Over 200 Jains embrace voluntary death per year…
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA ,Saturday, September 30, 2006 AHMEDABAD, SEPTEMBER 30: Vimla Devi, the 61 year old cancer patient who courted death in Jaipur, is not alone in doing so as more than 200 Jains embrace…
Director, Jahangirabad Media Institute
Jahangirabad Media Institute has been set up by Jahangirabad Education Trust under Jahangirabad Institute of Technology as one of its centers of excellence in electronic media. JMI aims to train and shape highly skilled professionals…
'Marad commission report may not stand the test…
Ignatius Pereira, The Hindu, Sep 29, 2006Legal circles say the panel has not adhered to the principle of natural justice Legal circles point out that the panel has not adhered to the principle of natural…
India's "colonial" justice system threatens rights
Tue Sep 26, 2006 NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India must do more to transform its "British colonial-era" criminal justice institutions as it fights terrorism or it will breach human rights, a report by a U.S.…
Ram Puniyani : Terror Trails: Investigations into Malegaon…
By Ram PuniyaniInvestigating the acts of terrorism and pinpointing the culprits is not an easy job. With the prejudiced mindset of the powers that be, it becomes more shrouded in mystery. At times it is…
Marad riots: Kerala for CBI probe
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Kerala Government has urged the Centre to have the communal riots that claimed 14 lives at the coastal village of Marad in Kozhikode district on January 4, 2002, and May 2, 2003, probed…
Black warrants against Afzal heighten tensions in Kashmir
Srinagar, Sep 28 (IANS) A separatist group in Jammu and Kashmir has warned of 'dire consequences' if parliament attacker Mohammad Afzal is hanged even as another frontline group called for a day's shutdown on Friday…
Praful Bidwai : A litmus test of impartiality
Front Line Magazine, Volume 23 - Issue 19 :: Sep. 23-Oct. 06, 2006Fairness of the investigations into the Malegaon blasts will decide whether the Indian state can re-establish its secular credentials and win Muslim hearts.THE…