Visitors: 259 West Bengal, India The abduction of Officer in Charge of Sankarail police station of West Midnapur district by ‘Maoist’ insurgents and killing two officers of the same police station ended with a positive note while the leader of the said insurgent group, Koteshwar Rao alias Kishenjee directed to let him free after a […]
Visitors: 25029 October 2009 GRI October-2009-Edition Download PDF file by: Ground Report India (GRI)
Visitors: 323 “ It is strange that the government is speaking of the need to amend the Right to Information (RTI) Act, because there is no demand from any quarter for such an amendment. Neither of the two nationwide studies on RTI implementation, conducted by PriceWaterhouse Coopers and NCPRI-RaaG, say that there is a need […]
Visitors: 350 Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) and Maharashtra Government has given in to pressures from builders, and made far-reaching changes in existing laws through the back-door. Bypassing the state legislature, they issued GRs (circulars) that negate existing laws and Development Control Regulations (DC Rules). These changes are endangering lakhs of people in high-rise […]
Visitors: 388 West Bengal, India On 05/09/2009 Ms. Halima Bibi including her minor daughter Ms. Kulduma Khatun (age-12 years) and her two minor friends became victims of torture in the hands of Border Security Force (BSF) personnel of Bamnabad BSF camp in a remote village-Char Lalkup, District-Murshidabad, West Bengal near Indo-Bangladesh Border. They were physically […]
Visitors: 327The paper which was presented in Budapest Hungary by Fr Anto Paul- The conflict context or development context of the Naga polity Nagas are unique people with its culture, people, religion, habitat and worldview and polity but Naga’s context of development or context of conflict and brief history through which it is developing over […]
Visitors: 281 West Bengal, India To The Acting Chairman National Human Rights Commission Faridkot House Copernicus Marg New Delhi-110001 15.10.2009 Your Ref.:- Your letter dated 17.9.2009//18.9.2009 in Case no. 240/25/13/09-10/OC/SB-2 Our Ref.:- Our Complaint no. MASUM/NHRC/NM/1624/09 dated 15.6.2009 Sub.:- Reply against decision of the Commission Respected Sir, The Commission vide letter dated 17.9.2009//18.9.2009 communicated us […]
Visitors: 359Glimpses of ‘An alternative framework for environmental governance’ Or Few Aspects of Self-Help Green Society (SHGS) A Crisis in agriculture and environment is reciprocal to each other. Environmental problem is a global, national and local phenomenon, which is to be addressed in all the three phases – globally, nationally and locally. In matters of […]
Visitors: 322(West Bengal, India) Mr. Shibajit Mondal was gun shot by BSF of Rajanagar on 14-15/3/2009 at about 00.00 hours. He received bullet injury on his abdomen. He was under treatment at Nil Ratan Sarkar (NRS) Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata under Entally Police Station where he succumbed to his injuries on 30/03/2009. Entally Police […]
Visitors: 404 Papers procured under a Right To Information application by Daphne Warapan, filed on 21st August ‘09 asking for expenditure details of MLA funds, point to blatant misuse of MLA funds by sitting MLA and Congress candidate for assembly elections Ziauddin “Baba” Siddique for 177 Vandre (W). Information obtained under this RTI is for […]
Visitors: 270 Gautam Benegal Filmmaker / Illustrator / Journalist If anyone had ever thought that the Saas Bahu serials plumbed the lowest depths of what our TV channels could do in order to harvest ratings, then they should do a quick reality check. Newer depths of depravity have been discovered and the bar of regression […]
Visitors: 290 Delhi 3 to 5 Oct 2009 Summary of Findings and Recommendations A national meet was organised on the theme ‘What it Means to be a Muslim in India Today’ by Anhad ( Act Now fro Harmony and Democracy, Delhi) in collaboration with Siasat and other organisations Delhi from 3 to 5 Oct 09. […]
