-The Hindustan Times New Delhi: We had not yet recovered from the horror played out in Member of Parliament Dhananjay Singh's home in New Delhi's VIP enclave when another horrific case of maid abuse tumbled out from a middle-class neighbourhood in east Delhi last week. A 55-year-old Non-Resident Indian, in town to take care of her ailing mother, allegedly tortured her maid by branding her with hot kitchen tongs. A minor...
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Bhagalpur, Bhajanpur test State’s claims of neutrality -Prashant Jha
-The Hindu ‘Victims of communal carnage still struggling, socially and financially' Forbesganj/Bhagalpur: Bhajanpur village is a few kilometres off Bihar's showcase ‘four-lane,' as drivers call the highway, a far cry from the State's back-breaking roads of the past, near Forbesganj town. Residents tell us that those affected by the kaand incident, of two years ago, live a little ahead, in the Ansari basti. A bumpy ride across the village leads to Ale Rasool...
More »In the relief camps of Muzaffarnagar and Shamli
-Kafila.org A Preliminary Citizens' Report September 20, 2013 A. On September 17-18, 2013, an 11 member team consisting of both independent activists as well as activists affiliated with 5 organizations based in Lucknow, Chitrakoot, Muzaffarnagar and Delhi visited relief camps in two affected districts of Muzaffarnagar (3 Relief Camps - Madrasa camp at Bassi Kalan, Madrasa camp at Tawli and camp at Haji Aala's house, Shahpur) and Shamli (3 Relief Camps -...
More »Cops blame illicit relations for soaring crime graph in UP -Faiz Rahman Siddiqui
-The Times of India KANPUR: Murder over betrayal in love-affairs and relationships is one of the major reasons behind the soaring crime graph in the state. According to a study conducted by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), as many as 28,145 persons were killed nationwide in crime of passions between 2001 and 2012. Uttar Pradesh accounted for nearly 4,200 of these murders. Andhra Pradesh leads the list with 4,901 killings followed by...
More »Mamata Banerjee's goons silence an entire village -Kamalendu Bhadra
-The Times of India KAMDUNI (BARASAT): "Shut up", West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had shouted at Kamduni women on Monday. Her party toughs ensured they did. When TOI visited the village on Tuesday, the roar of a hundred women the previous day had been replaced by a deadening stillness. Branded "CPM supporters" and browbeaten by the CM, the women shut up and shut themselves indoors. On Monday, they had rushed to...
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