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,…
NEPAL RELIGION : The Death Of Vishnu
Nepal is a secular—not Hindu—state now. Christian conspiracy, as the RSS alleges? Manoj Dahal / Outlook India Magazine, June 5, 2006 Hindu Vs SecularNepal declared secular as a reaction against the Hindutva brigade's perceived opposition to…
'Journalists for Democracy' call for balanced reporting of…
By Pankaj Yadav, New Delhi, 28 May, 2006, ANI There is an intense caste bias against Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Castes (OBCs) within the media, particularly in northern parts of…
Shocking revelation of a shell explosion
By N Madhuprasad DH News Service Bangalore:The VOG-17 is 30 mm grenade ammunition, and has a basic high explosive fragmentation warhead with lethal damage and kill zone radius of about 7-9 meter. The Shell that exploded…
Muslim Political Council formed in UP
28 May, 2006 PTI,Lucknow: Barely a fortnight after the formation of the Peoples' Democratic Front comprising several smaller Muslim outfits in Uttar Pradesh, a Muslim Political Council (MPC) was launched here today to take up…
Police official suspended for
IANSHyderabad, May 28: A traffic police sub-inspector has been suspended and a home guard dismissed for allegedly causing the death of two youths on a city road here.They had allegedly tried to forcibly stop a…
BJP MP reconverts tribals, Cardinal Toppo irked
IANSRanchi, May 26: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP, Mr Dileep Singh Judeo has reconverted 15 Christian tribals to their indigenous faith in Jharkhand, but the move has irked Cardinal Telesphore Toppo, the former archbishop…
Catholic priest seeks pistol, stirs row
IANSKottayam (Kerala), May 28: Fr Jacob Augustine, a Catholic priest here, has applied for a pistol license, kicking up a controversy.Fr Augustine had applied to the Kottayam Collectorate for a license in January, but a…
Indigenous people 'worst-off world over'
By David Loyn BBC Developing World correspondent Indigenous people are much worse off even in developing nations The health of indigenous people worldwide is much worse than that of other communities, even the poorest communities…