-IndiaToday.in Members of Savarn Samaj organised the panchayat in Bhagna village, about 5 km from Boolgadi of which the 19-year-old Dalit girl was a resident. Hathras: Workers affiliated with the Savarn Samaj staged a dharna in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras on Friday demanding justice for the men accused of brutalising a 19-year-old Dalit girl. A panchayat was also held in favour of the four accused who are in police custody. Calls were raised during...
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Blame on UP cops for assaults on Dalit girls
-The Telegraph Rights group demands that the cases be tried in fast-track courts New Delhi: A leading Dalit rights group on Wednesday described the fatal gang rape and torture of a teenaged Dalit girl in Hathras as the tip of an iceberg of atrocities against deprived segments of the population in Uttar Pradesh. The National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) blamed the indifference of the police for the increasing assaults on Dalit...
More »President Signs Farm Bills Passed Amid Unprecedented Drama In Parliament -Sunil Prabhu and Anindita Sanyal
-NDTV Earlier this week, huge framers' protests were held over the bills, especially in Punjab and Haryana, states that are dubbed the grain bowl of the country. New Delhi: All three controversial farm bills that are at the centre of a huge political storm and cost the ruling BJP its alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal, became laws on Sunday with the signature of President Ram Nath Kovind. Flagging them as "historic"...
More »Farm bills are seen by farmers to deliver freedom --- not to them, but to private capital -Himanshu
-The Indian Express The fight to retain the APMC despite its shortcomings is also a fight to extract a commitment from the government on maintaining state support to the agricultural sector. On Friday, September 25, farmers’ organisations across the country gave a call for a bandh to protest the three bills passed by Parliament. These bills, namely the Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020 (FPTC), the Farmers (Empowerment...
More »Explained Ideas: Why are farmers unwilling to trust the govt’s farm reforms?
-The Indian Express Farm bills are seen by farmers to deliver freedom — not to them, but to private capital, writes Himanshu. On Friday, farmers’ organisations across the country gave a call for a bandh to protest the three bills passed by Parliament. These bills were passed amid protests by the Opposition parties, without discussion in Parliament. Even the government’s allies, such as the Shiromani Akali Dal, have raised apprehensions, lending their...
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