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…
Relatives of 7/11 accused allege torture, probe ordered
Menaka Rao, Indian Express,October 11, 2006Mumbai, October 10: Maharashtra’s Director General of Police P S Pasricha is looking into the allegations of torture and brutality by the Mumbai police in the 7/11 investigations after relatives…
Squandering public funds for a handful of people
Dinesh Mohan , business-standard.com, New Delhi October 07, 2006The Rs 16,978 cr farm package is for four states, the Rs 17,200 cr OBC package is for students all over the country, but the Metro's Rs…
Hindutva Terrorists disrupts church meet
HT Correspondent,Jabalpur, October 11, 2006THE DHARMA Raksha Sena —- a VHP outfit, allegedly disrupted an annual meeting of Pentecostal Church on Tuesday evening at Khamaria. The Sena activists allegedly tore a banner and damaged the…
Child malnutrition in India highest in the world:…
NEW DELHI,A United Nations report on hunger and malnutrition in India says millions of Indians still suffer from chronic undernourishment and severe micronutrient malnutrition, especially women and children and people belonging to lower castes.The numbers…
Sunshine India: Encounter Killings, Torture and Custodial Deaths
C R Sridhar , 11 October 2006 Sridhar is a Koshy's regular, a Tinto Brass fan, and a cynical BangaloreanThe Ruling elite of our nation is in the grip of delusions of grandeur. The GDP…
CBI files Rs 2-cr charge at George in…
October 11, 2006 NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 10: Six years after India signed the Rs 1,150-crore Barak missile deal with an Israeli company, the CBI has registered an FIR naming former Defence Minister George Fernandes, his…
India observes 'World Day Against the Death Penalty'
New Delhi, Oct 10, Banners saying 'Abolish Death Penalty' were hung across rivers and candle light vigils were held in cities as human rights activists observed the 'World Day Against the Death Penalty' in the…
Study: 655,000 Iraqis die because of war
By MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science Writer NEW YORK - A controversial new study contends nearly 655,000 Iraqis have died because of the war, suggesting a far higher death toll than other estimates.The timing of the…