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#Goa- The year of Rapes : 50 cases this year #Vaw

By Murari Shetye, TNN | Dec 28, 2012, 03.17 AM IST PANAJI: The year 2012 started started with the betrayal of teacher-student relations. The first rape case of the year was registered against Kanhaiya Naik, a married art teacher, who allegedly raped his student…. Continue Reading →

Punjab’s shame: Teen who was gangraped commits suicide over policy apathy #Vaw

TNN | Dec 28, 2012, 04.43 AM IST PATIALA: Harassed by policemen and constantly threatened by her rapists, a minor ended her life on Wednesday night in a village near Patiala, over one-and-a-half month after she was abducted and gang-raped. In her… Continue Reading →

#India-Another woman gang raped in car and dumped in South Delhi #Vaw #delhigangrape

STAFF REPORTER, The Hindu, Dec 27, 2012 A 42-year-old married woman was gang-raped on Wednesday, allegedly by three persons, at an unknown place and dumped. One of the accused, who is known to the victim, has been detained and is… Continue Reading →

India’s Cash Transfers for the Poor Face Early Hurdles #UID #Aadhaar

      By AMOL SHARMA   DOHAKATU, India—Officials in this impoverished eastern Indian village have a message for local residents: the government wants to give you a bank account and plop money in it—now.   India is embarking on… Continue Reading →

Sanction pension to mentally challenged person: Madras High Court #good news

CHENNAI : Coming to the rescue of a mentally affected person who was denied disability pension, the Madras High Court has directed the authority to sanction the pension in three months. Disposing of a writ petition filed on behalf of him,… Continue Reading →

Lessons From Post-Conflict Sudan: Sing Songs, Build Health

  By Kamayani Bali Mahabal 20 December, 2012 Countercurrents.org The team of health activists that is working in post-conflict South Sudan. Dr Hiba Salih (in the pink head cover) is a physician from North Sudan who has worked for three… Continue Reading →

Linguist in a POTA Court

22 December 2012, Open Magazine  When terror confessions are put to expert scrutiny ·         0 BY Peggy Mohan EMAIL AUTHOR(S) TAGGED UNDER | terrorist | handwriting | POTA TESTIMONY The speed of writing, sentence length, credibility of content, degree of focus and primacy… Continue Reading →

Roselyn: Idinthakarai activist, anti nuke protester – a victim of Neglect #RIP

A photograph of Roselyn taken on the day of her arrest by Amirtharaj Stephen photograph. 63-year old J. Roselyn, a mother of three from Idinthakarai, was among the 7 women randomly picked up from the Idinthakarai beach on the police… Continue Reading →

Mumbai cops to film New Year parties, legal experts decry move #WTFnews #moralpolicing

By Swati Deshpande, TNN | Dec 27, 2012, MUMBAI: This New Year’s eve, partying at clubs and hotels may not be so much fun if the Mumbai Police‘s flying squads have their way and zoom in on your Gangnam-style moves.Allowing police to film parties at… Continue Reading →

The Naxalite Rebellion: Social Inequality and Violence in India #mustwatch

by raimdenver An objective look at the social, political, and economic conditions in India which have given rise to the Naxalite insurgency. Despite economic growth, overall poverty in India has increased due to uneven economic development. The Naxals consist of various… Continue Reading →

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