Visitors: 269Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India November 30, 2009 – Armed with banners demanding “Climate Justice Now!” and “Shut Down Coca-Cola”, over 2,000 villagers marched to the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Mehdiganj in India today demanding its closure. Villagers have accused the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Mehdiganj of worsening the water conditions in the area by […]
Visitors: 219Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India November 30, 2009 – Armed with banners demanding “Climate Justice Now!” and “Shut Down Coca-Cola”, over 2,000 villagers marched to the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Mehdiganj in India today demanding its closure. Villagers have accused the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Mehdiganj of worsening the water conditions in the area by […]
Visitors: 285Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Guess who’s leading the list of applicants for information commissioners in the state? Bureaucrats, virtually synonymous with the very red tape that the Right To Information Act seeks to surmount, are showing interest after retirement in dispelling information of all things. Data provided by the state’s General Administration Department shows that […]
Visitors: 245Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Guess who’s leading the list of applicants for information commissioners in the state? Bureaucrats, virtually synonymous with the very red tape that the Right To Information Act seeks to surmount, are showing interest after retirement in dispelling information of all things. Data provided by the state’s General Administration Department shows that […]
Visitors: 321Seattle, USA Across the United States, the media ecosystem is quickly evolving. Some main-stream news organizations are shrinking, as advertising decouples from journalism. Remarkable new technologies and the work of committed citizens are making it easier for us to build unique communities that share civic passion and purpose. In the Pacific Northwest, this evolution […]
Visitors: 331Seattle, USA Across the United States, the media ecosystem is quickly evolving. Some main-stream news organizations are shrinking, as advertising decouples from journalism. Remarkable new technologies and the work of committed citizens are making it easier for us to build unique communities that share civic passion and purpose. In the Pacific Northwest, this evolution […]
Visitors: 311North-East, India The Government of India has been actively considering amendments to the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). In this regard, the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Amendment Bill 2009 has been listed for discussion during the ongoing winter session of the Parliament. Pertinently the proposed amendments have not been placed in the public […]
Visitors: 366Maharashtra, India At least the General public Should know what the state of affairs will be if they try to get Justice from the BMC in similar circumstances like mine… In April 2009,The Occupier of Flat no three, Mr Upendra K Kudva, 1st flr in above Soares Bldg, reconstructs a wall having height of […]
Visitors: 376Uttaranchal, India ( This is an article I wrote after interacting with the Bora community in Digoli. I feel at it is necessary to save the traditional occupation of this community, even as we find newer means of producing the fibre and weaving the fabric. As far as my knowledge goes, this fabric has […]
Visitors: 263Maharashtra, India “SEZ hatao, desh bachao!” GORAI, MAHARASHTRA, People’s movements from across India came together in Gorai – Mumbai, Maharashtra, to demand a repeal of the unconstitutional SEZ Act (2005) and to resist the anti-people model of development that SEZs represent. Farmers, fishermen, labourers, activists, artists, journalists and academics from thirteen states gathered at […]
Visitors: 267Tamilnadu, India Nandini Voice for The Deprived, a Chennai based NGO, organized an extraordinary meeting at Chennai on 29th November,2009 in connection with the World Disabled Day, to honour the self employed disabled persons belonging to lower income group. The objective was to honour the self employed disabled persons who have the courage, determination […]
Visitors: 290Punjab, India Yet an other the degradation of the military by the 6 Pay Commission and subsequent farce enacted by the Committee of Secretaries, “Is a deliberate act”. Actually it appears to be ‘Conspiracy’ to weaken our military. Before WW II, when Hitler had decided to attack Russia, the Germans launched a massive intelligence […]
Visitors: 32927 November 2009 GRI November-2009-Edition Download PDF file By: Ground Report India (GRI)
Visitors: 415Chairman: International Division, Chartered Institute of Journalists, London Wrapping sandwiches or fish and chips in that morning’s newspaper indicates the lack of importance many people give to the day’s news. True, “the best tings in life are free”, goes the maxim. But while news, be it in a newspaper, on radio or on the […]
Visitors: 379Delhi, India The movement for transparency and accountability belongs to us all – not only to Anna Hazare, Aamir Khan & Baba Ramdev. Let nobody use their brand-image to enthrone celebrity-activists like Kiran Bedi or Shekhar Singh. Instead, let us empower the common people and street-level activists to make government answerable. No more stopgap […]
Visitors: 469European Union All buildings built after 31 December 2020 must have high energy-saving standards and be powered to a large extent by renewable energy. Public authorities will lead the way two years earlier and part of the funding for these changes will come from the EU. These are among the key points of a […]
Visitors: 315 Bihar, India The Chief Minister of Bihar Mr. Nitish Kumar alias Sushashan Baboo holds the banner of Good Governance but his government has amended the RTI fee rules to create hurdles for the citizens. It will discourage the common man from seeking information. The cabinet has passed the amendment on 17-11-09. Now a […]
Visitors: 401International PEN Sydney Centre Honorary Member of Sydney PEN, Father Nguyen Van Ly, has reportedly suffered a serious stroke and has been transferred to a Hanoi hospital. As many of you already know, Fr Van Ly is a sixty-three-year-old priest, scholar and essayist and co-editor of an underground online magazine who has been imprisoned […]
Visitors: 335International PEN Sydney Centre Honorary Member of Sydney PEN, Father Nguyen Van Ly, has reportedly suffered a serious stroke and has been transferred to a Hanoi hospital. As many of you already know, Fr Van Ly is a sixty-three-year-old priest, scholar and essayist and co-editor of an underground online magazine who has been imprisoned […]
Visitors: 399Ontario, Canada This morning as well as yesterday on the local news I heard three things aside from the couple suing the O.P.P. on the land claims issue here in Ontario Canada. The first, or all three anyway …, ties in with the law suit and it was that Native protesters were protesting next […]
Visitors: 377Ontario, Canada This morning as well as yesterday on the local news I heard three things aside from the couple suing the O.P.P. on the land claims issue here in Ontario Canada. The first, or all three anyway …, ties in with the law suit and it was that Native protesters were protesting next […]
Visitors: 757Kalpakkam, Tamilnadu, India Midway between Chennai and Pondicherry, on a drive along the scenic east coast road (ECR), a slight detour after Mahabalipuram, a UN World Heritage site, lands one at the nuclear establishment of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India, at Kalpakkam. Right behind the site where the Pallava dynasty […]
Visitors: 281Kalpakkam, Tamilnadu, India Midway between Chennai and Pondicherry, on a drive along the scenic east coast road (ECR), a slight detour after Mahabalipuram, a UN World Heritage site, lands one at the nuclear establishment of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India, at Kalpakkam. Right behind the site where the Pallava dynasty […]
Visitors: 420 Amnesty International The Singaporean parliament should enact new legislation protecting freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today, after a magazine and its editor agreed to pay S$405,000 (Approximately US$290,000) following a fine by the country’s highest court for alleged defamation. The Dow Jones Company-owned Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER) magazine and its editor […]
Visitors: 391 Amnesty International The Singaporean parliament should enact new legislation protecting freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today, after a magazine and its editor agreed to pay S$405,000 (Approximately US$290,000) following a fine by the country’s highest court for alleged defamation. The Dow Jones Company-owned Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER) magazine and its editor […]