-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Women constitute less than 2% of all central paramilitary personnel but account for over 40% of the suicides in these forces, data collated from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) and the Bureaunv of Police Research & Development (BPRD) shows. The recently released NCRB data on accidental deaths and suicides shows that in 2014, 175 people in central armed police forces - which include the BSF,...
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Jharkhand encounter: 6 of 7 identified had no police case -Santosh Singh
-The Indian Express Satwarwa (Palamau): Nearly two days after 12 alleged Maoists were killed by the CRPF and Jharkhand Police in a joint operation, only seven had been identified. Of them, six had no case against them. The only one with known Maoist connections was Anurag alias RK ‘ji’ alias doctor, said to be a top zonal commander, and wanted in the 2013 Latehar case where explosives were put inside a slain...
More »With 20,000 complaints a yr, UP tops ‘human rights violations’-Deeptiman Tiwary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh and Telangana police may be facing charges of human rights violations after alleged fake encounters recently, but it's UP against whose police maximum complaints are filed with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). While Andhra and Telangana face close to 200 complaints against their police every year, for UP it is over 20,000. Next on the list are Haryana and Delhi which receive 2,000-2,800...
More »NE women drug users unaware of perils -Roopak Goswami
-The Telegraph Guwahati: A survey on women drug users in the Northeast has found that a majority of them were unaware of the perils of sharing needles to inject drugs. The study was commissioned by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) under its regional initiative. Termed Prevention of Transmission of HIV Amongst Drug Users in SAARC Countries, the initiative was in response to the gap of knowledge regarding women...
More »Revisiting the legend of Niyamgiri -Ashish Kothari
-The Hindu It will need a caring partnership between the Dongria Kondh, civil society organisations and the government to figure out how to navigate the very difficult terrain the tribals face Till last week, I'd never visited Niyamgiri, scene of the iconic fight between the Dongria Kondh tribal group and Vedanta, a powerful multinational corporation bent on mining in the area. So why have I titled this ‘revisiting Niyamgiri'? Partly because I've...
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