Fr. Stan Swamy 08.10.2020Ranchi The National Investigation Agency on Thursday arrested human rights activist Stan Swamy from Ranchi, Jharkhand, his colleagues said. Swamy, a Jesuit priest has previously been questioned in the Bhima Koregaon case.…
Orissa: Banned outfits to move HC
Sampad Mahapatra, NDTV.COMSaturday, June 10, 2006 (Bhubaneswar):The Orissa state cabinet has banned the CPI-Maoist and seven other organizations believed to be linked to them under the Criminal Law Amendment Act.The decision is believed to have…
Praful Bidwai : Risk of Hardline Anti-Naxal Policy
By Praful Bidwai, June 8, 2006, Nav Hind TimesThe Chhattisgarh government is about to launch a massive military operation against the Naxalites with more than a dozen Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) battalions under the…
Bangaru faces chargesheet in Tehelka sting
Sunetra Choudhury/Sam Daniel/Sudhi Ranjan Sen, NDTV.COMSaturday, July 8, 2006 (New Delhi/Chennai):The CBI is soon likely to chargesheet former BJP president Bangaru Laxman in the Tehelka case.NDTV has learnt that it was actually his former secretary…
Kerala weavers produce wonder fabric
Gilvester Assary, June 9, 2006, NDTV.COM (Balaramapuram): Handloom Weavers Development Society in Kerala's Balaramapuram is catching international attention for its ayurvedic textiles - known as Ayurvastra.Now the society has established an Ayurvastra Centre at a…
Kandadevi festival: police plan to arrest Dalit activists…
Hindu, 8 July 2006, TamilnaduSIVAGANGA: With just a day left for the car festival at Swarnamurtheeshwarar temple in Kandadevi,the Federation of Dalit Liberation Organisations has alleged that the police plan to arrest Dalit activists before…
J&K sets up cabinet panel on human rights
July 08, 2006 PTI SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday constituted a three-member cabinet sub-committee headed by Deputy Chief Minister Muzaffar Hussain Baig to monitor the implementation of recommendations of the state human…
5,000 residents evicted in Gujarat, 12 dams on…
Zee News, 8 July, 2006Ahmedabad, July 06: Monsoon rains lashed most parts of Gujarat on Wednesday with the total death toll reaching 22 and authorities declaring alert on 12 dams. As many as 5,000 residents…
Lord Pashupatinath
IANS, Friday, July 07, 2006 KATHMANDU: Less than a week after it asked the royal family to submit details of their properties, Nepal’s parliament will now investigate the wealth of an even greater power -…