-The Hindu With no protective gear or timely meals, they want to be evacuated as soon as possible Kolkata: Moumita Vishwanath Majumdar, a woman in her late twenties, is sitting with her face covered at the base of an iron PILlar outside the main gate of Howrah station, the key railway station that connects West Bengal to the rest of the country. When asked what her name is, she breaks down. Please click...
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Hindu PILgrims from Pakistan refuse to go back from Uttarakhand, seek Indian citizenship under CAA -Vineet Upadhyay
-The New Indian Express Around 56 PILgrims alleged that they have faced atrocities in the neighbouring country and have pleaded to the Indian government to provide them shelter. DEHRADUN: A group of 56 Hindu PILgrims from Pakistan,who arrived from the neighbouring country last week, does not want to go back. Members of the group told that they will request the government of India to extend their visa limit of one month and...
More »Rajasthan tops in creating man days of rural employment under MGNREGA: Sachin PILot
-PTI PILot also made several other announcements including those for opening 50 retail outlets for the sale of bio-diesel and building several roads in the state. JAIPUR: Rajasthan has generated the largest number of man days, totalling 30.03 crore, of paid employment under the MGNREGA scheme among all states in the country, said Deputy Chief Minister Sachin PILot. PILot made this revelation in the state assembly late Thursday night while replying to a...
More »Freedom in the World 2020 report ranks India among least free democracies
-The Hindu BJP government’s “alarming” policies draw comparisons with Chinese repression India has become one of the world’s least free democracies, according to a global survey, which warned that “the Indian government’s alarming departures from democratic norms under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could blur the values-based distinction between Beijing and New Delhi.” The Freedom in the World 2020 report ranks India at the 83rd position, along with Timor-Leste and...
More »Reducing custodial deaths -MP Nathanael
-The Hindu The Indian police continue to torture suspects in custody as they are rarely punished On October 13, 2019, Pradeep Tomar, a security guard, rushed with his 10-year-old son to PILkhua police station in Hapur district in Uttar Pradesh. He had been summoned for interrogation in connection with a murder case. The son later said that his father was brutally tortured by the policemen in front of him for hours. When...
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