Visitors: 219 The Centre for Development Studies at Tata Institute of Social Sciences in collaboration with Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore and Institute for Economic Growth (IEG) with support from United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) is organizing a two-day National Consultative Meeting on the above theme during 15-16 December, 2011 at TISS, […]
Visitors: 544 Report by: Kirity RoySecretary Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM) & National Convenor Programme Against Custodial Torture & Impunity (PACTI) Particulars of the victim:- Mr. Prasanta Mahato, son of Mr. Srimanta Mahato, residing at village-Jarulia, Police Station-Jhargram, District-Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India. Particulars of the perpetrators: – The involved police personnel of Jhargram Police […]
Visitors: 222 Pritam K. Rohila, Ph.D.Executive DirectorAssociation for Communal Harmony in Asia (ACHA) www.asiapeace.org & www.indiapakistanpeace.org Peace is more than non-enmity between nations. It also means a nation, where public officials carry out their responsibilities effectively, efficiently and ethically to ensure that citizens live amicably with each other and with a sense of security for themselves […]
Visitors: 218 In the early hours of Monday morning, 5 December, on arrival at Minsk airport in Belarus, a four-person delegation, three from Norwegian PEN – publishers William Nygaard and Trygve Åslund, and the Centre’s Secretary General Carl Morten Iversen – as well as Danish PEN board member journalist Niels-Ivar Larsen, were denied visas and […]
Visitors: 193 By- John Dayal New Delhi, India 5th December 2011 Dealing with Islamic groups in Kashmir on Christian persecution PREAMBLE; The family of Rev C M Khanna, presbyter of the All Saints Church in Srinagar, of the Church of North India, phoned up Christian leaders and lawyers in New Delhi and […]
Visitors: 185 Peace Channel has been recently conferred the Karmaveer Puraskar by the Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore Foundation and iCongo supported by Karmaveer Puraskar and United Nations Volunteers (UNV) for its contributions towards child and youth empowerment. The award was conferred at a ceremony held at New Delhi. Mr. Atovi Sumi, a Peace Channel representative received […]
Visitors: 151 3rd December 2011 To Mr. Satyabrata Pal, IFS The Hon’ble Member NHRC Faridkot House, Copernicus Marg New Delhi – 1 Sir I want to draw your urgent attention towards one of my communiqué to you, Chief Minister, Chief Secretary of West Bengal, Principal Secretary (Home) West Bengal, ADG & IGP (law & Order) […]
Visitors: 128 SEASONAL GREETINGS We take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas. On behalf of Gwalior Childrens Charity (Help Children of India), formerly known as Gwalior Childrens hospital Charity, I would like to thank you for your continued support and help. Frankly, we can’t do it without you. We are happy to inform […]
Visitors: 231 Appeal by: Dr. V. Pugazhenthi MBBS, 1/187, Mudhaliyar Street,Sadras, Kanchipuram District,Tamil Nadu, India 603 102Ph: 8870578769 Sub: False Charges filed on me to curtail my professional and democratic duty to warn the people I am serving about the ill effects of the nuclear radiation around the Kalpakkam Nuclear Power PlantI am a medical […]
Visitors: 167 Name of the victim–Mr. Gautam Tudu, son of Mr.Surendranath Tudu, a resident of Laxmanpur village, P0-Korkora,Police Station-Binpur, in Jhargram, in the district of West Midnapur, West Bengal, India. Perpetrators– The involved police personnel of Jhargram police station and the involved jawans of the Joint Force operating in Jhargram. Date and time of the […]
Visitors: 177 The Global Water Partnership together with IHP-HELP Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science, under the auspices of UNESCO, at the University of Dundee, is looking to build on their successful 2011 International Water Law Programme (http://www.dundee.ac.uk/water/workshop), and offer scholarships for 30 participants to undertake a module in International Water Law, in Dundee […]
Visitors: 238 Report by: Advocate H.C. Arora, Petitioner In Person. He is a practicing Lawyer at Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh. Chandigarh, 29 November: On a PIL filed by local lawyer, H.C. Arora, a Division Bench of the HC comprising CJ Ranjan Gagoi and Justice Surya Kant today issued notices for […]
