AGENCIES, New Delhi, Mon Oct 01 2012 The Law Commission has recommended that honour killings be made a non-bailable offence and advocated a seven-year jail term for caste panchayat members found guilty of persecuting legally married couples in the name of… Continue Reading →
The young couple was beaten, tortured and electrocuted in Asha’s uncle’s home in Delhi OCT 5, 2012, New Delhi Five members of a family in the Indian capital, Delhi, have been sentenced to death for the brutal murder of… Continue Reading →
Bangalore, October 4, 2012 Special Correspondent Akku (left) and Leela Here is a classic case that will reveal how the “high-handedness” of a few officials has affected the lives of two Dalit women in Udupi. The two women, Akku and Leela,… Continue Reading →
GUEST POST BY- Krishna Malakar In the year 1991, my family shifted to Guwahati from a village in the outskirts of the city in the hope of better education for their children, better facilities and in all, a better… Continue Reading →
Barwani/ 4thOct.12/ After braving the vicious assault on them led by local BJP MLA Premsingh Patel, thousands of adivasis, comprising mainly of women and children, continued their protest against delayed payments under MNREGA. The adivasis led by Jagrit Dalit Adivasi… Continue Reading →
cartoon courtesy- satish acharya -cartoonistsatish.blogspot.com By Raza Elahi The recent article in a national newspaper by a Columbia University professor about the economic advances of Gujarat under the chief ministership of Narendra Modi has overlooked many hard realities that may… Continue Reading →
OCT 03, 2012, http://news.outlookindia.com Adding to the spree of crimes against women in Haryana, a minor Dalit girl was allegedly kidnapped and raped in Rohtak, while a mentally challenged woman was sexually assaulted in Jind district. Main accused in both… Continue Reading →
TNN | Oct 3, 2012, 01.15AM IST JAIPUR: A helpline meant to help women in distress, is now functional across the state. In a unique initiative, the Rajasthan State Women’s Commission has started a helpline number where female victims can call and speak… Continue Reading →
Times of India, 3 October 2012 VADODARA: A day after Hisar-based RTI activist punctured Narendra Modi‘s claims on Rs 1,880 crore public money spent on Sonia Gandhi‘s foreign tours, there is more embarrassment in store for… Continue Reading →
My name is Son Singh Dhurve. I am calling from Pandaria block in Kawardha district in Chhattisgarh. Up in the hills there is a Baiga village called Bahpani (Kandavani gram panchayat). No food has reached the anganvadi center there from… Continue Reading →
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