NCHRO mourns the demise of Girish Karnad Girish Karnad Bengaluru: The National Confederation of Human Rights Organisations (NCHRO) is extremely saddened by the passing of Girish Karnad , the illustrious playwright and actor. The nation…
Muslims are harassed in name of terror: PM
NEW DELHI: Acknowledging that Muslim youth are sometimes harassed in the "name of terrorists", Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday night asked security forces to observe "zero tolerance" for fundamental human rights violations while dealing…
Disabled, but ready to decide India's future
KOLKATA: Saswati Acharya has had a voting card for 16 years but never cast a ballot. That's true for 35-year-old Jija Ghosh, 42-year-old Kuhu Das and nearly 25 lakh adults, who have voting rights without…
Rotten In The State Of India : HS…
The CBI’s clean chit for Tytler is a negation of the principles of justice says HARVINDER SINGH PHOOLKA, the counsel of 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims Read More
Work shop on Dalit Adtivasi Studies Hyderabad
Department of Cultural Studies EFL University, HyderabadWorkshop for SC/ST Research Scholars 2009 'Theme: Critical Theory / Critical Practice' April 22-29, 2009 The Department of Cultural Studies will be conducting a workshop for Dalit and Adivasi…
Ravi Chander report reveals torture and illegal detention…
A number of Muslim youths were illegally detained by the AP State Police and tortured to make them confess to the bombings in Hyderabad in 2007. Later courts have released all youths for lack of…
ihar no. 1 in terms of money earned…
PATNA: Having hogged the limelight for all wrong reasons in the past, jails in Bihar, for a change, are now making the state proud at least on one front. This pertains to money earned by…
Politicians worship animals to win polls
Bangalore: Political leaders worshipping Gods and Goddesses before filing their nomination papers to contest elections is common, but Kannada Chaluvali Vatal Paksha leader Vatal Nagaraj and K Prabhakar Reddy, contesting the Lok Sabha elections from…
Dalit forum demands probe into death
MANGALORE: The district unit of Dalit Sangharsh Samiti (Ambedkarvada) has demanded a thorough inquiry into the death of Rajappa who was working at the farm of BJP leader and Karnataka Coastal Development Authority chairman B…