Visitors: 204 West Bengal, India Name of the victims:- (1) Ms. Sahida Bibi wife of Mr. Nesar Gazi aged about-35 years, by faith-Muslim, occupation-rag picker; (2) Master Abdul Alim Gazi son of Mr. Nesar Gazi, aged about-15 years, both residing at 4A Basanti Colony, Police Station-Ultadanga, District-Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Name of the perpetrators:- (1) […]
Visitors: 368 Maharashtra Dr Arun Gadre, of Pune, Maharashtra is the winner of this year’s Maanav Adhikaar Paaritaushik (Human Dignity Award) of Rupees One Lakh in memory of Professor M. M. Guptara. The citation reads: “Dr Gadre worked for some 20 years in a rural part of Maharashtra as a gynecologist: instead of working in […]
Visitors: 273 Vivek Umrao Glendenning MCIJ International Journalist, the Chartered Institute of Journalists, London Member, Wikimedia /Wikipedia Australia Member, International PEN Member, International PEN Sydney Centre Indian Administration Services should be renamed as the Indian Public Facilitation Services or Indian Public Services. (It was called as Indian Civil Services, ICS, and after Independence it was […]
Visitors: 308 GRI February-2010-Edition Download PDF File By Ground Report India (GRI)
Visitors: 265 Our modern world is not only crazier than we think, but crazier than we can possibly imagine. This can be proved by the following examples: The Court in Minnesota orders a parent to poison her 13-year-old boy with chemotherapy as it believes chemo is the only treatment for cancer that works (parental and […]
Visitors: 239 As I write this page, the Union minister for environment and forests is deliberating whether Bt brinjal can be grown and eaten in India. So, at the outset, let me make my own bias clear. I am not an anti-GM person; I have no ideological problems with the use of genetically modified technology […]
Visitors: 374 Port Vila, Vanuatu – February 24Central banks of the Pacific are becoming active in building more inclusive financial systems. Representatives of five Pacific central banks met today to discuss how to extend financial services to the unbanked, including how to oversee new technologies such as mobile phone banking while protecting clients. It is […]
Visitors: 340 New York The Iranian government should immediately stop harassing and arbitrarily detaining members of the Baha’i community, Human Rights Watch said today. (Dozens Detained Without Charge; Leaders Face Charges Carrying Death Penalty) The detention of 13 Baha’is on February 10 and 11 follows the arrest of 13 others in early January. The government […]
Visitors: 195 Several developing countries in Asia and Africa proudly proclaim themselves to be democratic countries. To prove to the world about their democratic credentials, they hold elections with much fanfare. There are countries in Asia and Africa where the ruling group end up getting almost 100% votes, making the democracy itself to be a […]
Visitors: 263 Maharashtra The law called Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) gives us the right to get an FIR registered when we witness a serious offence being committed. Such offences include encroachment of public spaces etc. which are happening unchecked all around us. Registering FIR — First Information Report — sets in motion the police and […]
Visitors: 315 Fiji Dr Christopher Noonan will soon commence as Chief Trade Adviser (CTA) for Forum Island Countries (FICs) to support their participation in the regional PACER Plus negotiations. PACER Plus refers to a proposed comprehensive free trade and economic development agreement that will be negotiated between Australia and New Zealand, and Forum Island Countries. […]
Visitors: 319 SRI LANKA, Human rights defender Pattani Razeek has been missing since he was apparently abducted on 11 February in the town of Polonnaruwa, in Sri Lanka’s North Central Province. He may be the victim of an enforced disappearance, and could be at risk of torture or other ill-treatment. It is not clear what […]
Visitors: 398 In less than 24 hours after traps were laid in Samoa a male mongoose was caught, however the island nation is not relaxing the effort yet as this may not be the only one. Samoa has no known established population of the mongoose, but the animals are common in Hawaii and Fiji, having […]
Visitors: 192 New Delhi “Absolutely every decision pertaining to the selection of Central Information Commissioners (CICs) is made by the Selection Committee headed by the Prime Minister,” said Mr Shantanu Consul, Secretary, Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Govt of India. In a meeting with eight RTI activists from six states here on Friday, 12th […]
Visitors: 308 When Sri Lanka recently went for Presidential election, many people around the world thought that the country’s democratic system has matured and Sri Lanka will be able to overcome its problems before long. While the election debate was acrimonious when several personal allegations were made, the observers did not mind it , terming […]
Visitors: 201 Uttar Pradesh Peoples’ Vigilance Committee on Human Rights (PVCHR) got information from its associated Human Rights Defender Aftab Alam being threaten by the village head of Bhatti, as he highlighted the issue malnutrition, tuberculosis and hunger death in the Lohta locality of Dhannipur(Bhatti), weaver dominated area of Kashi Vidyapith Block of Varanasi district […]
Visitors: 308 Uttar Pradesh There are an average 85 departments by administration in non-metro backward districts in the Uttar Pradesh State. According to Right to Information Act 2005, a complete list of Public Information Officers and First Appeal Authorities for each department must have published within 120 days of enaction of the RTI Act 2005. […]
Visitors: 215 Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Andolan, Narmada Bachao Andolan and National Alliance of People’s Movements welcome the judgment delivered by the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, Justice Ajit Prakash Shah on February 12, 2010 on the eve of his retirement. This decision will go a long way in the struggle of the poor […]
Visitors: 187 PROJECT VIJAY “Victory of India by Joint Action of Youth” is a youth oriented social organization registered under Society Act (2008-3311-2009) and has felicitated “KARAMVEER CHAKRA AWARD” have come to know a biggest financial embezzlement scandal by Dr. R. Tuli, Director, NBRI who is being relieved from CSIR/ NBRI on 07.02.2010 a date […]
Visitors: 232 I recall the day two months before, when I had the opportunity to attend a seminar at the outskirt of Delhi. The hot topics, to be bothered and discussed in the gathering was: “Pollution of River Ganga & its Control and Preservation” (i.e. Ganga ka Pradushan … Ganga Bachao”). And so, so early […]
Visitors: 189 In the aftermath of sixty first republic day the people of India are not sure when will cease the skyrocketing prices of food grains and basic and bare necessities for life; lot of them are not sure about having two meals a day; they are uncertain about their future and that of their […]
Visitors: 221 “WILL DEMAND FOR SEPARATE SMALLER STATES LEAD TO DISINTEGRATION OF INDIA?”WHAT DO THE COLLEGE STUDENTS THINK ? ALL INDIA ESSAY COMPETITION FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS Objective of the competition The recent demand for smaller states from several quarters and related violent incidents have led to considerable concern about the future of the federal structure […]
Visitors: 1,613 Maharashtra The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has decided to give senior citizens a five per cent rebate in property taxes. Those above 65 years of age will also not be charged for admission in BMC-run hospitals. The civic body has drawn up the proposal and will pass it next week at its group leaders’ […]
Visitors: 304 A huge controversy has been generated in recent days over the much quoted lines in the IPCC’s 2007 report: “Glaciers in the Himalaya are receding faster than in any part of the world and, if the present rate continues, the likelihood of them disappearing by the year 2035 and perhaps sooner is very […]
Visitors: 239 [Synopsis: The country is facing multitude of problems in power sector. Despite huge investments since independence and considerable increase in generating capacity, electricity is still out of reach for about 40% of the population. In the backdrop of escalating demand for electricity, the social, economic and environmental implications of large addition of conventional […]