-PTI The Gurgaon Police have lodged an First Information Report (FIR) against about 60 workers, including union leaders at Maruti Suzuki India's Manesar plant, where one person was killed on Wednesday in a clash between workers and the managerial staff. The company has in the meantime said the plant will remain closed. “The management has given some names of union leaders. An FIR has been lodged against around 60 workers,” Senior House...
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Silence Eva Jayate-S Anand
-Outlook Aamir Khan not only deviously censored any discussion of Ambedkar and Reservation, but seemed content to use the 1920s language of high-caste reformers This Sunday morning I received a call from a friend who alerted me to the tenth episode of Aamir Khan-anchored Satyamev Jayate since the focus was on caste and untouchability. I mumbled something about his spoiling my Sunday, but tuned in nevertheless. It began with Kaushal Panwar narrating...
More »Spurt in crimes against dalits, Bihar records highest number of cases-Deeptimaan Tiwary
-The Times of India Bihar witnessed the highest number of caste-based crimes in the country in 2011, data released by the National Crime Records Bureau said. NCRB figures also showed that there was a spurt in crimes under the SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act in the entire country with 2011 witnessing 11,342 cases — an increase of 7.9% over the previous year. With 3,024 cases under SC/ST Act, Bihar accounted for...
More »Female foeticide a crime, on par with murder: khap panchayat
-The Hindustan Times Setting a precedent, over 150 khaps from different parts of Haryana held a maha panchayat in Bibipur on Saturday and resolved to wipe out female foeticide from the state. Women khap members also attended the panchayat. Several khap leaders including Sunil Jaglan, sarpanch of Bibipur, Om Prakash Mann, president of the Akhil Bharatiya Jaat Mahasabha, Dharampal Chhot, president of the All India Jaat Arakshan Sangharsh Samiti, and Dr Attar...
More »Male murder victims outnumber women in Delhi-Dwaipayan Ghosh
-The Times of India For a city notorious for its crimes against women, this would come as a surprise - the number of women killed in Delhi has been declining in the past six years while there has been a steady rise in murders against men. Last year, the number of men killed in the city was more than four times higher than the women murdered. In 2006, male murder victims were...
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