-The Hindu Activists oppose diversion of forest land citing continuing non-compliance of several requiSITes The Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is reconsidering its clearance for the controversial Kalu Dam in Thane district. About 999.328 hectares of forest land in the ecologically senSITive Western Ghats region is up for diversion for the drinking water project for Mumbai and Thane. Work on the project had...
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Army called out as Assam weavers’ protest turns violent-Sushanta Talukdar
-The Hindu Guwahati: An indefinite curfew was clamped and the Army was called out in Assam's silk village Sualkuchi on Saturday after a protest by weavers turned violent. They were opposing procurement by local traders of mekhla chadors (traditional attire of Assamese women) made of silk from Varanasi. Three persons sustained bullet injuries when police fired rubber bullets at the protesters. Earlier, the police tried in vain to control the SITuation by resorting...
More »Women activists protest ‘murder’ of Dalit woman-Rahi Gaikwad
-The Hindu Activists claim their colleague was brutally raped and murdered Women's groups staged angry protests on National Highway 28 in Muzaffarpur district after a Dalit woman activist was found dead at Mandai village. According to Rinku Devi of the Janwadi Mahila Samiti - a group that the victim was a member of - the woman was raped and murdered. "The activist was raped and murdered in a brutal fashion. According to the family,...
More »Power of RTI-Ashutosh Shukla
-DNA Dharmenddra Pawar, 35, could regain his mental balance only after he saw his answer paper procured through an RTI. For, only then he saw the examiners' apathy and not the failure of his hard work that led to absolute distress and him repeating the year. "I could not understand that in the first attempt I scored 27 marks and 0 in the second when I had put in more effort," said...
More »Hisar woman takes on molesters, beaten up -Bhaskar Mukherjee
-The Times of India HISAR: A 32-year-old woman was beaten up by four men for stopping them from molesting her niece in Hisar town. The victim, Rekha Rani, is admitted in the Hisar civil hospital with head injuries. The assault happened on Saturday night when Rani, a resident of Indra Nagar colony, was out with her two teenaged nieces to buy grocery. The victim in her complain said four men in two motorcycle...
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