Rural infrastructure pegged at Rs 1.58 cr
New Delhi, PTI :With the cost of providing improved road, water, telecom and power infrastructure to rural India pegged at a whopping Rs 1,58,313 crore, a Tata-sponsored study has proposed that the government subsidise private…
CHRO statement on World Human Rights Day, 10th…
A Statement by the Confederation of Human Rights Organizations, Kerala on the World Human Rights Day, 10, Dec 200610 December This year Human Rights Day focuses on fighting poverty as a matter of obligation, not…
Finally, Gujarat reserve ' Love Affairs' to hindu…
VHP workers thrash young couples IBNLIVE.COM , Dec 9 2006Khajuraho Temple Ahmedabad: After the Meerut Police carried out Operation Majnu to crack-down on pesky eveteasers, it was the VHP's turn to moral police the society.VHP and…
Choosing jail over a minimum-wage job
Bill Horne , The Times Gazzette Prisoners of Abu Guharib Folks, about six weeks ago an elderly gentleman, and I say gentleman because he has been described as "a charming old man," walked into a…
State abduction of Indian Muslim in South Arfica
Into Thin Air, Escourt Abduction (repeats 10 December 2006) Source :Carte Blanche On Nov the 2nd last year the Washington Post carried a front page story that made headlines around the world. It reported that…