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October 25, 2016
झारखंड में एसपीटी-सीएनपी अध्यादेश के विरोध में आदिवासियों की राँची आक्रोश रैली को रोकने की पुलिस की कोशिश के बाद भारी बवाल हुआ है। पुलिस की फायरिंग में एक ग्रामीण अब्राहम मुंडू की मौत हो जाने और तीन के घायल होने के बाद गुस्साए आदिवासियों की पुलिस के साथ तेज झड़प हुई। Image: Punjab Tribune रांची के मोरहाबादी मैदान में होने वाली इस रैली के लिए आदिवासियों को पुलिस ने खूंटी में रोकने की कोशिश...
October 25, 2016
सीबीआई ने छत्तीसगढ़ में सुकमा जिले के ताड़मेटला में मार्च 2011 के 160 घरों में आग लगाने का दोषी सुरक्षा बलों को पाया है। सीबीआई ने अपनी जांच की स्टेटस रिपोर्ट सुप्रीम कोर्ट को सौंप दी है। इसी रिपोर्ट में उसने कहा है कि ताड़मेटला में आदिवासियों के 160 घरों को पुलिस और सुरक्षा बलों ने ही जलाया था। Image: Getty Images   स्टेटस रिपोर्ट के अनुसार, इस मामले में सात विशेष...
October 25, 2016
Dalits have fled for their lives with mobs being joined by the police to strike terror in Nashik since over a week now. Dalits were beaten up, their homes vandalised, vehicles burnt first by the Maratha protesters and then by the local police.  Till date many of the Dalits, fearful of their lives, have not returned to their homes. No arrests have been made by the police, with the BJP-...
October 25, 2016
The rural development ministry surreptitiously used an off the record WhatsApp chat group advising states to deny jobs under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) to the rural poor already reeling under an acute drought, the financial daily Business Standard has reported. Photo credit: Business Standard State officials were warned by the Union ministry that...
October 24, 2016
The fact-finding report of a four-member PUCL team which visited the Kashmir valley has called for the release of Khurram Parvez, Hurriyat leaders and resumption of unconditional talks with the latter. Image: Times of India It also recommended that all political leaders, activists and young protestors detained under the Public Safety Act, 1978 (PSA) and other criminal charges should be...
October 24, 2016
The cause of the death of the 76-year-old, who was known as the founder of Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ) and as a mentor of the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange remains ambiguous. Image: Exaro Renowned investigative journalist and director of WikiLeaks Gavin MacFadyen passed away, as per the tweet posted from the WikiLeaks official Twitter account on October 22. The cause of the...
October 24, 2016
ग्वालियर (मध्यप्रदेश)। देश में असहिष्णुता को लेकर बहस का बाजार एक बार फिर गर्म है। शनिवार की रात यहां देश के उद्योगपति रतन टाटा ने कहा कि मैं सोचता हूं कि हर व्यक्ति जानता है कि असहिष्णुता कहां से आ रही है। यह क्याहै, देश के हजारों...लाखों लोगों में से हर कोई असहिष्णुता से मुक्त देश चाहता है। इससे पहले टाटा ने सिंधिया स्कूल के 119वें स्थापना दिवस समारोह को संबोधित करते हुए लोकसभा में कांग्रेस के...
October 24, 2016
First Published on: October 7, 2016 KPSS Appeals to both Prime Minister Modi and HM Rajnath Singh to immediately extent the financial rehabilitation package recommended by the Parliamentary Standing  Committee to the Rajya Sabha in 2009 and then again, in 2014. Kashmiri Pandits             Image for representation purpose only...
October 24, 2016
(Paper presented at the India International Islamic Academic Conference held on 8-9 October, 2016, at the India Islamic Cultural Centre, New Delhi.)  Abstract: By late 19th century and early 20th century, one finds the emergence of an 'upper-caste' Christian public sphere comprised of theologians who identified themselves with the values of 'Hindu' and '...
October 24, 2016
The Supreme Court today passed an order directing the trustees of the Haji Ali Dargah Trust to act on the July order of the Bombay High Court granting women equal access, on par with men to the iconic Haji Ali Dargah in Worli, Mumbai. The trustees asked for two weeks time to act on the verdict. Take four weeks, the apex court ruled while warning that failure to implement the order after...