Interview with Teesta Setalvad of Citizens for Justice and Peace. TEESTA SETALVAD, through her organisation Citizens for Justice and Peace, has been at the forefront of the fight for justice for the victims of the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat. She has also worked extensively on many other issues affecting minority communities in the State. In this interview to Frontline, she speaks about Chief Minister Narendra Modi's new tactics and the marginalisation...

-The Hindu The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice, returnable in four weeks, to the Odisha government seeking a report on the alleged destruction and burning of 30 houses of dalits by some upper caste persons in Lathore village of Bolangir District on January 22. The Commission was acting on a complaint. It is alleged that after the incident, the affected dalits families were kept in temporary camps. The complainant had...

-PTI   The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) today sought a report from the Odisha government on destruction and burning of houses of dalits in Bolangir district. The NHRC asked the government to submit the report within four weeks on a complaint alleging that 30 houses of dalits were destroyed and burnt by some persons belonging to upper castes in Lathore village on January 22. The complainant had requested a high level...

If the malnourished in India formed a country, it would be the world's fifth largest — almost the size of Indonesia. According to Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), 237.7 million Indians are currently undernourished (up from 224.6 million in 2008). And it is far worse if we use the minimal calorie intake norms accepted officially in India. By those counts (2200 rural/2100 urban), the number of Indians who cannot afford...

-PTI   At a time when the issue of quota for backward class Muslims has stirred a political controversy, National Minority Commission chief Wajahat Habibullah has made a strong plea for granting Scheduled Caste status to Muslim and Christian dalits to get them reservation benefits.  Referring to the Constitution Order of 1950 that asks for inclusion of those dalits, who converted to Buddhism and Sikhism in the SC category, Habibullah said, "Our case...