A recent survey, carried out by the Centre for Labour Research and Action (CLRA), a civil rights organization, of cottonseed plots in Danta taluka of Banaskantha district has claimed that tribal children... Read more »
Objecting to the use of the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) against Amnesty International, forcing the top NGO to close its office in India, and the arrest human rights activists, especially 83-year-old... Read more »
A fact-finding report, prepared after its recent visit to Hathras, has said that ever since the gruesome grangrape incident in Uttar Pradesh on September 14, the victim’s family has had to fight its... Read more »
BY SUMIT KUMAR SINGH India will observe October 22 — the day of the raid in 1947 in Jammu and Kashmir — as the ‘Black Day’ to protest against Pakistan’s role in... Read more »
Malik had contradicted the Uttar Pradesh Police, which alleged that there was no sign of rape on the body of the slain Dalit girl. Aligarh (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 21 (IANS) The services of... Read more »
“I thank the party leadership for making me its Rajya Sabha candidate for the fifth time. The people of the country and the state are unhappy. But I do not want to... Read more »
He instructed policemen to tackle bribery, corruption, rowdyism, criminal behaviour and other illegal acts with the same ferocity. Amaravati, Oct 21 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy directed police officials... Read more »
“My family and I have been humiliated for four years… I had worked hard to build up the party in the state for 40 years and this is what I had to... Read more »
BY RAJNISH SINGH Bordered by Bhutan, Tibet and Nepal, India’s northeastern state Sikkim is all set to provide tap water connection to all its households by the end of next year, a... Read more »
Of the seven seats, six are held by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and one by the Samajwadi Party. Therefore, the stakes are higher for the BJP than for other parties. Lucknow,... Read more »
“Nobody will believe you (Naidu) when you promote backward classes’ leaders after losing power,” Amaravati, Oct 20 (IANS) A day after the TDP appointed backward class leader Kinjarapu Atchannaidu as the party’s state... Read more »
Kamal Nath had used ‘item’ word for Imarti Devi, who is the BJP candidate from the seat. New Delhi/Wayanad, Oct 20 (IANS) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that he “did not... Read more »
BY MOHD SUAIB Concerned about the education of poor children, Delhi Police constable Than Singh has set up a school in a temple behind the Red Fort. He starts his classes at... Read more »
Tiwari is a BSP MLA and a son of erstwhile politician Hari Shankar Tiwari, who wields a considerable influence in eastern Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow, Oct 20 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party MLA Vinay Shankar... Read more »
The marksheet of the accused who is now found to be a minor, points towards the lapses by the Uttar Pradesh police which initially investigated the case but did not determine the... Read more »
This, party sources said, implies that almost all the sitting MLAs of the party will be re-nominated for the next Assembly polls. Lucknow, Oct 19 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party has started preparing for... Read more »
A CBI official told IANS that raids were on at four locations in Noida and Lucknow. Noida/Lucknow, Oct 19 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday carried out searches at four... Read more »
BY VIVEK TRIPATHI The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a former ruling dispensation of Uttar Pradesh, is eyeing the comeback trail by wresting a few seats from the ruling BJP in the upcoming... Read more »
Although the incident took place a week ago, the police were informed about it on Sunday. Kanpur, Oct 19 (IANS) A Dalit woman was allegedly raped at gunpoint by two men, including a... Read more »
By Gazala Paul, Pankaj Mishra When 14 families from areas surrounding Chorbhatti village under Bodla block in Kawardha district of Chhattisgarh decided to settle down at Amlidih hamlet in 2002, their status... Read more »