कानून का बोलबाला
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।...
December 27, 2016
In bringing objectionable practices and policies to light, whistleblowers break the lawful trust of their bosses in order to better serve their real employers – us. President Barack Obama conveyed the displeasure of an unhappy boss in his initial response to government-contracted techy Edward Snowden’s exposure of uncouth data gathering – spying, by another name, on Americans...
December 27, 2016
अगर एक जनवरी तक मेरा बेटा वापस नहीं आया और ABVP के गुंडों की गिरफ़्तारी नहीं की तो मैं दिल्ली के किसी भी बड़े चौराहे पर अपने बेटे मुजीब के साथ भूख हड़ताल पर बैठूंगी. क्या तुम लोग मेरा साथ दोगे..?
ये अपील सोशल मीडिया पर 2 दिन से घूम रही है. ये अपील है एक बेबस और मजबूर माँ की जिसका जवान बेटा दिल्ली की एक बड़ी यूनिवर्सिटी से 2 महीने से ज़्यादा समय से गायब है. जेएनयू का छात्र नजीब अहमद 2 महीने...
December 27, 2016
News channel NDTV has slammed the RSS ideologue and Chennai journalist, S Gurumurthy, for allegedly ‘trading lies’ about using its website Pgurus.
The channel took an extraordinary step to carry its official statement on its website by strongly rubbishing allegations by Gurumurthy about the latter’s charges of financial irregularities in the NDTV.
The NDTV statement said...