Jharkhand: Activist Stan Swamy’s properties attached, NCHRO Condemn Targeting Human Rights Defenders. Jharkhand Police attach Stan Swami’s properties. NCHRO deeply concerned, attachment of the belongings of 83-year-old Stan Swamy, from his residence at the Bagaicha…
Nominations are now open for 2019 Mukundan C Menon Award. Mukundan C Menon Award 2019 Nominations are now open for 2019 Mukundan C Menon Award. The award instituted by The National Confederation of Human Rights…
oct 29 1011by Mukul KesavanWhen I studied history as an undergraduate in Delhi University in the mid-1970s, A.K. Ramanujan’s essay, “Three Hundred Ramayanas”, hadn’t been written and therefore couldn’t be read. The current vice-chancellor of…
29 oct 2011By B.G. VergheseThe Manipur blockade has gone far beyond a demonstrative measure and must be ended. The ordinary people have suffered enough. The Kuki-Naga quarrel at the root of the agitation is esoteric…
Indian Express 29 oct 2011 Ahead of next year’s municipal elections, the BJP-led Municipal Corporation of Delhi has decided to leave its mark, all set in concrete. The civic agency is in the process of…
The Times of India,ARATI R JERATH 29 oct 2011 The year was 1952 and independent India's first general elections were in full swing. Only one person dared to challenge the country's first prime minister, Jawaharlal…
24 oct 2011This press statement was issued by the JAMMU AND KASHMIR COALITION OF CIVIL SOCIETY on 19 October 2011 Over the last 22 years in Jammu and Kashmir, the Armed Forces Special Powers Act…
24 oct 2011 commentary by Manoj Mitta and Vidya Subrahmaniam]In another first for communal violence cases, amicus curiae Raju Ramachandran has proposed criminal action against senior police officers for causing death by negligence during the…
24 oct 2011OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTNew Delhi: The Goa tourism ministry has scrapped a session on gay tourism at an industry festival after some local outfits and the Shiv Sena complained against it.The session on lesbian,…
24 oct 2011 From: Indian Decade / The Diplomat blogs The Rise of the Right WingBy Sanjay KumarIf terrorism poses a periodic external threat to India, right wing Hindu fanatics pose a more constant danger…