हक़ और आजादी
October 3, 2016
A sinister nexus between the state police (Jharkand, a state ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party,BJP) and the Modi regime is revealed as the illegal acquisition of land by the NTPC in Barakagaon, as this acquisition has been coercively undertaken without the approval, statutorily mandated, by the Gram Sabha.
Image: Hindustan Times
The protesting farmers and their representatives have...
October 3, 2016
मशहूर पंजाबी कहानीकार वरयाम सिंह संधू के विचार :
"जब टीवी पर प्रोग्राम पेश करने वाले लड़के-लड़कियाँ पाकिस्तान को उसके घर में जाकर ठोकने की बातेंबहुत चबा-चबा कर कर रहे हैं, और देश के दूसरे हिस्सों में अंधी देशभक्ति के मारे मूर्ख लोग भांगड़ा नाच रहे हैं, वहीं पंजाब गहरी चिंता में डूबा गया है। सीमाओं पर रहने वालों को घर ख़ाली करने को कहा जा रहा है । लोग समान उठा कर पीछे को सुरक्षित...
October 3, 2016
According to eye witnesses, stone pelting ensued after a brick was hurled at a Tazia procession undertaken by local Muslims near Koyali Faliya area of Fatehpura in the walled city. Police then hurled tear gas cells at the mob. The Internet Ban imposed by the police did not work
Photo Courtesy: Indian Express
VADODARA: Vadodara, sensitive from having had several bouts of...
October 3, 2016
The 1.1 crore toilets built under the Modi government’s flagship scheme are not linked to any underground drainage system because in India’s urban and semi-urban areas, there is none. By 2019, the government has an ambitious target: construct 1,200 crore toilets nationwide. In effect this will perpetuate manual scavenging, a humiliating practice which is illegal...
October 3, 2016
गुजरात में डांग जिले के वघाई में एम्बुलेंस हासिल करने में विफल रहने के बाद अपने बेटे का शव एक आदिवासी व्यक्ति के अपने कंधे पर ढोने की खबर के बाद गुजरात सरकार हरकत में आयी और उसने परिवार को मदद की।
यह घटना रविवार दोपहर तब सामने आयी जब सोशल मीडिया पर अपने बेटे का शव कंधे पर लिए एक आदिवासी व्यक्ति की तस्वीर फैल गई. खबर यह थी कि वघाई के सरकारी अस्पताल ने इस व्यक्ति के लिए एम्बुलेंस की व्यवस्था...
October 3, 2016
A group representing the Quresh has called a special general body meeting in Delhi in October to discuss the matter.
The All-India organisation of Quresh – a Muslim subgroup that dominates the meat industry – has called a special general body meeting in Delhi in October to decide whether to call for a countrywide strike in protest against rising anti-cow slaughter...
October 3, 2016
The Indus Water Treaty comes under a cloud after the Uri attack.
Interview with D. Raghunandan
The 1960 Indus water treaty between India and Pakistan is among the most liberal water-sharing pacts in the world. Under the treaty, India has exclusive rights over the eastern rivers and their tributaries while Pakistan, over the western ones. After the recent Uri attack, there is now a...
October 3, 2016
लखनऊ में हो रही देश की पहली ‘‘आरक्षण समर्थक राष्ट्रीय छात्र संसद"।
बाबा साहेब भीमराव अम्बेडकर केन्द्रीय विश्वविद्यालय के दलित छात्रों को गलत तरीके से निष्कासित किये जाने के विरोध में आगामी 8 अक्टूबर, 2016 को लखनऊ में ‘‘आरक्षण समर्थक राष्ट्रीय छात्र संसद‘‘ बुलायी गयी है। यह छात्र संसद देश में पहली आरक्षण समर्थक छात्र संसद होगी। जिसमें बीबीएयू प्रशासन...
October 3, 2016
The publication put up a post on its internet edition claiming the government passed an order saying it featured content that tends to incite violence.
Daily newspaper Kashmir Reader said on Sunday said that the Jammu and Kashmir government had ordered a ban on its publication, after passing an order saying it "tends to incite acts of violence". The ban on the...
October 2, 2016
“By Ram Rajya I do not mean Hindu Raj. I mean by Ramarajya Divine Raj, Khuda ki Basti or the Kingdom of God on Earth” Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi[1]
At the heart of the visceral animosity that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Hindu Mahasabha (HMS) and all the affiliates have against Gandhi is his deep, reasoned and passionate commitment to a composite Indian...