-Hindustan Times Ashish Khetan uncovered the shadowy world of messy local politics, of bigots and slumlords, in Gujarat and beyond. The stories which were assembled through daring undercover operations, show that it takes decades of hard work to infuse hostility and create an ecosystem of fear From journalism to judiciary and from police to Parliament, do you see a trend of partisanship getting rewarded and excellence punished? In Under Cover; My Journey...
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Bhanwari Devi Case: Trial to Proceed Without Testimony of FBI's DNA Expert
-PTI/ TheWire.in The two-month time granted by the Supreme Court to the CBI to produce Amber B. Carr before the trial court ended on Thursday. Jodhpur: The Bhanwari Devi abduction and murder case trial will now proceed without the testimony of prosecution witness Amber B. Carr, a DNA expert with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The two-month time granted by the Supreme Court to the CBI to produce her before...
More »23 years gone, farmers not paid for acquisition: Punjab and Haryana High Court -Saurabh Malik
-The Tribune Chandigarh: Amid the agitation over the contentious farm Laws when the Punjab Government is projecting itself as the champion of farmers’ rights, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that the “mighty state was required to be sensitive” towards the rights of poor farmers. The admonition came after the state was caught sitting over the land of farmers for the last 23 years “without paying a penny as compensation”. Rapping...
More »Adani in the Eye of the Storm as Himachal Apple Prices Crash -Vivek Gupta
-TheWire.in Apple growers feel that instead of incentivising big corporates, the state government should instead help farmers build cold storages. Chandigarh: The main argument of those rallying behind the Bharatiya Janata Party government’s controversial farm Laws; that the free market economy will reward farmers, faces a major dent in the wake of the crashing market price of the apple crop in Himachal Pradesh. The Rs 5,000 crore apple business in the hilly state,...
More »Why Does Bonded Labour Still Persist in India? -Leaflet.in
-Leaflet.in/ Newsclick.in While we may have entered the 21st century, bonded labour is still a reality in India. Manav Gupta and Kashish Gupta analyse the Laws in India to probondtect from bonded labour and comment on the inadequacy of State initiatives to curb this menace. Last month, a man was booked by police in Palghar district’s Mokhada for allegedly putting a tribal villager who had borrowed Rs. 500 from him into bonded...
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