Haqs Musings: Challenges of Indian Democracy
A major problem is that individuals charged with even the most serious crimes are allowed to stand if they have been convicted but their cases are under appeal, according to Times Online. ���The speed of the.. The BBC is reporting that the Church of England has pulled its investments from India mining company Vedanta after criticism of its Orissa bauxite project: The decision has.. Rallies continue in New Delhi after the gang rape of a 23-year-old girl on Dec. 16.
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Pregnant ladies wait for hours for check up
Long queues of pregnant women outside the gynaecology department at the civil hospital here are very common as patients have to wait for hours for their turn. Though there are three gynaecologists in the civil hospital here, most of the patients are.
Three minor girls gangraped in Bengal on day of Saraswati puja
However, on the basis of the complaint we have started a gangrape case and officers are conducting raids. But no one has been arrested yet,��� said Malda police super Prasun Banerjee. Locals told HT on January 25 that the three students went to their.
Bihar: Medical examination confirms gang-rape of 6 women
The medical examination has indeed shown that rape had been committed on the six women, Kumar told HT on Saturday. He said the investigation into the case was almost complete. The charge sheet will be submitted in court by Saturday evening or latest .
SC stays death sentence of 2 Delhi rape convicts
The Supreme Court on Monday suspended the death sentence of Vinay Sharma and Akshay Thakur, the two remaining convicts in the Dec 16, 2012, Delhi gang-rape case, as it extended its March 15 order blocking execution of two other death row convicts.
16 Dera Sacha Sauda followers booked by police for clash
About 16 followers of Sirsa-based Dera Saccha Sauda, besides two hundred unidentified followers, have been booked on charges of attempt to murder by the local police for the clash between Sikhs and Dera supporters on Sunday at Makhu, a rural town in .
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Power of the BBC could be curbed, Government suggests.
The BBC spends around ��430 million on news and current affairs a year, which is more than the remaining UK television and radio news broadcasters combined. It broadcasts 73 per cent of television news hours and 46 per��.
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Under tough questioning from a three-judge panel, Miranda argued that the UK government illegally detained him and that the materials he was carrying were protected.. part of the country, the big one blasted off from the first launch pad in Sriharikota on Tuesday afternoon, firing the ambition of a nation, and the imagination of many others, says the lead story on The Times of India website. BBC... Dec 16 gangrape: Court takes up foreign medias coverage plea.
Congress holds dharnas in Bathinda, Faridkot, Moga
The Youth Congress cadre is ready to take on the state government. We just need unconditional support from our senior leaders in the party. People are angry with the Badals and we need to understand their anger to offer them solutions, said Jattana.
Canada-based NRI among 4 killed in road accident in Moga
Naib Singh, uncle of NRI Husandeep Singh, said that family members of his nephew have been living in Canada for a long time. Husandeep, who was the only son of my brother had come to his native Gholia Kalan village two months ago. Jayant Singh .
Two schoolgirls hung from same rope in Assam
Two schoolgirls were hung from the two ends of the same rope from a tree in Assams Karimganj district, a killing reminiscent of the Badaun gang-rape and murder in Uttar Pradesh. Both the girls, one a Class 10 and the other a Class nine student, of a.
The Crisis In Education is a Crisis of Values - Resurgent India
As noted by the Mother : ���For the last hundred years or so mankind has been suffering from a disease which seems to be spreading more and more and which has reached a climax in our times; it is what we may call.. The home ministry has asked the BBC, the information and broadcasting, foreign and information technology ministries on Wednesday to stop the telecast of a controversial documentary featuring an accused in the December 16 gangrape case, saying��.
Govt bans documentary on December 16 gangrape, BBC telecasts it in UK
The BBC, in response, telecast the documentary on the BBC Four in the UK from 3.30am Thursday (Indian time) -- it was originally scheduled for March 8, International Womens Day.. I would have wanted to stay on and fight till the end, she told HT.
Dealing with an old best friend
The annual summit meetings between the Indian and Russian leaderships no longer electrify the air. The relationship has become entirely predictable and is lacking in the thrill of the unknown unknown. Many factors come into play here. For one thing .
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They have condemned the role of the Government of Gujarat headed by Modi in providing leadership and material support in the politically motivated attacks on minorities in Gujarat.. Coverage in the Indian and international press, including the New York Times (July 27, 2002), Washington Post (June 03, 2002), and Boston Globe (July 12, 2002),[1] reported the failure of the state machinery in Gujarat... [39] Literally -- Person who broadcasts information. In the��.
