कानून का बोलबाला
December 29, 2016
Seven activists from Telangana have been arrested by Bastar police. A complaint has been filed against lawyer Shalini Gera.
On December 25, seven members of the Hyderabad-based civil rights body, Telangana Democratic Front, were arrested by Chhattisgarh police. The group included three lawyers, an independent journalist and three research scholars from Osmania University. The police...
December 29, 2016
रांची। झारखण्ड की राजधानी रांची में एक ट्रैफिक हवालदार को इसलिए सस्पेंड कर दिया गया क्योकि उसने अपनी ड्यूटी निभाते हुए मेयर की गाड़ी को रोक दिया। खबरों के मुताबिक रांची की मेयर आशा लकड़ा सुबह 11 बजे हरमू रोड की तरफ जा रही थीं।
तभी एक ट्रैफिक सिग्नल पर ट्रैफिक हवालदार संजीव कुमार ने उनकी गाडी रोकने का प्रयास किया लेकिन मेयर के ड्राईवर ने गाडी नहीं रोकी। ऐसे में ट्रैफिक पुलिस ने मेयर की...
December 29, 2016
The gangrape of a 30-year-old American woman in a Delhi five-star hotel in April 2016–revealed when she returned to India and spoke up on December 6, 2016–has returned the spotlight onto Delhi’s notorious reputation as a city being unsafe for women.
A foreign tourist looks on at a ghat in Varanasi. In 2015, 365 crimes against foreigners in India were registered, of...
December 28, 2016
Dalit man, pregnant wife thrashed for resisting cattle grazing at farm
Image: Times of India
A Dalit man and his pregnant wife were allegedly beaten up by members of another community at Ugala village in Gir Somnath district for preventing them from grazing their cattle in a farm where the couple had been working as labourers, police said on Tuesday, PTI reports. This falls in the Junagadh...
December 28, 2016
From the corruption watchdog to universities and even the Army, the government's meddling habits are wrecking democracy.
An institution is a framework of values, a structure of ritual tied to a vision marked by accountability and responsibility. An institution is a tradition of performance that anchors governance and democracy. An organisation is an act of doing, an instrumental...
December 28, 2016
PTI reports that the Bihar government today gave its nod for implementation of 50 per cent reservation in both subordinate and superior judicial services in the state.
With this decision taken on December 27, 50 per cent posts would be filled through reservation in both services with 21 per cent posts reserved for Extremely Backward Class (EBC), 12 per cent for Backward Class, 16 per cent...
December 27, 2016
Provoked: A True Story
‘ Today, I have come out of my husband’s jail and entered the jail of the law’
Kiranjit Ahluwalia 1989
Kiranjit Ahluwalia and Rahila Gupta
Published by Harper Collins India 2007
ISBN 9788172236700
The Southall Black Sisters' Inspiring Campaign:
‘Today, I have come out of my husband’s jail and entered the jail of the law...
December 27, 2016
Vice President Hamid Ansari today said the ground reality of delivering social justice in India is dismal even after 70 years of legislating welfare laws and adjudicating measures.
“Where do we stand on the ladder of equity? This is a question that citizens of the Republic can ask the state after 70 years of legislating welfare laws and adjudicating measures to deliver social justice....
December 27, 2016
The Telegraph reports a gruesome incident that showcases brute caste dynamics in rural areas of the country. 70-year-old farmer died in Madhya Pradesh's Bundelkhand region after he was reportedly forced to stand on one leg for about three hours to "atone" for a calf's death.
The village panchayat is reported to have issued a brutal diktat that eventually led to the man...
December 27, 2016
आईआईटी-मुंबई के एक कार्यक्रम में एक आधुनिक पेंटिंग का प्रदर्शन किया गया जिस पर शिव सेना भड़क गई और लोगों की धार्मिक भावनाओं के आहत होने का हवाला देते हुए कालेज का विरोध शुरू कर दिया जिसके कारण कालेज प्रशासन को तुरंत उस पेंटिंग को वहां से हटाना पड़ा।
इंडियन इंस्टीट्यूट ऑफ टेक्नोलॉजी (IIT) मुंबई के एक कार्यक्रम के दौरान शिवसेना नेता ने हनुमान की एक पेंटिंग देखकर विरोध करना शुरू कर दिया।...