Month February 2018
Bella.Jaisinghani Mumbai: How many years has it taken successive governments to install a light bulb at Elephanta Island? The answer is 70 years, which probably counts as the most poignant of all light bulb jokes. On Thursday, this picturesque location just… Continue Reading →
Forest Rights Act allows government to divert forest lands for other purposes only after prior consent of the tribals through gram sabhas Nitin Sethi | Forest rights of tribals over their traditional lands in Ghatbarra village of Surguja district have been taken… Continue Reading →
Eternal vigil and quick punishment, not privatisation, is the answer to bank fraud. Mythili Bhusnurmath Senior consultant, National Council of Applied Economic Research For the past fortnight or so, the Rs 11,400-crore fraud at the Punjab National Bank (PNB) has… Continue Reading →
The details have been sought to ascertain the role of these officials, arguing that half an hour after the ‘rapes’, senior officers showed up at Sukhdev Dhaba, an eatery on the Chandigarh–Delhi highway, and escorted the victims to the Delhi… Continue Reading →
New Delhi, February 22, 2018 The study of the National Pharmaceutical Price Authority (NPPA) that analyzed patient bills from four prominent private hospitals is the newest evidence of overcharging and exploitation of patients. Patients and health groups… Continue Reading →
CONDEMN THE ARREST OF ADVOCATE UPENDRA NAYAK BY THE ODISHA POLICE! RELEASE ADV. NAYAK IMMEDIATELY AND UNCONDITIONALLY! 23rd February 2018 The Indian Association of People’s Lawyers condemns the arrest… Continue Reading →
“Delhi government has decided to stop aadhaar being mandatory for the distribution of ration, this was decided at the cabinet which couldn’t take place at the Secretariat today due to protests,” said Manish Sisodia. B There have been numerous reports… Continue Reading →
HIGHLIGHTS Actor Kamal Haasan’s political party will be known as Makkal Needhi Maiam (People’s Justice Centre). The flag of his party is a set of hands holding one another by the wrist with a star in the middle…. Continue Reading →
Feb 22, 2018, 05:45 IST Officials from a private company visited Mandla to collect soil samples but farmers from 3 villages banded tog… Read More BHOPAL: Up in arms against the Rs 17,000 crore Chutka nuclear power plant project, famers in Mandla… Continue Reading →
By- North East Network (NEN) Nagaland Introduction North East Network (NEN) is a women’s rights organization, working in the states of Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland. Since 1995, NEN has been working on issues of Gender-based Discrimination and… Continue Reading →