-The Times of India Claiming that the Gopalgarh incident which claimed nine lives was not a communal riot, the fact finding team of Muslim Forum on Wednesday said it happened due to the total failure of the state government and demanded stepping down of chief minister Ashok Gehlot and home minister Shanti Dhariwal. The Muslim Forum, a joint organization of all the Muslim organizations of the state, lashed out at the Ashok...
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Targeting Dalits by S Dorairaj
The police action against Dalits in Paramakudi leaves indelible scars on the psyche of the oppressed people all over Tamil Nadu. The Tamil Nadu Police, in its modern avatar, reflects a glorious tradition of over a century and a half. It was the only force to embark on State-sponsored modernisation in the early 1990s which was pioneered by me during my first tenure as Chief Minister from 1991 to 1996....
More »Trinamool leader shot dead by Raktima Bose
A question mark has appeared yet again on Maoists' intention to open dialogue with the West Bengal government, with the gunning down of a local Trinamool Congress leader in the Jhargram area of Paschim Medinipur district on Tuesday. “A group of armed assailants waylaid Lalmohan Mahato when he was on his way to give tuitions at Pukuria village, and fired at him from point-blank range. He died on the spot. Posters...
More »Women Hung Out to Dry in Global Labour Market by Kanya D'Almeida
Amid policy battles over food production, energy resources and economic decline, one untapped natural resource that is guaranteed to boost production on a global scale has been stubbornly overlooked – the power of women in the labour force. According to the World Bank's 2012 World Development Report (WDR) "Gender Equality and Development", ensuring equal access for women farmers would increase maize yields by 11 to 16 percent in Malawi and 17...
More »Tension mounts in riot-hit Gopalgarh
-The Hindu Autopsies not completed as victims' relatives demand calling specialists from AIIMS in Delhi Tension in the Violence-hit Gopalgarh town of Bharatpur district escalated on Monday with a five-member medical team from Jaipur failing to conduct autopsies on five of the eight victims of this past Wednesday's clash following objections raised by their kin. The bodies are kept in the mortuary at Bharatpur Government Hospital. State Chief Secretary S. Ahmed had announced...
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