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November 6, 2016
उत्तर प्रदेश। यह आत्महत्या का महिमामंडन नहीं है। लेकिन आत्महत्या दुख और भावनात्मक लाचारी के चरम से पार कर जाने के बाद का कदम है। इसे जो लोग मानसिक रूप से बीमार व्यक्ति का लक्षण मानते हैं, वे शायद सही ही कहते होंगे...क्योंकि वे ऐसा मानते होंगे...!
उत्तर प्रदेश के एक गांव में रहनेवाली 40 साल की औरत तब आत्महत्या करने पर मजबूर हो गई जब उसके बलात्कार का वीडियो सोशल नेटवर्किंग वेबसाइट वॉट्सऐप पर...
November 6, 2016
If not Theresa May, the accompanying media ought to note the gross human rights violations and crackdowns on dissent that abound.
Prime Minister Theresa May holds a meeting with her Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, on the second day of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou, China. Stefan Rousseau/PA Images.
Britain's recently elected Prime Minister Theresa May, post-Brexit, has chosen to visit...
November 6, 2016
The nation is facing a crisis right now, and unity is what is required from all
Photo credit: Dhaka Tribune
The Hindu community in Bangladesh is under assault.
Every Bangladeshi with a conscience needs to stand up for them, and stand alongside with them.
The ruling party deserves praise, as it has always historically been the party of pluralism and minority rights, and the...
November 5, 2016
More than a year before the killing of eight SIMI activists in a purported encounter following a jailbreak in Bhopal, a Khandwa court had acquitted one of the undertrials in a 2011 case, and had held evidence in the 2011 case against three of them “not believable”, reported The Indian Express.
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In its judgement, the court had come down heavily upon...
November 5, 2016
The recent arrests of HDP co-leaders and MPs is another dangerous episode in Turkey’s road towards absolute dictatorship.
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Let us stop pretending otherwise: Turkey is now under a dictatorial regime established step by step under the gaze of, and with tacit support from western governments and institutions. Kurdish and democratic forces...
November 5, 2016
The recent purported encounter in Bhopal of eight men who were undergoing trial in cases related to accusations of participation in terrorist activities is not merely one more encounter in the long history of such dubious encounters. This encounter is made more disturbing by the fact that the State government and its chief functionaries did not really seem interested in claiming that the...
November 4, 2016
एक दानिश्वर की मशहूर लाइन है- जो इतिहास भूल जाते हैं, वे इसे दोहराने की गलती करते हैं. इतिहास में तीस साल, लंबा वक्त नहीं होता है. फिर भी लगता है कि हम बहुत जल्दी भूलने के आदी हो गये हैं. नतीजतन, बुरे वक्त को दोहराने की गलती करते रहते हैं. फिर वैसा ही माहौल बनाने की कोशिश हो रही है, जैसा तीस साल पहले बनाया गया था. वैसा ही उन्माद पैदा करने की कोशिश हो रही है. समाज को वैसे ही बांटने की कोशिश हो रही...
November 3, 2016
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday visited Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over missing student Najeeb Ahmed, who continues to remain untraced for nearly 20 days. Political leaders Shashi Tharoor and Mani Shankar Aiyer were also present
Before visited JNU, Arvind Kejriwal posted a tweet asking ‘where is Najeeb Ahmad...
November 3, 2016
Following an altercation with a local Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader on Monday, brother of slain gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh and his guard have been hospitalised in Nagda town of Ujjain, reported The Indian Express.
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Rubabuddin Sheikh has alleged that he was severely beaten up for his presence in a Hindu locality by the VHP leader and a gau-...
November 3, 2016
हमीरपुर। क्या मंदिर सिर्फ सवर्णों की बपौती है या हिन्दुओं के भगवान सिर्फ सवर्णों की पूजा स्वीकार करते हैं? पिछले दिनों बिहार में लक्ष्मी पूजा करने पर सवर्ण जाति के लोगों ने महादलितों की पिटाई कर दी थी यही नहीं उनके घरों पर पथराव भी किया था। अब ऐसी ही एक घटना यूपी के बुंदेलखंड से सामने आई है जहां एक सवर्ण ने मंदिर जाने पर एक दलित बुजुर्ग की आग लगाकर हत्या कर दी।
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