Attappady 25-Mar-2016 : Around 300 tribeswomen here are on an indefinite agitation under Thaykula Sanghom, a women’s collective, seeking closure of the nearest liquor retail outlet at Anaikatty town. The liquor shop, at the eastern…
One Sri Lankan Tamil's testimony: beaten, branded, suffocated…
12 June 2014 Siva, a Tamil from Sri Lanka, is facing deportation from the UK for the second time in two years. The last time he fought the journey every inch of the way. "They…
Cops gang-rape woman inside police station in Uttar…
12 June 2014 A woman who had gone to find out the reason of her husband’s arrest was allegedly gang-raped by three policemen, including a sub inspector and two constables, inside a police station in…
Girl raped at gunpoint by youth in Muzaffarnagar
5 June 2014 A 14-year-old girl was allegedly raped at gunpoint by a youth at her house in Khubbapur village in the district, police said on Thursday. The girl’s mother lodged a complaint with…
Woman Bus Conductor Beaten, Stripped by Male Passenger…
5 June 2014 Dombivli, Thane: A woman conductor on a state transport bus was dragged out of the vehicle, stripped and beaten by a male passenger on the outskirts of Mumbai this morning, police said.…
Grisly murders highlight social strains in Modi's India
5 June 2014 (Reuters) - When a farm labourer in this hardscrabble village in Uttar Pradesh went to the police last week to report that his daughter and her cousin had gone missing, a constable…
Tamil Nadu: Hindutva moral police threaten hotels offering…
30 dec 2011COIMBATORE: Activists of a local Hindutva brigade attempted to barge into a leading star hotel in the city on Wednesday demanding to stop its plan to hold New Year party in 'western style'.…
Half the districts in India affected by women…
New Delhi: At least half the 612 districts in the country are affected by trafficking of women and children for commercial sexual exploitation, according to a report. The report by the National Commission for Women…
Human rights activist wins US courage award
Indian-American Human rights activist Mallika Dutt has won the American Courage Award for her human rights work in India and the United States. The 47-year-old activist, who grew up in Calcutta, will receive the award…