Amnesty International has urged Indian authorities to order an impartial inquiry into the police firing leading to the death of two persons against demonstraToRs objecting to a thermal power project in northern Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh. On February 28, at least two protesToRs were killed, allegedly as a result of police firing, and five others sustained injuries as police tear-gassed them. The protests for cancellation of the project took place at the...
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Bhopal gas case: Centre's curative plea hearing on February 28 by J Venkatesan
The Supreme Court will hear in open court on February 28 the curative petition filed by the Union government seeking enhancement of compensation of $470 million for Bhopal gas victims. The petition said the compensation, determined by the Supreme Court in 1989, was arrived at on the basis of assumptions of truth unrelated to realities. A five-judge Bench comprising Chief Justice S.H. Kapadia and Justices Altamas Kabir, R.V. Raveendran, B. Sudershan...
More »PSI, four cops suspended for RTI activist's death
After the death of RTI activist Jabbardan Gadhvi in Kutch, his brother Malvadan Gadhvi has threatened to end his life if he is not provided with the information his brother asked for. The incident has sent shockwaves in Kutch district and the Congress is planning a rally on February 24 on this issue. On the other hand, four policeman including the Rapar police sub-inspecToR were suspended. The talati of Rapar...
More »Dreams die in the desert by Swathi V
Unlike the educated elite who go Westwards, attracted by better opportunities and a luxurious lifestyle, those who land up in West Asia as waged labourers have a much harder time: Practically no rights, hostile working environments and absolutely no support systems. Why is it that the violation of their basic rights doesn't figure at all in the national imagination? About the same time that India aired “absolute displeasure and concern” over...
More »Stage set for violent clashes between police and Posco baiters
The Posco opponents have thrown a direct challenge to the police and civil authorities by breaking the road leading to Jtadhari, where the South Korean steel major has proposed to put up a captive port. The authorities are gearing up for starting work at the steel plant project site near Paradip after the union ministry of environment and forest cleared Posco-India's proposal to set up a 12 million ton steel plant,...
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