Visitors: 204 Concept: The Ground Report India has arisen out of our concerns and awareness for a balanced media representation of the ground realities of present day India. We presently feel that the Indian media does not provide sufficient attention to the situation of the “common man”. We believe that the Ground Report India is […]
Visitors: 180 New Delhi, 15th October, 2011. Dr Udit Raj National President, Indian Justice Party Today, a National Seminar was organized by All India Confederation of SC/ST Organisations and other like minded organizations in Speaker Hall, Constitution Club, New Delhi. This was participated by Dr. Udit Raj, D. Raja, Swami Agnivesh,Mast Ram Kapur, Ibrahim Qureshi, […]
Visitors: 215 There has been much excitement in the Ground Report India team as we move from a monthly eJournal (which will still continue) and bring to you this detailed quarterly journal. This print magazine has arisen out of our concerns and awareness for a balanced media representation of the ground realities of present day […]
Visitors: 195 Janta TV is a national Hindi TV news channel. Its foundation leads to an ideology of next generation media platform of the public and by the public. BOL – Free Platform: It may sound strange in the first observation that “Anyone can come on the TV platform of Janta TV” but it’s true. […]
Visitors: 145 Heera LalProvincial Civil Services (PCS) Joint Regsitrar, U P State Administrative Tribuanl, Lucknowwww.makingyouhapy.org In coming days, South Asia (SA) will be the epicenter of world power. SA has potent and fast growing rising countries- India and China. China is second largest economy after US and India is fourth after Japan- India and china […]
Visitors: 171 Mumbai, Dated: 13thOctober All India Secular Forum (AISF) strongly condemns the harassment of IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt by the Government of Gujarat. Shri Bhatt was not allowed to meet his family members and even his lawyer and was reportedly denied home food. Shri Bhatt is being treated like a criminal. AISF demands […]
Visitors: 205 Whenever public anger spills out on the streets and the media goes into overdrive, a new political party is born or gains ascendancy. Many a new party in its infancy appears like a socio-political movement. When the dust settles, the movement is over, and only the party remains. Whenever a new NETA (politician) […]
Visitors: 302 It has now been confirmed that the Anna Hazare’s-led so-called ‘second freedom struggle’—as some sections of the media have mistakenly chosen to call it—has close links with the RSS. From conceptualizing this media-propelled movement to successfully organizing it, the RSS, it appears, played a key role in it. This being the case, it […]
Visitors: 1,089 Kalindi Kokal Human Rights Law Activist worked as a journalist with the Maharashtra Herald and Indian Express as a features writer (This is an article I wrote after interacting with the Bora community in Digoli, Uttaranchal. I feel it is necessary to save the traditional occupation of this community, even […]
Visitors: 172 For the past 20 years more or less, I have been in touch (active or passive), have been working or have worked with various known Social Personalities, Media Celebrities of Social Activism in India, known/ unknown Ground Activists, International Awardees, Mainstream Political Persons, RTI/RTF/RTE/ NREGA Activists, Activists of Gandhi’s Ideology, Organizations of Gandhi’s […]
Visitors: 201 INTRODUCTION Recently world has seen nuclear catastrophe during Tsunami in Japan, political Tsunami in Middle East and Africa; racial & ethnic conflicts in Sri Lanka, east Asia and middle-east; terrorist and fundamentalist attacks in India, Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan and other countries as well as Maoist Violence in south Asia. This shows the expression […]
Visitors: 158 Dear Patron, Ground Report India team will start 75 days tour from 5th October 2011 covering hundreds of villages of various states (around 12 states) of India for special edition on “Water & Agriculture”. GRI team will try to cover Delhi, NCR, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana and […]
Visitors: 123 September 29, 2011, Gangtok, Sikkim The Prime Minister visited Gangtok and made an aerial survey of the quake affected areas of the state of Sikkim. Dr. Manmohan Singh flew over the affected areas of Mangan, Chungthang, Lachen and Lachung and visited the injured at the Government Hosiptal in Gangtok. He was briefed of […]