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By Swapna Majumdar WeNews correspondent Friday, May 16, 2014 India’s marathon national elections have added to the collective toll of vicious, sometimes deadly, violence against political women. Only 8 percent of this year’s candidates were women and advocates point to… Continue Reading →
Zahir Janmohamed on May 13, 2014 – 0:36PM ET Narendra Modi (second from right) waves to his supporters in Varanasi (Reuters/Adnan Abidi) Ahmedabad—In a recent interview, Narendra Modi, the man likely to be India’s next prime minister, was askedby a news agency why… Continue Reading →
Author(s): Madhu Ramnath May 15, 2014 | From the print edition NTFPS-EP is a network working with adivasis on ecosystem conservation, advocacy and livelihoods MADHU RAMNATHWhen we shift the focus from the timber a forest is usually valued… Continue Reading →
Sifting facts from fiction: SAMEER YASIR 12 MAY 2014 – 11:58AM GMT Although banned by western countries, paramilitary forces and police still continue to use pellet grenades in Kashmir. Similar Stories Forces crack down on protesters in Baramulla constituency,… Continue Reading →
Over the last five years, Amnesty International has documented on torture and other forms of ill-treatment in at least 141 countries. “ Governments around the world are two-faced on torture – prohibiting it in law, but facilitating it in… Continue Reading →
Blame unequal distribution of social power On Monday, after the last phase of India’s marathon 2014 Lok Sabha elections got over, television channels broadcast their exit poll results. Since these elections have been portrayed as a referendum on the BJP’s… Continue Reading →
India chapter of Pakistan-India Peoples Forum for Peace & Democracy (PIPFPD) urges Pakistan government to renew the visa of two Indian journalists Meena Menon of The Hindu and Snehesh Philip of PTI. They are based in Islamabad since August last year. They have… Continue Reading →
The violence was caused by insufficient implementation of laws, lack of support from police, judiciary and a decline in moral values, the study said Ashwaq Masoodi Be it the smear campaign against Gul Panag of the AAP or the public… Continue Reading →
The argument that BJP leader would be constrained either by his allies or India’s institutions is deeply flawed. Last updated: 08 May 2014 18:23 Siddharth Varadarajan Modi as prime minister will face virtually no political constraints from within the BJP or… Continue Reading →
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 →