Ranjan Solomon is a human rights defender and social activist. He is Working President of NCHRO-Goa Chapter India: Turning into a Nation without Law, Order, or Justice Anand Teltumbde, a well-known writer, academic, civil rights…
Prostitution growing in India, says survey
July 02, 2006, IANSNEW DELHI: From poverty to erosion of values, several factors are pushing more and more women and young girls to take to prostitution all over India, says a new study.Although it is…
After 14 years, Babri demolition probe panel term…
Thursday, June 29th, 2006, India E NewsNew Delhi - The term of the Liberhan Commission, formed 14 years ago to probe the demolition of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya and originally given a mandate of…
Stop witch-hunting of Muslims: RJD
Patna, July. 2 (PTI): Charging the Nitish Kumar Government with "witch-hunting" the minority Muslim community under "pressure" from its saffron partner the BJP, the RJD today said it would never allow the NDA Government to…
Internal survey paints gloomy picture for BJP in…
Nistula Hebbar / Business Standard, New Delhi July 01, 2006An internal survey of the BJP on its poll prospects in Uttar Pradesh, which goes to polls soon, does not give the party more than 30-35…
UAE Domestic workers face abusive employers
[ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations] © IRINDomestic workers in the UAE often face abuse and poor conditions, activists say DUBAI, 2 Jul 2006 (IRIN) - On an…
Four named to Kashmir working groups
Sunday, July 2, 2006 (Srinagar):Setting in motion the Kashmir peace roadmap, the Jammu and Kashmir government has announced the names of eminent personalities to head four of the five working groups proposed by Prime Minister…
CBI to chargesheet Laxman in Tehelka case
Sunday, July 2, 2006 (New Delhi): The CBI is all set to file its first chargesheet in the Tehelka expose against former BJP President Bangaru Laxman and two of his aides. Highly placed CBI sources…
Man uses RTI to see what PMO hides
Press Trust Of India, July 02, 2006 New Delhi: The row over the PMO's refusal to divulge classified correspondence between Rashtrapati Bhawan and the then Prime Minister A B Vajpayee on the Gujarat riots to…