THE MURDER of Right to Information ( RTI) activist Dattatray Patil at Ichalkaranji in Maharashtra has left the community worried, which wants the state government to take some firm action. This is the third such incident in the state where RTI activists were either killed or threatened with dire consequences after their exposes made local politicians uncomfortable. Unidentified assailants threw chilli powder on Patils face before stabbing him to death last week....
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Naxals kill three people in every two days
While the focus remains on the recent spate of Maoist attacks, statistics show that Naxals have been killing three persons in every two days for the past five years. The Left-wing extremists have killed about 2,670 people -- about 1,680 civilians and nearly 990 security personnel -- since 2005, equalling three deaths every two days. About 1,440 Maoists have also lost their lives in the past five years, which translates...
More »Couple stoned to death for caste defiance by GS Radhakrishna
A Dalit father of two and his upper-caste lover were allegedly stoned to death in an Andhra village in a suspected honour killing case being dubbed the state’s first. The bodies of S. Sunkari Srinivas, 32, and Swapna Reddy, 22, bearing injury marks caused by stone hits, were found on the outskirts of Krishnajiwadi village in Nizamabad district last night, police said. The attackers were alleged relatives of Swapna, who could...
More »Plight of India's 'floating villagers' by Amarnath Tewary
More than a million people settled along the Kosi river in the Indian state of Bihar live an uncertain and nomadic life in "floating villages" because of frequent flooding. Whenever Babuji Sah walks towards his village, Birbar, he says he feels like an ageing camel struggling to find his new address in the sand-filled desert. That is because Birbar is forced to move location every three to four years. The pathways...
More »Tribals vow to continue stir against steel plant by Prafulla Das
They raise slogans against the alleged police repression on them for opposing acquisition of their land Slogans such as ‘Tata Company Go Back' reverberated the air Leaders of several opposition parties attend the memorial function KALINGANAGAR: The cries of scores of hapless tribal women rented the air in this industrial area in Orissa's Jajpur district on Saturday as hundreds of villagers opposing displacement paid tributes to Laxman Jamuda who was killed in...
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