-The Hindu MARAKKANAM: In front of one of the burnt houses at Kattayantheru lie a number of charred certificates, including ration cards and other important documents that belong to the members of the Marakkanam Dalit Colony. "We have salvaged whatever we can, but most of us have lost documents including ration cards, mark sheets, birth certificates and death certificates. Many of us whose houses were burnt even lost currency notes they had...
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She lives it! -Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty
-The Hindu Well-known feminist Kamla Bhasin says that Indian men will have to change, not to support women but to save themselves from being brutalised by centuries of exposure to patriarchy. "Mian, aap mein kuch kami hai" (Gentleman, there is something wrong with you)." Some months ago, when Kamla Bhasin, well-known feminist from Delhi, came up with this retort to Aamir Khan on his headline-grabbing tele-show Satyameva Jayate on saying that he...
More »Rs 4,000 cr at stake, SEBI asks Bengal to probe five more chit fund companies -Madhuparna Das
-The Indian Express Kolkata: As the investigation into the Saradha chit fund scam threatens to reach the doorstep of the Trinamool Congress, the markets watchdog is learnt to have warned of a larger, more frightening scenario: similar Ponzi schemes run by at least five other companies in West Bengal, involving over Rs 4,000 crore of small investors' money. In its latest communication sent to the state government, the Securities and Exchange Board...
More »Ensure the accused are not brought before the victim, urge activists-Bindu Shajan Perappadan
-The Hindu Demanding that the police ensure that the accused in the recent sexual assault of the five-year-old girl not be brought before the child in any manner and that the provisions of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, (POCSO) be followed strictly, child rights activists and non-government organisations working in the area have now written to the Delhi Police in the matter. In a letter written to the...
More »Dalits of Pabnawa take out protest march
-PTI Kaithal (Haryana): Scores of people belonging to a Dalit community of Pabnawa village took out a protest march today and held a demonstration in front of mini secretariat here, demanding arrest of the remaining accused in the Violence in which several villagers and seven policemen were injured about 10 days ago. The Indian Bahujan Sandesh Party (Kanshi Ram) also held a demonstration in support of the demands of Dalits of...
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