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Bharatpur: Minority panel blames govt

-The Indian Express   The inquiry of the National Minority Commission has held the local administration and police department responsible for “over-reacting” and “acting in panic” during the recent communal clashes between Meo Muslims and Gurjjars in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan. NCM chairperson Wajahat Habibullah told The Indian Express that the initial report of the inquiry team had been finalised and sent to the Rajasthan government. The report had found that the local...

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‘There was only one old woman left in the village. The others were all hiding in the hills’ by V Shoba

A tiny road flanked by lush turmeric and maize fields veers off the state highway from Dharmapuri to Harur in Tamil Nadu towards Vachathi, a tribal village that has hungered for justice for nearly two decades after an irreparable tragedy destroyed its peace. Nineteen years ago, a large team of Tamil Nadu Police and officers from the forest and revenue departments swooped down on the village nestled in the foothills...

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Farmer seeks nod to end life

-The Indian Express   M G Chandrappa, a 60-year-old man from the city, has threatened the district administration that he would commit suicide by jumping into a fire. The farmer has written to the DC and the SP to allow him to die the way he wished to if his problems were not solved. The though of committing suicide occured to him after being cheated and abandoned by his sons. Chandrappa was a...

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Foul play suspected in rearrest of alleged Maoist

-The Hindu   An alleged Maoist activist was on Tuesday rearrested in Nagpur after being acquitted by the court of all charges against him, the counsels for the activist alleged on Wednesday. They alleged that he was being implicated in cases. They also said that they were manhandled by the police when they went to ask details about his arrest. “Arun Thomas Fereira was arrested in May 2007. Eight cases under UAPA (Unlawful...

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Modi caricature lands cartoonist in jail by Mahim Pratap Singh

Drawing a cartoon of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in Madhya Pradesh, another Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled State, proved too costly for the cartoonist of leading Indore-based eveninger Prabhat Kiran. He landed behind bars for his “crime.” Harish Yadav (39) was arrested under Section 295-A of the Indian Penal Code (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) for a cartoon...

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