https://www.livelaw.in/columns/uapa-wrecking-lives-what-is-the-human-cost-177234 This article is not about how the draconian Unlawful Activities Prevention Act(UAPA) is leading to blatant violations of civil liberties and how the act is being used to criminalize dissent. Much has been written…
MEA wants easier passport norms; plans e-passport
By Liz Mathew,New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) If India's external affairs ministry has its way, a police check will not be required for issuing a passports to certain categories of people, while by 2013, the…
Katiyar backtracks after being booked for bounty offer
New Delhi/Jammu, June 11: Booked on the charge of inciting communal passions in Jammu and Kashmir by offering rewards of Rs one lakh each for any civilian killing a militant, BJP leader Vinay Katiyar today…
Deepika Vice Chairman served writ of summons over…
Pharis Aboobacker, the current Vice Chairman of Rashtra Deepika Ltd, which publishes Deepika Daily, has been served with writ summons from Singapore in a charity fund scandal worth S$ 5.28 Million. Mr Pharis, is a …
Pride and prejudice
The undemocratic spirit of the anti-reservation protests, the erroneous "merit" argument and the partisan media coverage capture a broader social malaise. GURINDER OSAN/AP AN ANTI-RESERVATION RALLY by medical students in New Delhi. The current response…
Mr C.V. Devan Nair and the Malayalis
CHENGARA VEETIL DEVAN NAIR, or C.V. Devan Nair, is dead. Not where he was born – in Malacca, Malaysia; not in the land of his adoption, Singapore whose president he became; but in exile in…