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The seventh palli sabha – at Vedanta’s darling CSR village, Phuldumer – has now cast its deciding majority vote and once again given a thundering NO to Vedanta’s Niyamgiri mine! This means more than half of the villages and the… Continue Reading →
July 25, 2013 Other faiths may follow. United Kingdom, July 22, 2013: Sikh temples have been advised to halt all civil marriage ceremonies on their premises to protect them from possible legal challenges for refusing to conduct same-sex weddings. It… Continue Reading →
Non-tribal Tadijhola rejects mining proposal at Niyamgiri Author(s): Sayantan Bera [1] Issue Date: 2013-7-23 Palli sabha takes a dig at Odisha government for lack of education and health facilities 87 year old Sugri Gouda returns home after attending the Palli Sabha… Continue Reading →
. 1st August, 2pm. The London Marriott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, W1K 6JP. Join us for our major annual demonstration at Vedanta’s AGM. We will bring the defiant energy of the Dongria Kond tribe to London, as they fight the final stages… Continue Reading →
Life partner of my first friend from Pakistan is no more As I opened the Facebook page of Aisha Gazdar to share Neela Bhagwat’ s classical rendition of Faiz poem, “Bol” As her page slowly opened, I wondered why She… Continue Reading →
We remember people who sacrificed their self interests for the benefit our freedom in the 66th year of Indian Independence. Sadly, during the one and a half decades of the post-globalisation era in India, our leaders are sacrificing the… Continue Reading →
Dear Angelina Jolie, Thank you for coming out. I mean about your mastectomy. You have no idea what this can mean for a transman like me who went through the exact same procedure as yours; well almost! You didn’t have… Continue Reading →
Kounteya Sinha, TNN Apr 26, 2013, (Jo Swinson, the equalities…) LONDON: Dalits in the United Kingdom have recorded a landmark victory after the British parliament finally agreed to outlaw caste discrimination. In a major U-turn, the House of Commons, which had earlier trashed… Continue Reading →
Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: April 20, 2013 London: A 40-year-old woman, said to be an “illiterate” Indian, was beaten, raped and given out-of-date food and passed between three middle-class families as a domestic worker for many years in Britain, a daily… Continue Reading →
The members of the committee to inspect Sterlite’s copper smelter will be decided on 18 April S. Bridget Leena, Livemint.com First Published: Fri, Apr 12 2013. 09 32 PM IST The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board ordered the closure of the… Continue Reading →