‘Mr. Vahanvati, the truth is otherwise’
(Full text of the letter written by Additional Solicitor General Raval to Attorney General GE vahanvati- Pratirodh Bureau) ********* Additional...
Month: April 2013
Don’t manipulate courts: SC to Sahara chief
Supreme Court on Monday pulled up Sahara Group and its chief Subrata Roy for not responding to the contempt plea...
The chit fund media baron
Working for the Saradha group's English newspaper from Kolkata, The Bengal Post was an unforgettable experience for all of us...
PPSS activists killed in explosion
Three activists of POSCO Pratirodh Sangram Samiti (PPSS) were killed in a bomb blast in Posco project area in Jagatsinghpur district in...
‘US must accept Maduro’s victory in Venezuela’
Various International, national groups have written to secretary of state John Kerry asking US government to recognise election of Venezuelan...
Dear PC Chacko ji, Vanakkam: A Raja
(Pratirodh has received true copy of entire letter written by ex Telecom Minister, A Raja to the chairman of Joint...
Activists seek stronger whistleblower act
NCPRI, along with Inclusive Media for Change and Center for Media Studies have sought key changes in whistleblower protection act,...
Venezuelan opposition and the election
United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) leader Diosdado Cabello presented evidence, including phone recordings, documents, and emails, allegedly proving that...
POSCO poses ‘serious risk’ to environment
At a time when our people are facing bombs, lathis and violence in order to defend their basic rights to...
Feel the blue in Marathwada!
"I remember the Manipal meeting most of all for a talk on the last day by the Mysore-based writer Devanur...
‘Devious attempt to declare Soni Sori mentally ill’
Women\\\'s rights groups have slammed Chhattisgarh government's move of initiating an enquiry into the mental state of tribal school teacher...
‘Gandhi was not against caste system as such’
After the one century of Dalit politics, led by BR Ambedkar, we are still helpless to make the socio-economic and...
Tea tribe leader murdered in Assam
The All-India Central Council of Trade Union (AICCTU) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) CPI (ML) held a protest...
MGNREGA activist gangraped
A 45-year-old activist, who had been protesting against irregularities in the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee...
HC quashes ‘anti people’ Bihar RTI rule
Patna high court has quashed the Bihar Right to Information Rule, Section 6(2), 2006 as per which an order from...
Medha Patkar calls off her fast
Social activist Medha Patkar called off her fast late last night after Maharashtra\\\'s Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan assured her an...
Medha continues her fast, health worsens
The health of social activist Medha Patkar is deteriorating as she continues her indefinite fast against slum demolition in Mumbai....
Medha on indefinite fast for slum dwellers
Medha Patkar and activists of Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Andolan are on indefinite fast since April 4, 2013 to protest...
SEBI seeks SC nod to arrest Subrata Roy
Sebi has moved the Supreme Court seeking arrest of Sahara group chief Subrata Roy Sahara for the failure of two...
LIFE and death of GHULAM YAZDANI
There are two ways to recreate the short life of Ghulam Yazdani, or Naveed, as he was called at home....
Maruti workers continue struggle for justice
Various organizations like Jan Sangharsh Manch, Jan Sangathan Manch, MNREGA Mazdoor Union, Janwadi Mahila Samiti, Anganwari Workers Union, Samtamulak Mahila...
Targeted for voicing the silence
Two activists of the Kabir Kala Manch (KKM) Sheetal Sathe and Sachin Mali staged a “satyagraha” outside the Vidhan Bhavan...
Dr NARCO, Other Stories from KAFKA Land
Action Reaction: We are sipping our black coffees in silence. Me, exhausted, and he, killing time before he is summoned...
SC rejects Sahara plea seeking time to repay
The last hope of Sahara group to get more time to refund Rs 24,000 crore to its investors was on...
Delhi to get more hazardous waste to energy plants
Despite residents repeatedly raising concerns over the “harmful effects of Okhla’s waste-to-energy plant on the environment and human health”, the...
