Bangluru 24 January! The National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations (NCHRO) organises the Mukundan C Menon Award since 2006 every year. The award is instituted by NCHRO in memory of late Mr. Mukundan C Menon,…
A protest with a difference against Bush visit
Kochi: In a unique protest against US President George Bush's India visit, the Anti-Bush Campaign Committee here is organising a three-day festival of documentary films from March 3 depicting alleged atrocities by the US in…
India govt raises military spending by 7.2 pct…
02.28.2006, 06:28 AM, AFX News Limited NEW DELHI (AFX) - The government is raising military spending by 7.2 pct to 890 bln rupees (19.8 bln US$) in the budget for the year to March 2007…
Attack on woman leader: CPI(M) refutes charge
Says it was the outcome of group rivalry in Congress ALAPPUZHA: The alleged attack on Mahila Congress State president Shanimol Usman at the Alappuzha Medical College on February has raked up a controversy with the…
Slavery flourishing under police protection in Varanasi
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from our local partner, the Peoples’ Vigilance Committee for Human Rights (PVCHR), about bonded labour effectively slavery - being practiced by brick kiln owners in…
U.S. Media To Moderate Muslims: Do As We…
Moderate Muslims must “abandon the illusion that they can placate the Islamists by straddling the fence.” At least that was the position taken by The New York Times editorial page on Saturday. It’s pretty good…
Protest in Srinagar, Police seize India Today copies
Srinagar | February 28, 2006 8:46:17 PM IST Police burst teargas shells and resorted to repeated lathi-charge to disperse demonstrators protesting against the publication of pictures of Muslim holy place of Mecca on a…
Union Budget fails to address interests of states…
Kolkata | February 28, 2006 8:44:14 PM IST Castigating the Union Budget for 2006-07, West Bengal Finance Minister Asim Dasgupta today said it failed to propose any concrete measure to bring down unempleoyment and…
Gujarat cheers at higher allocations for its core…
Ahmedabad | February 28, 2006 8:43:39 PM IST With huge investments already being made in the state's infrastructure sectors, Gujarat has reasons to cheer about increased allocations in Union Budget for 2006-07 for sectors…