Visitors: 257Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), KanpurIn the eve of Prime Minister’s visit a graduate student of IIT Kanpur was detained by the police under pressure of the IIT Kanpur administration without any reason or documents in the room A-108, Hall-8, IIT Kanpur. And in the morning they took him to the police station and […]
Visitors: 246The Maharashtra Government and their ‘selected officials’ spent their time and citizens’ money dreaming during the day. They have come up with a plan to tax citizens yet again. They claim that better infrastructure should encourage Mumbaikars to pay more for it. They feel, that property prices will go up and Mumbaikars should share […]
Visitors: 2975th June 2010 India Water Foundation, a New Delhi based non-profit civil society, hosted felicitation ceremony to felicitate Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev of Isha Foundation on the occasion of being conferred upon Indira Gandhi Pariyavaran Puruskar by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India on 5 June 2010 at New Delhi. Shri Pawan […]
Visitors: 207Respected Murli bhai,Namaskar. The statement by you has come in ET that you have just increased Rs. 1 per day that is Rs. 35 /- for gas cylinder. Please note:1. The sweeper, the watchman, the domestic help , the bai, the aya, the lift man , the driver etc earn less then 5k to […]
Visitors: 259According to recent reports, in Pakistan, there are influential media barons, military and government officials, and political leaders, who consider nuclear weapons their ‘crown jewels’. They would like to start a nuclear war against India, even if a couple of their own cities are also destroyed in the process. They regard peacemakers as conspiring […]
Visitors: 298Name of the deceased: Sumanta Mondal, aged- about 22 years, son of- Mr। Nimai Mondal, Village & Post- Borderpara, Police Station- Raninagar, District- Murshidabad Name of the perpetrators – 1) Mr. Sailesh Kumar; Constable (CT No. 00722731) 2) Mr. Ramji Pandey; Inspector and Three other on duty Border Security Force (BSF) Personnel (name unknown) […]
Visitors: 26822 Information Commissioners from across the country will retire in the next few months. Out of them, 11 are Chief Information Commissioners. So many posts will fall vacant. What should be the process of their appointment? The law is silent on that. Barring prescribing the composition of a selection committee (consisting of PM, Leader […]
Visitors: 331The Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has condoled the passing way of Malayala Manorama Chief Editor, K.M.Mathew. In a message to his son Mammen Mathew the Prime Minister noted Shri K.M.Mathew’s commitment to the cause of excellence in journalism and his contributions to promoting the freedom of the press. Following is the text of […]
Visitors: 250There are other ways around women reservation can be implemented without depriving others from their constitutional rights. Often I become so much confused and ask myself, why the reservation is needed in India? and if necessary , which sections deserve it the most? and should it not be implemented so that it does not […]
Visitors: 301GRI June-2010-Edition Download PDF File By The Ground Report India (GRI)
Visitors: 270I had moved to Bhopal in January 1983. Year 1984 was a difficult one for me. I was struggling to set up my business of interior designing and furniture with practically no capital. I did not have many clients. Of the few clients that I had, not many treated me with any level of […]
Visitors: 252Sometimes, we start thinking that RTI is the only tool available to activist citizens. Then we start speaking of ourselves as “RTI activists”, as if RTI is the only thing that matters to us. We forget our larger objective i.e. improving the quality of governance and administration. We become over-focused on uncovering information, getting […]
Visitors: 217Online petition “Make it Easier for People from India and Pakistan to Travel and Meet Each Other” is now ready for your signatures at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/pakistan-india-travel/ . Please help us publicize it and urge your friends and list-serves to sign it, so that we have a sizeable number of signatories, before we present it to […]
Visitors: 376The Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN (WiPC) protests in the strongest possible terms the murder of Jean Leonard Rugambage, deputy editor of the banned newspaper Umuvugizi, who was shot dead outside his home on 24 June 2010. Rugambage had reportedly been followed and threatened prior to his death and it is believed […]
Visitors: 225What were your expectations from G-20 Summit, especially when it is seen as a rich countries’ forum against the less richer ones ? Are you satisfied with the bilateral talks?Answer.Well this meeting of the Group of was in some way the preparation for the summit meeting in Seoul this November. I think the Summit […]
Visitors: 329New research from the Environmental Working Group (EWG) shows that corn-based ethanol biofuel is wasteful, inefficient, and a misuse of taxpayer money. This flies in the face of conventional wisdom in Washington (which we all know means “fat wallet wisdom”) but agrees with the research you’ve already seen presented here on NaturalNews several times. […]
Visitors: 254The Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh, visited Canada from June 26 to June 28 at the invitation of the Prime Minister of Canada, Mr. Stephen Harper. During his visit, Prime Minister Singh participated in the G-20 Toronto Summit and held bilateral discussions with Prime Minister Harper. The two Prime Ministers, in reviewing […]
Visitors: 272The following is an online petition against discrimination of Dalit students in Indian universities. Please sign in this and make this campaign a success. This needs to be taken up seriously when hundreds of Dalit students are denied of their right to higher studies in most of the professional institutions. Also there are several […]
Visitors: 333New Delhi, India The University Counseling & Guidance Centre of Jamia Millia Islamia in collaboration with Indian Association of Clinical Psychologists (IACP), North Zone had organized a workshop on “Providing Crisis Mental Health in Disasters” on June 25, 2010 from 10 AM to 2 PM in the Committee Room of Nehru Guest House, Jamia […]
Visitors: 278The National RTI Forum has decided to bring out a “Journal for Right to Information”. This shall be a six-monthly journal which shall try to cover different aspects related with Right to Information. The journal shall be bilingual (with both Hindi and English language). The first issue shall be brought on 13th October 2010. […]
Visitors: 220A preparatory meeting took place in the house of Sri Sunil Pal, Retired Headmaster, to form the dream institution ‘River’ on Saturday the 19 June, 2010 at 6 P.M. Sri Sunil Pal presided over the meeting. Since long Panihati- Sodpur area is a center of activities for the Welfare of mankind. Efforts have been […]
Visitors: 256Tuesday 22 June, Mumbai, On Saturday, RTI activists’ alarm bells started ringing when a dozen cops in police van no. MH01-SA-3313 parked on Western Express Highway near Borivli National Park, behaved strangely. A posse of cops loitering outside the compound of an under-construction high-rise building belonging to matka-king-turned-builder Pappu Sawla refused to identify themselves […]
Visitors: 309A state level NGO and Civil society consultative process on National policy for children 1974, reaffirming recognition, renewing commitment for Review and Recommendation 2010, was held on 21st June 2010, at Holy Cross Church Hall, Dimapur. Rev. Fr. C.P. Anto, the director, Peace Channel in his keynote address welcomed the participants and while lying […]
Visitors: 258(Roshanlal Agrawal is a social activist and thinker. He has been discussing economic justice issues with social activists, economists and organizations in all over India.) Today, poverty is considered the greatest problem in the whole society or even nation. A lot of economists, scholars, and sociologist, religious and political leaders are suggesting various measures […]
Visitors: 202When dozens of corrupt officials of BMC, MHADA, Registrar of Cooperatives, Mumbai Police colluded with crooked redevelopers and the managing committee of Tilaknagar cooperative society to give Sanjraj Mangeshkar sleepless nights, they never imagined that he could have them booked under the anti corruption laws. But that is exactly what he succeeded in doing, […]