Pawan Dixit, Hindustan Times Varanasi, March 28, 2014 A 27-year-old journalist on assignment was allegedly gang-raped by two persons in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday night. The woman, who is associated with a Hindi newspaper of Haridwar in neighbouring… Continue Reading →
Author(s): Soma Basu , down to earth Date:Sep 13, 2013 It has only increased cost of illegally sourced construction material Sand mining in the Saryu river in Pithoragarh (photographs by Soma Basu)Despite the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) ban on mining sand without environment… Continue Reading →
Sanjay Singh : Dehradun, Mon Sep 16 2013, The two alleged Maoistcouriers arrested in Gadchiroli are both activists who have taken up various social causes in Uttarakhand.Prashant Rahi, 54, is an engineer-turned-journalist who hails from Maharashtra and whose daughter Shikha is… Continue Reading →
‘My son has no links with Naxalites‘ Soumittra S Bose, TNN | Aug 27, 2013, NAGPUR: Keshavdutt, father of Hem Mishra, the student of New Delhi‘s Jawaharlal NehruUniversity (JNU) who was arrested for allegedly being courier for Naxalites, has alleged thatGadchiroli police had framed… Continue Reading →
The Raghavji case should generate new laws, not homophobic jokes from politicians By Kavita Krishnan | Grist Media Charges of sexual assault, rape, sexual exploitation, or sex-for-favours against political leaders are pretty common. Sexual violence, after all, is about power, not desire. And who… Continue Reading →
Tales of survivors magnify the absurd claim By Vishal Dutta, ET Bureau | The Economic Times, 30 June 2013 Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi meets flood-affected people at a relief camp in Haridwar on June 22, 2013 It’s raining heavily,… Continue Reading →
Economic Times, Kigshuk Nag, 28 Jun, 2013 Narendra Modi hasn’t formally studied economics or sociology, but he sure has intimate knowledge about the theory of expectations. In essence, the theory suggests that a person will decide to act in a way… Continue Reading →
INDIA CLIMATE JUSTICE STATEMENT ON THE UTTARAKHAND CATASTROPHE We cannot ignore the climate crisis anymore! 25 June 2013 The India Climate Justice collective notes with deep anguish the devastating loss of life, livelihoods, and homes in… Continue Reading →
Author(s): Anupam Chakravartty [1] Issue Date: 2013-6-24 Uttarakhand government has made no attempt to enforce mining and building regulations in the state, which exacerbated flood’s impacts Photograph: Sowmik Mukherjee In the decade that followed grant of statehood to Uttarakhand in 2000,… Continue Reading →
Author(s): Soma Basu , down to earth Date:Jun 14, 2013 ‘Despite repeated assurances of government, 18 proposed hydel projects on the Ganga and its tributaries have not been scrapped’ G D Agarwal has been on fast thrice earlierEnvironment engineer G D… Continue Reading →
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