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Day October 31, 2018

India: 75 Professors, 30 Institutes, What Happened To Raya Sarkar’s List Of Sexual Harassers? #MeToo

We asked 23 colleges and universities if they conducted an enquiry into the allegations against their faculty. By Piyasree Dasgupta RAYA SARKAR FACEBOOK. Exactly a year ago, Raya Sarkar published a list of names of alleged sexual harassers in academia…. Continue Reading →

Forceful land acquisition and government brutalities define Jharkhand’s Adani power-plant project #StopAdani

With much fanfare, Jharkhand government signed an MoU with Adani groups in 2016 to setup a powerplant in Godda district. A recent fact-finding visit of members of Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha, an umbrella network of more than 30 people’s organisations, found that this project… Continue Reading →

Pakistani woman Asia Bibi acquitted after Supreme Court overturns death sentence for blasphemy

Asia Bibi has been living on death row since 2010 when she became the first woman to be sentenced to death under Pakistan’s blasphemy laws She was condemned for allegedly making derogatory remarks about Islam after neighbours objected to her… Continue Reading →

Gulzar’s date with the legendary lady of letters, Amrita Pritam

Remembering Amrita Pritam on her Death Anniversary She asked me to recite a poem and I recited Dastak, which spoke of friends arriving from across the border coming to our home and mats being laid out in the courtyard and… Continue Reading →

CBI Diluted Supreme Court-Monitored Investigation To Protect Chhattisgarh Police

CBI dropped witnesses and withheld information in a 2011 case accusing police of rape, arson and murder in Tadmetla, Bastar. By Aman Sethi NEW DELHI — The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) dropped the testimonies of key witnesses, ignored its own findings… Continue Reading →

Toronto’s Consul General of India Keynotes Hindu Nationalist Event

  “Dinesh Bhatia’s presence at an RSS event inspires fear,” say Indian minorities ONTARIO, Canada: Oct. 31, 2018 — Some minorities of Indian origin are asking for Dinesh Bhatia, the Consul General of India’s Toronto consulate, to resign after he appeared… Continue Reading →

India – Statue of Unity or Statue of Tribal Injustice?

A night before the unveiling of Sardar Patel’s statue, actvists, locals and journalists were detained by the police to prevent them from protesting By Darshan Desai Last Updated: Wednesday 31 October 2018  Locals protest land acquisition for road widening, a 53-room… Continue Reading →

Aadhaar: Searching Database with Fingerprints Not Possible, UIDAI Admits before the Bombay HC

Moneylife Digital Team Despite the claims, media stories and myth created about help find missing person by matching fingerprints, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), admitted before the Bombay High Court that searching Aadhaar database using latent chance fingerprints… Continue Reading →

After apology to Manmohan Singh, Anupam Kher resigns as FTII chief

Social Media File photo of Anupam Kher Veteran actor Anupam Kher said he has resigned as the Chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, due to his commitment to his international assignments Veteran actor Anupam Kher… Continue Reading →

Jagdalpur Legal Aid group condemns arresy of Advocate Sudha Bhardwaj – an intimiate friend, mentor and inspitaion

The Jagdalpur Legal Aid Group and Collective strongly condemns and mourns the incidents of arrest and police remand of Advocate, friend, mentor, and colleague Sudha Bharadwaj and calls upon a collective expression of solidarity and strength from all activists, students,… Continue Reading →

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