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November 1, 2016
Rural employment scheme MNREGA is facing shortage of funds despite the highest ever budgetary allocation to the programme this year, and the Rural Development Ministry is now seeking an additional Rs 10,000 crore for its smooth functioning.
“In the budget about Rs 43,499 crore was allocated for Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) this year, out of which Rs...
November 1, 2016
Just when you thought sexism was a thing of the past, revelations about Donald Trump bragging about groping women hit the news. Yet only 13%of female Republicans think he should stop campaigning for the presidency. While women generally favour his Democratic rival Hilary Clinton, 49% of them rate her unfavourably. Despite her life-long commitment to public service, she is...
November 1, 2016
The death of every other newborn in India can be traced to either low birth weight (LBW) or premature delivery–a reflection of poor maternal health and an inadequate healthcare system–according to an IndiaSpend analysis of census data.
A health worker weighs an infant at a hospital in Agartala, Tripura. Of all infants in India who died before they completed 29 days post...
October 31, 2016
Police have filed two cases against more than 1,000 people over Sunday’s attack on temples and homes of the Hindu community in Nasirnagar of Brahmanbaria
An unruly mob of hundreds of people armed with locally-made weapons demolished at least 10 temples to the ground along with vandalising hundreds of houses of the Hindu community at Brahminbaria‘s Nasirnagar upazila on Sunday...
October 31, 2016
Despite stringent laws and awareness campaigns, as many as 910 cases of rape have been reported in Kerala in the first six months of this year, giving an indication of continuing atrocities against women in the state.
A total of 7,909 cases of crimes against women were reported across the state upto July, according to state police’s crime statistics.
Of them, 2332 were cases of...
October 31, 2016
The Indian political leadership and a section of the intelligentsia have been hysterical over the death of 19 soldiers in a recent attack on an army base in Kashmir. The September 18 attack that also left four militants dead has been blamed on Pakistan-based terror groups. The Indian government continues to claim that the insurgents fighting for the right to self-determination in Kashmir are...
October 31, 2016
Soni Sori, a human rights defender and an Adivasi school teacher from Chhattisgarh, was in Mumbai recently to talk at an event organised to commemorate Justice (retired) Suresh Hosbet's 25 years of contribution to the human rights struggle in India post his retirement. This event was orgainsed by Majlis, a women's rights organisation in collaboration with Human Rights Law Network (HRLN),...
October 31, 2016
बॉलीवुड फिल्म ‘ए दिल है मुश्किल’ की रिलीज के लिए महाराष्ट्र नवनिर्माण सेना (MNS) के चीफ राज ठाकरे द्वारा फिल्म को रिलीज़ करने के लिए हुई 5 करोड़ रुपए की डील के बाद लगातार बॉलिवुड से इस बारे में प्रतिक्रियाएं आई, अब इन प्रतिक्रियाओं में एक और नाम जुड़ गया है फरहान अख्तर का जिन्होंने इस बात पर अपनी नाराज़गी ज़ाहिर की है।
फिल्म अभिनेता फरहान अख्तर ने फिल्म ‘ऐ दिल है मुश्किल...
October 31, 2016
मराठवाड़ा में इस मानसून ने इतनी अधिक बारिश करा दी कि खरीफ व सोयाबीन की फसलों को काफी नुकसान हुआ शायद इस वजह से इस बार भी किसानों ने आत्महत्या का रास्ता चुना
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औरंगाबाद (जेएनएन)। मराठवाड़ा में जुलाई से अक्टूबर तक की अवधि के दौरान करीब 342 किसानों ने आत्महत्या की घटना ने सरकारी अधिकारियों को उलझन में डाल दिया है क्योंकि इस साल मानसून के दौरान क्षेत्र में...
October 31, 2016
The inaction of the police and university authorities is baffling.
It has been more than two weeks since a student – Najeeb Ahmed – disappeared from the campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University in the national capital, following a brutal thrashing and threats at the hands of a group of students belonging to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. The thrashing followed an...