SEARCH RESULT

Total Matching Records found : 1422

Defamation and Its Real Dangers

-The Economic and Political Weekly   Media freedom is not restricted by one law but by collusion between economic and political power and big media. The defamation case filed in a Pune court by former Press Council chairman justice P B Sawant has drawn attention to the criminal law of defamation and whether it restricts the freedom of the press. Justice Sawant was awarded Rs 100 crore in exemplary damages in the case...

More »

The nun's tale by Sreelatha Menon

The killing of Sister Valsa John over tribal rights is another episode of land dispute in the coal belt Why would 40 people kill a solitary nun in a remote village in coal-rich Dhumka in Jharkhand? Sister Valsa John is better known as an activist than a nun of the Sisters of Charity of Jesus & Mary. She left her home in Kerala and moved to Jharkhand two decades ago as...

More »

Activist nun who fought Indian Mining companies brutally murdered by Stephanie Nolen

-Globe and Mail Sister Valsa John wanted to go home. Living in self-imposed exile hundreds of kilometres away, she pined for the hut in an aboriginal village where she had built a life. She talked about the people she loved there, and the quiet of the nights. Then she added, in a voice both wistful and matter-of-fact: “If I go home, most probably they will kill me.” They did kill her. In...

More »

'Draft Mining Bill will harm Mining companies' by S Thiagarajan

Two months ago, Cabinet approved a draft law that seeks to create a better legislative environment to attract investments in Mining and ease land acquisition through higher compensation to people displaced by projects. This show of goodwill could help the government win some hearts in troubled landscapes of Orissa and Karnataka.  But Mining companies are not entirely convinced as they have to pay higher royalties and want changes to be made...

More »

Valsa murder a Maoist plot by Rajesh Kumar Pandey & Suman K Shrivastava

A group of villagers, instigated by Maoists looking to establish a role for themselves in Pachuara village’s dealings with a Mining company set up there, murdered Sister Valsa John as they perceived her to be an obstacle in their designs, the police have concluded. Seven of those villagers have been arrested, including Advin Murmu, who is also accused of raping an associate of the Sister, said IG of Santhal Pargana Arun...

More »

Video Archives

Archives

share on Facebook
Twitter
RSS
Feedback
Read Later

Contact Form

Please enter security code
      Close