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#India-17% women report sexual harassment at workplace’ #Vaw

Aditi Nigam New Delhi, Nov 28: While Parliament is set to consider a Bill on sexual harassment at the workplace in this session, a new study shows “high incidence’ of such cases, with 17 per cent working women reporting facing… Continue Reading →

#India- #Irom Sharmila refuses award

KOLKATA, October 29, 2012     Ananya Dutta   Brother asks Kovilan Trust to present it after she fulfils mission Irom Sharmila, the civil rights activist from Manipur who has been on a 12-year protest fast demanding that the Armed Forces… Continue Reading →

#India-Ganga is now a deadly source of cancer,#study

Anirban Ghosh | Oct 17, 2012, 12.52AM IST   KOLKATA: The holy Ganga is a poison river today. It’s so full of killer pollutants that those living along its banks in Uttar Pradesh, Biharand Bengal are more prone to cancer than anywhere else in the country, says a recent… Continue Reading →

Custodial death of an Undertral Prisoner – non compliance of procedure #Westbengal

3 October 2012 To The Chairman West Bengal Human Rights Commission Bhabani Bhaban Alipur Kolkata – 27 Respected Sir, We conducted fact finding on the custodial death of a prisoner (Under Trial Prisoner) at Calcutta national Medical College & Hospital,… Continue Reading →

Mumbai- the city that never sleeps, the city that never speaks…. #musicalactivism

  I am proud to share the new contribution of friend and rapper  Ashwini Mishra  aka  @alistrap in the field of Musical Activism  called ‘ Mumbai– ‘City Of Gold’ [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgTf1fAKOZs&feature=player_embedded] Ashwini Mishra  a.k.a A-List, has been a rap artist and performer since… Continue Reading →

PRESS CONFERENCE- Facts of ‘police raid ” on Nazrul Islam’s book #Kolkata #censorship

Mamata Banerjee has done it again, this time against an IPS officer. The cop, Nazrul Islam, published a book titled Mushalmander Ki Karaniya (What Muslims Should Do) where he spoke about the alleged plight of the Muslims in West Bengal and how the Trinamool… Continue Reading →

Mamata bans IPS officer’s book critical of her Muslim policy #censorship #foe #fos

  Express news service : Kolkata, Mon Sep 03 2012 The Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal has banned controversial IPS officer , Musalmander Ki Karaniya (What Muslims Should Do), in which he has highlighted the alleged plight of Muslims in… Continue Reading →

Calcutta High Court proposes equal facilities for all prisoners #goodnews #prisoner

HT Correspondent, Hindustan TimesKolkata, August 28, 2012 There is good news for the thousands of prisoners, under trials or convicts, in Bengal. In its landmark verdict the Calcutta High Court on August 8 held that every prisoner, irrespective of class,… Continue Reading →

Woman dragged into car in Kolkata and gang-raped- one arrested #VAW

TNN | Aug 14, 2012, 05.03AM IST The victim was taken into a house, where she was stripped and raped by at least by two of her abductors after removing her blindfold. Aug14, TNN KOLKATA: A 26-year-old woman on her way home… Continue Reading →

Markandey Katju calls Mamata Banerjee ‘dictatorial, intolerant, whimsical’

  PTI | Aug 12, 2012, 09.50PM IST Katju said the arrest of Siladitya Chowdhury, who was dubbed as a Maoist by Mamata Banerjee at a rally after he asked what steps she was taking to help farmers, amounted to “blatant misuse”… Continue Reading →

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