Visitors: 418 The Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human rights (PVCHR) has learned that police and government officials have refused to look seriously into a case of murder of social worker in a Jaulan village by Son of corrupt panchayat head. Reliable reports claim that corrupt panchayat head has been bribing police officials to maintain the […]
Visitors: 473 K. Balagopal was not a civil rights activist of Andhra Pradesh but a crusader against any human rights violation in this part of the globe. His untimely death saddened the whole HR community of this country and abroad. Balagopal died at relatively younger age of 52 due to a cardiac arrest in a […]
Visitors: 2758th October 2009, New Delhi Thousands of members of Delhi Shramik Sangathan from all over Delhi assembled at Mandi House & marched to Parliament against the proposed cash for food scheme by Delhi Government & demanding Universalization of Public Distribution System. The members of supporting organizations like Lok Raj Sangathan, Pragati mahila Manch, Alliance […]
Visitors: 304नमस्कार। इस समय देश के समक्ष जो चुनौतियां हैं, उनसे निपटने के लिए नए रास्ते तलाशने की जरूरत है। अन्य बातों के साथ-साथ यह भी बहुत जरूरी हो गया है कि देश की राजनीति को मूल्यों और मुद्दों की पटरी पर वापस लाने के लिये पहल की जाए तथा देश में भारतपरस्त और गरीबपरस्त […]
Visitors: 358 MUMBAI, 6th OCTOBER ’09: Leading activist Aruna Roy expressed disgust at rampant appointment of bureaucrats as State and Central Information Commissioners (SICs and CICs) through non-transparent procedures. “It violates the principle of checks-and-balances. It is like staffing Human Rights Commission with former CBI officers!” she said. “We must agitate to ensure that no […]
Visitors: 297 Nandini Voice for the Deprived, a Chennai based NGO organised the meeting of college students on “WIDESPREAD DRINKING HABIT AMONGST STUDENTS AND HOWTO SAVE THEM FROM CATASTROPHE “? AT YOUTH HOSTEL, INDIRA NAGAR, ADYAR, CHENNAI-20, Tamilnadu. Thirteen students from different colleges in Tamil Nadu spoke during the meeting expressing their views on the […]
Visitors: 317Mass rally & Public meeting on 8th Oct’09 from Mandi House to Jantar Mantar at 10amGreetings from Delhi Shramik Sangathan!The Below Poverty Line (BPL) families living in slums areas, J J Colonies & unauthorized colonies are forced to come on the roads to protest against the “cash for food” proposal of Delhi Government. Delhi […]
Visitors: 29230 September 2009 GRI September-2009-Edition By: Ground Report India (GRI)
Visitors: 279 Youth Peace Movement called Peace Channel, have been working with the youth for last four years and motivating and making the youth as peace lovers and peace makers in the famly and society at large. Youth Peace Movement has just celebrated the National Level Youth Peace Festival organized by the Peace Channel. We […]
Visitors: 402 ——————————————————————— ISSUES: Threat; intimidation; right to life; human rights defender; right to expression ——————————————————————— Dear friends, Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) a local non-government human rights organization working in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh its human rights defenders are receiving ongoing threats and harassment. Case detail: On 14th September, 09 three human rights […]
Visitors: 300N.S.VENKATARAMAN TRUSTEE NANDINI VOICE FOR THE DEPRIVED M 60/1 4TH CROSS STREET, BESANT NAGAR, CHENNAI-600090 TEL:- 24916037 Email:- nsvenkat@md4.vsnl.net.in Website:- www.nandinivoice.org MEETING AT CHENNAI ON GANDHI JAYANTHI DAY – 2ND OCTOBER,2009 “WIDE SPREAD DRINKING HABIT AMONGST STUDENTS IN TAMIL NADU HOW TO SAVE THEM FROM CATASTROPHE?” COLLEGE STUDENTS TO PRESENT THEIR VIEWS . Nandini […]
Vivek Umrao GlendenningWe believe that all the basic needs of human beings to stay alive, are produced by common society since the beginning of society. Capital was produced by common society and still it is produced by common society. In current market systems there is no accountability towards common society. The Current market and various […]