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....
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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...
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...
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...
Police complicity in RTI activist\’s murder
Ram Kumar Thakur, one of the main persons to expose the scam relating to payments under the Mahatma Gandhi National...
Govindacharya Slams BJP Govt in MP
"The BJP government presently in power in Madhya Pradesh is more corrupt than the earlier Congress government," Govindacharya said...
Summary of food security bill 2013
Here is the summary of revised version of National Food Security Bill as tabled in Parliament on March 22, 2013:...
Canal excavation still on in Narmada valley
NAPM has urged Ministry of Environment and Forests to take steps to stop the illegal excavation in the Narmada valley....
Activists reject food security bill
Activists of the Right to Food Campaign here Wednesday rejected the National Food Security Bill, which was approved by the...
कलकत्ता: जहां डॉन भी बेज़ुबान है…
हर चीज़ में राजनीतिक नाक घुसेड़ने की आदत बहुत बुरी है. कलकत्ता से लौटे मुझे कितने दिन हो गए हैं....
Farmers demand guaranteed income
Scores of farmers from across the country gathered at Jantar Mantar in Delhi on Monday under the banner of Indian...
Brutal atrocities by armed forces: Report
(The below fact finding report by Democratic Students’ Union (DSU) reveals the atrocities committed by armed forces on the innocent...
एसटीएफ़ के निशाने पर ग़रीब किसान, भूमिहीन, दलित
इलाहाबाद के महाकुम्भ में उत्तर प्रदेश पुलिस अपनी अकर्मण्यता (और संवेदनहीनता भी) सिद्ध कर चुकी है. लगता है, अब पूर्वी...
Now, Afzal is hero for everyone in Kashmir
(Prof S.A.R. Geelani, who was accused with Afzal Guru and Shaukat Hussain in the Dec 13, 2001, Parliament attack case,...
Food bill needs to be strengthened: Amartya Sen
Speaking to an enthralled audience of 1,500 students and faculty at IIT (Delhi) , Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said that...
Civil society aghast at Afzal\’s hanging
In a joint statement, Teachers, filmmakers, writers, artists, journalists and activists have condemned the secret hanging of Parliament attack convict...
Some Questions for Com Karat on Afzal\’s killing
(When world is debating on the logic of capital punishment, India has hanged two humans in three months. The second...
A perfect day for democracy
Wasn’t it? Yesterday I mean. Spring announced itself in Delhi. The sun was out, and the Law took its Course....
Activists protest Afzal Guru\’s hanging
Scores of students, journalists accompanied by members of CPI (ML), Peoples Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR), National Confederation of Human...
Funds to NGOs squandered: Report
In its report ‘India’s Funds to NGOs Squandered’, Asian Centre for Human Rights alleges that the Union and State governments...
Balanced view needed on juvenile age
Involvement of Juvenile in the recent Delhi rape case has generated strong discussion for revisiting and broadening the age range...
House panel report on food security bill flayed
Right to Food Campaign has urged Members of Parliament and political parties to reject the Parliamentary Standing Committee’s recommendations on...
