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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.
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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.
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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.
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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...
October 24, 2016
आरएसएस के सहयोगी संगठन शिक्षा संस्कृति उत्थान न्यास ने मानव संसाधन मंत्रालय को अपनी रिपोर्ट में अंग्रेजी में शिक्षा देने की व्यवस्था खत्म करने की सिफारिश की है। उसकी यह सिफारिश दलितों और हाशिये के समुदायों को और पीछे धकेलने की कोशिश है।
आरएसएस के एक सहयोगी संगठन ने अंग्रेजी माध्यम से पढ़ाई खत्म करने की सिफारिश की है। देश भर के दलित स्कॉलर्स और कार्यकर्ताओं ने संघ के इस कदम का कड़ा विरोध...
October 24, 2016
As India and Pakistan blame one another for the violence in Kashmir, the situation remains at an impasse. The only way forward is reform, dialogue, and level-headed policy.
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As violence escalates between Indian police and Kashmir’s pro-independence protestors, the international community remains silent. Soon this silence threatens to become as...
October 24, 2016
Agitating JNU students today formed a human chain from the administrative block to the Vice-Chancellor’s residence to protest the university administration’s “inaction” in tracing a missing student of the varsity.
A student of School of Biotechnology, Najeeb Ahmed, allegedly went missing on last Saturday following a brawl on the campus allegedly with members of ABVP...