Month March 2017
The court had on March 15 reserved its order after the counsel appearing for the students submitted that the “lie detector test is unconstitutional and illegal unless it is voluntary”. Patiala House Court Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sumit Dass on Thursday… Continue Reading →
Arunabh Kumar is an IIT graduate who is the founder and CEO of the digital entertainment start-up The Viral Fever.(Twitter) A second case was registered on Thursday against Arunabh Kumar, the founder and CEO of web entertainment firm TVF, on… Continue Reading →
by Dr Buddhi Kota Subbarao — “To err is human. Courts including the apex one are no exception. To own up the mistake when judicial satisfaction is reached does not militate against its status or authority. Perhaps it would enhance… Continue Reading →
The mayor passed a resolution to keep away those who didn’t follow suit. Somak Ghoshal HINDUSTAN TIMES VIA GETTY IMAGES The promise of sabke saath, sabka vikas (to stand by all communities and work for their development) with which Yogi… Continue Reading →
Lidia Senra, member of the European Parliament from Galician Left Alternative (GLE) and Fabio de Masi member of the European Parliament from Die Linke, send a letter to the European Commission about the situation of Professor GN Saibaba: Open Letter… Continue Reading →
Following Yogi Adityanath-led government’s crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses in Uttar Pradesh, meat has gone off the menu at Aligarh Muslim University. With meat going off the menu at AMU, students have written to the vice-chancellor seeking his intervention. In… Continue Reading →
Nana Kofi Yalley’s fb post It was a dream country to visit one day, only to find my dream come through by having a chance to migrate and stay here for 3 years an offer that was more than… Continue Reading →
INDEPENDENT PEOPLES TRIBUNAL (IPT) ON ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES AND EXTRA JUDICIAL KILLINGS IN AMRITSAR 1ST AND 2ND APRIL 2017 The Punjab Documentation and Advocacy Project [PDAP] in collaboration with prominent human rights organisations in Punjab and India will be holding a… Continue Reading →
Srijato has been embroiled in controversy regarding his poem about Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath. KOLKATA — A case was registered on Wednesday against unknown persons for threatening eminent Bengali poet Mandakranta Sen with gangrape for expressing solidarity with fellow… Continue Reading →
No Night Shifts For Women, They Are Needed At Home, Say Karnataka Legislators No Night Shifts For Women, They Are Needed At Home, Say Karnataka Legislators The proposal as well as the justification of the committee chairman has met with… Continue Reading →