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Human Rights Day observed on the streets of Jaipur protesting CAB and NRC

Democracy

10 Dec 2019

Human Rights Day observed on the streets of Jaipur protesting CAB and NRC

More than a 100 people gathered at the Gandhi Circle in Jaipur and rejected the discriminatory, violative of Article 14, anti Constitutional, challeng…

Hindutva

22 Feb 2019

Has A Bloody Harvest Begun?

I completed 58 years of being alive, on this earth, as a citizen of this country, on the 14th of February, 2019. Normally the day for quiet celebratio…

Repression of Activists cannot stop the second Kisan Long March

Agriculture

16 Feb 2019

Repression of Activists cannot stop the second Kisan Long March

In order to stop the AIKS-led second Kisan Long March in Maharashtra against the betrayal of farmers by the BJP's central and state governments, the g…

Temple carvers unite against scourge of silicosis

Democracy

6 Feb 2019

Temple carvers unite against scourge of silicosis

Pindwara, a small town in Sirohi district of Rajasthan, is the main hub for India’s temple-building industry. In the past three years, this sector has been found to spread fatal disease and death through silicosis among men, some as young as 19 years. The Swaminarayan sect’s imposing Akshardham temple, Bihar and Jharkhand’s Jain mandirs, renovations…

Parth MN describes the agrarian situation and problematic realities

Agriculture

1 Feb 2019

Parth MN describes the agrarian situation and problematic realities

Award winning journalist Parth MN has kindly provided us with these simple explanations for why the crop insurance schemes are not helping farmers and…

How Government of Maharashtra is helping destroy Mumbai’s forest

Environment

10 Oct 2018

How Government of Maharashtra is helping destroy Mumbai’s forest

Aarey Milk Colony, spread over 1,259 hectares of land, is an extension of Sanjay Gandhi National Park. In 1949, the land we know as Aarey was given to…

Law and order (politics)

20 Aug 2018

Avinash Bali, key witness in Keenan and Reuben murders found brutally murdered

Avinash Bali (also known as Avinash Solanki), key witness and the complainant in the case double murder of Keenan Santos and Reuben Fernandes in 2011 …

Residents suffer noise and air pollution for nearly a decade, courtesy Indian Railways

Human rights

6 Aug 2018

Residents suffer noise and air pollution for nearly a decade, courtesy Indian Railways

By Raju Vernekar The residents of the Akash Horizon Premises Cooperative Society Limited, located bang opposite Western Railway’s (WR) car shed at Mum…

Stop selling the sea shells from the sea shore and sea bed!

Environment

19 Jul 2018

Stop selling the sea shells from the sea shore and sea bed!

Those seashells you see in shops and people's home? Turns out they are real. And they may have been alive when collected. A mind boggling article in t…