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The Orissa High Court awards them Rs 20 lakh each to two SBI Sweepers
Two daily-wage sweepers had given their “sweat & blood” to the State Bank of India, the Orissa High Court said on June 23
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Sultanpur Rape Case: NHRC pulls up Uttar Pradesh police for negligence
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The Commission has asked for a report from the U.P. police
CAB 2019 is not just Unconstitutional, it is meant to create communal divides
The proposed Citizenship amendment bill is an assault on...
Violence against women – more than just a law & order problem
Image: Denitza Tchacarova (detail)/WikimediaJaya Bachchan’s and Swati Mahiwal's outbursts,...
Sri Lankan refugees, the persecuted people that CAB is forgetting
While considering granting citizenship to Non-Muslim immigrants from neighbouring countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, the Centre has been conspicuous in excluding the more than 1 lakh Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka.
Meeting held to oppose nationwide NRC-NPR
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Mumbra: At a meeting organized by Awaaz-e-Niswaan (Women’s voice)...
Poverty forces Kerala children to eat mud to survive
An alcoholic husband has pushed Sridevi and her six kids to this situation
The Great Indian ‘CAB’cophony
The Cabinet has passed the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), 2019 and its introduction is awaited in either houses of the Parliament any day now. The government expects and believes that the bill will be passed by the Parliament (both houses) by December 10. The opposition is unlikely to allow smooth sailing of the amendment that seriously alters the fundamentals of Indian citizenship
Why Opp MPs Strongly Dissented against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 and How
Dissent Note: Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016
No country for children: 35-year-old rapes, murders 8-year-old in Karnataka
The accused approached the girl near her school and lured her away with chocolates
NHRC, Delhi High Court spring into action, pull up governments on women’s safety measures, utilisation of Nirbhaya Fund
The executive has failed by not implementing policies and governments have failed to keep the executive in check as there is no monitoring of implementation being carried out. In this atmosphere, there is always room left for perpetrators of crime to dare to commit such heinous crimes as the preventive machinery in the State crumbles.
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Promising Principles Poor Outcomes: What the judicial record on security force accountability actually shows
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The arbitrary detention of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya: A call for justice
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