-EPW With laws like the AFSPA, when will truth and justice prevail in Jammu and Kashmir? Like all Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) chief ministers after the dreadful years of president’s rule from 1990 to 1996, Omar Abdullah too stands discredited, especially in the wake of the 2010 uprising of the “stone pelters” which was later brutally suppressed. A widely held opinion in the Kashmir Valley is that the chief minister, whether of...
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Dangers of a Lax Nuclear Strategy by Malini Shankar
On August 26, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan resigned, taking responsibility for the disastrous meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which was caused by the March 2011 undersea earthquake and ensuing tsunami. In India, on the other hand, the deliberate contamination of a drinking water tank with radioactive waste in the Kaiga nuclear power plant in Western Ghats in the state of Karnataka has gone unpunished for two whole...
More »Setback for Modi as Ishrat case likely to go to CBI or NIA by Manas Dasgupta
After the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter of 2005 — which the State CID (Crime) had found to be “fake” — and the Central Bureau of Investigation concluding that the killing of Sohrabuddin's accomplice, Tulsiram Prajapati, a year later was also a fake encounter, the Ishrat Jahan murder case will add further embarrassment to the Narendra Modi government in the State. For the moment, the key issue is who will investigate the murder...
More »Danger to my life, says activist backing Yogita's family
Two men threatened to finish off my family, says Ingle The case of death of Nagpur girl Yogita Thakre has taken a new twist with Kishore Ingle, a local activist helping her family, alleging threat to his life and family. A complaint has been registered at a police station in Nagpur. Two persons, wearing monkey caps, arrived on a bike at Mr. Ingle's house late on Friday evening. “They were young. They...
More »Kandhamal tribals threaten agitation
-The Times of India The Kui Samaj Samanyaya Samiti, a tribal outfit in Kandhamal district, on Sunday warned to resume their agitation in the district as the state government has not yet fulfilled their sundry demands during the last three years. The demands include action against persons availing of tribal benefits with fake certificates, restoration of tribal lands from non-tribal people and withdrawing cases registered against the tribals in the riots that...
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