gang rape victim who was assaulted in New Delhi, December 29, 2012. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri KOLKATA, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Advertisers… Continue Reading →
RK Vij : Tue Aug 13 2013 IE For the rape victim, compensation is a right, not mercy shown by the stateWhile directing the government of Madhya Pradesh to pay Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the victims of gangrape, the… Continue Reading →
Thanks for the Pesticides, America! By Evan Mascagni, Salon 11 August 13 fter eating a school lunch that was made with cooking oil tainted with the toxic pesticide monocrotophos, 23 Indian children were recently killed. While the media has highlighted… Continue Reading →
Aruna Rodrigues, The Hindu Genetically modified crops, whose ecological effects are irreversible, could become a mainstay of Indian agriculture thanks to collusion between the government and the biotech industry The final report of the Supreme Court-appointed Technical Expert Committee… Continue Reading →
For Immediate Release Bangladesh: Free Prominent Rights Activist Concerns for Critic’s Safety, Growing Intolerance of Criticism (New York, August 12, 2013) – Bangladeshi authorities should immediately release prominent rights activist Adilur Rahman Khan, who was arrested without warrant at his Dhaka… Continue Reading →
Aparna Pallavi Issue Date: 2013-8-12 Relaxation of river zone regulation law will damage rivers and even mines, say environmentalists The minutes of a meeting of the Maharastra River Regulatory Zone (RRZ) committee, made public recently, reveal that the committee has… Continue Reading →
Anupam Chakravartty Issue Date: 2013-8-12 Ministry panel visiting Greater Noida finds even leased mining areas do not have any environment clearance Mining is still going on discretely in Greater Noida. Mined sand from the riverbed is bought to some villages… Continue Reading →