-Deccan Herald The Supreme Court has sought a response from the State government on a petition filed by the mother of RTI activist and Congress worker Vasudev Adiga, challenging the Karnataka High Court's order granting bail to the alleged mastermind of her son's murder in January. A bench of Justices T S Thakur and S J Mukhopadhaya issued notice to the State government and one of the accused, Subramanya Udupa, on the...
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Police failed to prevent attack on Dalits by Rors, says report
-The Hindu The caste Hindus were enraged by a Dalit boy marrying a Ror girl Chandigarh: Despite having prior information, police failed to prevent an attack on Dalits of Pabnawa village in Haryana's Kaithal district by members of the Ror community (caste Hindus) on April 13, says a report by the Caste Annihilation Movement (CAM). Some 200 Dalit families fled the village after their homes were attacked by Rors enraged by a Dalit...
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-The Hindu The pressing need to end the misuse of Section 66 A of the Information Technology Act has once again been underscored by the Arrest of Jaya Vindhyala, president of the People's Union for Civil Liberties in Andhra Pradesh. Her alleged offence of putting up posts critical of a legislator, Amanchi Krishna Mohan, and Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah on Facebook has resulted in heavy-handed police action. Clearly, the Supreme...
More »FB posting on Governor lands PUCL activist in custody-S Murali
-The Hindu Chirala: The president of the Andhra Pradesh unit of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Jaya Vindhyala, was remanded in judicial custody till May 24 by a court here on Monday, following her Arrest on charges of posting derogatory comments on her Facebook timeline on Amanchi Krishna Mohan, MLA of Chirala - a town in Prakasam district - and Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah. The police picked up Ms....
More »Maoist expansion plan targets poor villages in northeast -Sanjib Kr Baruah
-The Hindustan Times Adhering to Mao Tse-Tung's guerrilla warfare style of surrounding urban centres from the countryside, Communist Party of India (Maoist) has unleashed a long-term grand plan of expansion. Their target is the restive northeast where they plan to build their presence steadily in villages. "The plan is five-pronged and is centred on building up support networks in the villages of Assam and Tripura as of now. Then it will move...
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