हिंसा
October 23, 2016
One in three women around the world currently experience gender-based violence. Harmful practices such as trafficking, forced marriage, domestic violence and female genital mutilation occur both in public and in private spaces.
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One in three women around the world currently experience gender-based violence. Harmful practices such as...
October 23, 2016
शुक्रवार को एनसीआरबी ने जेल में रहने वाले कैदियों पर एक रिपोर्ट जारी किया है। एनसीआरबी की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार जेल में रहने वाले तीन में से दो कैदी दलित, पिछड़े और कम पढ़े-लिखे तबके के लोग हैं। एनसीआरबी ने ये आंकड़े तब जारी किए हैं जब देश के पांच राज्यों में चुनाव होने हैं और इन राज्यों में धर्म और जाति के आधार पर अक्सर वोटों का ध्रुवीकरण देखने को मिलता है।
एनसीआरबी की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार...
October 22, 2016
On the afternoon of Friday, August 5, 2016, reports started coming in that the Bajrang Dal activists looted and burnt shops owned by Muslims in the town of Chhapra, the district headquarters of Saran in North Bihar. One of the shops happened to have been owned by Balaghul Mobin of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) – the dominant ruling alliance.
Image: Rediff
When the police officers in...
October 20, 2016
When the US pulled out of Vietnam it was at least clear who would take over. The same can't be said of Yemen which, for most purposes, is now a failed state and likely to remain so for a long time.
Photocredit: Common Dreams
On October 16, the United States, Britain and the UN's special envoy issued a joint call for a rapid and unconditional ceasefire in Yemen.
"We are...
October 20, 2016
While upholding the conviction of 17 convicts, Gujarat High Court acquitted on Thursday remaining 14 convicts in Sardarpura massacre case of 2002.
Image: The Indian Express
Out of the 62 accused in the massacre that was probed by a Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team, 31 were convicted for life imprisonment and the remaining had pleaded not guilty in the special court...
October 20, 2016
Bhupendra Vira, who battled illegal constructions, was shot dead in his home last week.
Imaget: D Stalin/Facebook
In the past six years, Bhupendra Vira filed more than 3,000 applications under the Right to Information Act regarding encroachments and illegal construction in his neighbourhood in Kalina, Mumbai. On the night of October 15, the 61-year-old’s activism was brought to an...
October 19, 2016
Challenging the reinstatement of retired police officers accused in alleged fake encounter cases in Gujarat, former IPS officer Rahul Sharma has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Gujarat High Court.
Rahul Sharma. Image: Indian Express
Earlier this month, Gujarat government reappointed police officer Tarun Barot almost two years after his retirement and granted...
October 19, 2016
लेखक और विकलांग कार्यकर्ता सलिल चतुर्वेदी विनम्र व्यक्तियों में से एक हैं वो बच्चों के पसंदीदा टेलीविजन कार्यक्रम ‘गली गली सिम सिम’ के मूल कलाकारों का हिस्सा था। उन्होने विशेष रूप से अंधे व्यक्तियों के लिए पहली कोंकणी ऑडियोबुक बनाई थी। लेकिन नए भारत के इस बदलते माहौल में उन्हे कुछ देशभक्त लोगों द्वारा मुश्किल का सामना करना पड़ा।
दरअसल सलिल चतुर्वेदी रजनीकांत की फिल्म कबाली...
October 19, 2016
After MNS, Telangana BJP MLA Raja Singh has opposed screening of upcoming Bollywood film “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”, starring Pakistani actor Fawad Khan.
Photo: News 18
Singh threatened that he would “attack” theatres in entire Telangana, starting from his constituency Goshamahal, if the film is screened there.
“My idea is that a message should go to Pakistan in...
October 18, 2016
Hearing of the final court appeal of Asia Bibi – accused of blasphemy, in the Pakistan Supreme Court was indefinitely adjourned on October 13, 2016 after one of the judges pulled out of the three-member bench hearing the appeal. As per the media reports, the judiciary is under tremendous pressure from the hardline religious groups who want to ensure execution of “blasphemous”...