When it comes to thrusting nuclear power down the throats of unwilling people, official India sets a record of violations of dignity and rights that is embarrassing. Which other government but India's maligns all anti-nuclear protesters as foreign-inspired and lacking any agency? Where else would the police file 107 FIRs against 55,795 peaceful anti-nuclear protesters, but at Koodankulam, charging 6,800 with "sedition" and "waging war against the State"? And which...
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Shame: Delhi still India’s rape capital-V Narayan
-The Times of India Delhi continues to be the rape capital of the country, followed by Mumbai. Delhi registered 568 cases of rape, compared to 218 in Mumbai in 2011, National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) statistics showed. In the 2007-2011 period, Delhi topped the chart, followed by Mumbai, Bhopal, Pune and Jaipur. Among states, Maharashtra ranked fifth with 7,703 cases registered; Madhya Pradesh tops the list with 15,275, followed by West Bengal...
More »Among Mathura riot victims, twins trying to reach hospital-Manish Sahu
Of the four persons who died in the rioting in Kosi Kalan in Mathura district on Friday, two were twins. Postmortem has confirmed that both of them were alive when they suffered the burns that killed them. The family says they were caught by a mob and thrown into a burning shop, from which their bodies were found. Bhura and Kallua, who made a living selling vegetables on the Agra-Delhi highway,...
More »Anna Hazare, Baba Ramdev to fast in Delhi tomorrow
-PTI In their first joint appearance on a public platform in the past one year, Anna Hazare and yoga guru Ramdev will sit on a day-long fast here tomorrow in a bid to intensify their anti-UPA protests. Tomorrow's protest at Jantar Mantar is also likely to see Ramdev announcing his strategy with regard to the 2014 General Elections. The one-day fast to demand bringing back blackmoney stashed away abroad and against corruption and...
More »Centre to send paramilitary personnel to Chhattisgarh-Sandeep Joshi
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has decided to send an additional 4,000 paramilitary personnel to Chhattisgarh, to strengthen anti-Naxal operations being carried out jointly by the Centre and the State government. The move follows Union Home Secretary R. K. Singh's visit to the state capital, Raipur, on Tuesday. It is learnt that the State government urged Mr. Singh to augment central paramilitary personnel in one of the worst Naxal-affected states....
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