-The Indian Express Police records show provocation from all sides: aggressive BJP, desperate Samajwadi Party, shrinking BSP. Moradabad (UP): A third of all "communal" incidents recorded by police in Uttar Pradesh in the 10 weeks following the Lok Sabha election results have occurred in - or on the fringes of - 12 assembly constituencies that are scheduled to go to polls over the next few months. If a larger circle is imagined -...
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Govt defends fare hike, says rail subsidy burden was too heavy -Mahendra Kumar Singh
-The Times of India &nBSP; NEW DELHI: Amid protests over a sharp hike in fares and criticism of political parties, the government on Saturday strongly defended the increase in passenger fares, including for short-distance travel, arguing the revision was long overdue as the last hike took place around 11 years ago and a heavy subsidy burden was "unsustainable" in the wake of soaring costs. While passengers travelling by sub-urban and short-haul trains account...
More »Badaun Outrage: Preliminary Report of a Fact-finding Team
-MainstreamWeekly.net &nBSP; A fact-finding team, comprising Rajan Singh (Actionaid), Ram Kumar (Dynamic Action Group), Ramdular (National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights-NCdhr), Neetu (Humsafar Support Centre for Women), Shubhangi Singh (AALI) and Shilpi Aggraval (SAKAR Sanstha, Bareilly), visited Katra Sahadatganj village in Dattaganj Block in UP's Badaun district where the abduction, gang rape and murder of two minor girls allegedly by three brothers Pappu Yadav, Avdesh Yadav, Urvesh Yadav, sons of Vir Yadav,...
More »Gender gap among voters narrows, changes outcomes-Rukmini S
-The Hindu &nBSP; The rising tide of female voters in 2014 might have had a concrete impact on the outcome of these elections, data shows. Despite the Election Commission's efforts to get more women registered to vote, the number of female electors (those registered to vote) grew much slower than the number of male electors, between 2009 and 2014, The Hindu found. Men registered to vote outnumber women by over 40 million, giving...
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-Live Mint &nBSP; If anything, the UPA has been punished by the voters for moving away from its core agenda of entitlement-based politics The victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2014 elections will remain a watershed moment for Indian democracy in many ways than one. Coming at a time when the economy is in a serious mess, the victory of the BJP and the defeat of the Congress party and...
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