-Tehelka While district administration of Varanasi says that the children died of tuberculosis, human rights' activists allege that the deaths were due to hunger and malnutrition  Two children from a poor family of weavers have allegedly died of starvation in Varanasi. Four-year old MoHAmmed Murtaza died on 9 May, while his sister Shamim Parveen (14) died the next day in the Bajardiha locality of Varanasi. Their father, Abdul Khaliq died 10...

-BBC Many Bangladeshi textile factories near the capital, Dhaka, have shut because of unrest sparked by the collapse of a factory building last month, the country's textile association has said. Owners made the decision on safety grounds after many workers went on a rampage, the group's president said. Retailers in Europe meanwhile said they would sign an accord to improve safety conditions in factories in Bangladesh. At least 1,127 people were killed when the...

-The Telegraph The Supreme Court will tomorrow hear an application to restrain police from invoking Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, till its constitutional validity is decided by the courts. A vacation bench scheduled the hearing on a petition seeking a stay on proceedings relating to an FIR lodged against Jaya Vindhyalaya, a civil liberties activist, for posting "objectionable" material on Facebook against Tamil Nadu governor K. Rosaiah and an...

-The Hindu She leaves in a car hurriedly accompanied by her supporters fearing arrest in two other cases pending against her ONGOLE: People's Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) Andhra Pradesh unit president Jaya Vindhyala, arrested on charges of "objectionable postings" on Facebook against Tamil Nadu Governor, K. Rosaiah and Chirala MLA, Amanchi Krishna MoHAn, was released on bail from the district jail here on Tuesday. The Additional Munsif Magistrate Shiva Sankara Reddy issued...

-The Hindu The pressing need to end the misuse of Section 66 A of the Information Technology Act has once again been underscored by the arrest of Jaya Vindhyala, president of the People's Union for Civil Liberties in Andhra Pradesh. Her alleged offence of putting up posts critical of a legislator, Amanchi Krishna MoHAn, and Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah on Facebook has resulted in heavy-handed police action. Clearly, the Supreme...