Haqs Musings: Status of Women in Pakistan
Bano Qudsia: is a writer, intellectual, playwright and spiritualist from Pakistan who is regarded among the best Urdu novelists and short story writers of modern times.. Her documentary films have been aired on Discovery Times channel and PBS/Frontline World... In response to the recent gang-rape incident, a legislator in Rajasthan suggested banning skirts as a uniform for girls in private schools, citing it as the reason for increased cases of sexual harassment. 4.
Trolls or media watchdogs?: Japans foreign-born defenders.
Over 700 comments, most strongly attacking aspects of Johnsons story, were posted in the days before The Economist called time on the forum, while Johnson was endlessly taken to task on numerous blogs and YouTube channels. Read the.. CAIRO ��� Egypts interim government called an Al-Jazeera local affiliate that broadcasts in Arabic a national threat Thursday, moving closer to banning its broadcasts beamed from Qatar after the affiliate aired recordings of��.
Im terrified at the sight of khaki: TN rape victim
Every time I see a police jeep or a khaki uniform, I am terrified. I hide until the jeep goes away. I and my three sisters-in-law are afraid the police will rape us again. Like they did that Sunday. We are Irulas and because we live far from the.
Immolation bid at Muktsar: Three arrested for attempt to murder
The city police have arrested three members of the Unemployed Linemen Union, Punjab, for allegedly attempting to murder one of their union members Hitesh Kumar, who had had been reported to have set himself ablaze outside the venue of the political .
Work is party this New Year for PM Modis team
The PM also met the parents of the 23-year old Delhi girl who was gangraped in a moving bus on December 16, 2012 and died after a week. ���The PM condoled their loss, and assured the parents that the government would do its utmost for the safety and.
India Forum Archives: Media in India and elsewhere.
The English media of India largely represents a holdover from the Congress era in which it was a state run propaganda center for the Congress government that was far left in its orientation. We can perhaps at. In an exclusive interview with HindustanTimes.com, the traumatised actor who has already suffered three heart attacks in the past, says he was used and then unceremoniously dumped by Aaj Tak, the channel that engineered the stunt. I have been cheated.
Right to motherhood, right to a mother
Some of these have been exposed and subsequently acknowledged by the government thanks to feminists. Others are so neatly buried under layers of. I think it is time women were liberated from this pernicious system. Women should understand that .
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In a big blow to the BJP government in Gujarat, junior Home Minister Amit Shah, a close aide of Chief Minister Narendra Modi, was today charged with murder by CBI in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case and may face arrest after he.. Pune blast: DV disclosed that even the Pune German Bakery bomb explosion was done by the same gang (DV April 16, 2010: Super RSS Abhinav Bharat behind Pune terrorist act)... Hindustan Times - ?3 hours ago?
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Barcelona. 3. It is the first time in India that convicts of a rape case have been sentenced to death under section 376E that was brought in by the new Criminal Law (Amendment) Act in 2013 after the brutal Delhi gang-rape case. Which is that rape case?.. The revolver is marketed as Indias first gun for women and it is named after the name given to a 23-year-old woman who was gang raped in Delhi in December 16, 2012. That victim later died due to her injuries.
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This focus on horse-race coverage and hoopla as the Americans call it, has been a mainstay of media coverage for quite some time, especially in the US, but it has also become common in the Australian context... CAIRO ��� Egypts interim government called an Al-Jazeera local affiliate that broadcasts in Arabic a national threat Thursday, moving closer to banning its broadcasts beamed from Qatar after the affiliate aired recordings of declarations by fugitive leaders��.
Odisha minister probing land grab in a spot
Priya Ranjan Sahu, Hindustan Times, Bhubaneswar; |; Updated: Aug 27, 2014 04:54 IST. Share. An Odisha minister. She (his wife) ran a nursing home for several years and during that time we built a residential accommodation and moved in. Six years.
Kidnapper of Major Kaleem Killed in Karachi | NEVER MIND
After the departure of the PIR OF LONDON, he and His companions used to transform them selves as lover of humanity , but at the initial times they were deliberately involved in the killings government officials, policemen and members of other.. Rafi, alias Bubbly is an activist of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement,on December 16, 1997 lifted a Suzuki car from House No 5 near Chandni Chowk and on the very next day abducted a first year student Ambreen from Royal��.
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Some commentators have characterized the massacres of Muslims as a genocide in which the state was complicit, while some government sources have countered that the Muslim dead were victims of mere riots or. [16]</sup> According to the Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, most Congress corporators and some Congress leaders of Gujarat had actively participated in last years riots.. Elections were held in December and Modi was returned to power in a landslide victory.
Woman gang-raped, tortured, killed in UP village
A woman was gang-raped and tortured before being murdered in an Uttar Pradesh village, barely 8km from Jabrauli where former US President Bill Clinton visited on Thursday. The womans body, with injury marks on the face, eyes and other parts, was found .