3500 Slum Dwellers in Mumbai demand their constitutional rights at the Collectorate in Bandra
While the Right to Information has been one of the strongest laws empowering democracy in India, it faces serious threats - especially from the government.
This is an urgent call to all democrats and responsible citizens to register their protest to the government of India for not having taken into consideration widespread demands since 2005 by independent legal experts, human rights defenders and secular activists for a much needed proper legislation on Communal Violence. Despite repeated efforts from civil society groups seeking specific changes in the proposed communal violence, the government has turned a deaf ear.
On one hand, Saudi Arabia rolls out the red carpet for the Indian PM. On the other hand it continues to patronise extremist militants in Pakistan. Is the Indian effort at better relationships with Saudi Arabia strategic or futile? Article by Tanveer Jafri.
Various civic society groups in India are opposing the Civil Nuclear Liability Bill - it places the liability of a nuclear accident on the tax-payers; private vendors who built it go free.
Despite Supreme Court orders, waste from the Union Carbide facility in Bhopal continues to go nowhere with incinerator not meeting environmental regulations.
Obama said US must worry about engineering students from India. Really? And does that mean engineering education in India is doing well?
Shirish Khare believes that the current approach by Mumbai administrators with regards to shantytowns in the city could in fact result in increasing number of communities living in slum conditions. Translated from the original article in Hindi.
Independent Scientists Write to the Prime Minister of India With Reference to The PMO Letter of July 2009 to Dr A Ramadoss which is Scientifically untenable
Leading environmental and farmer groups have welcomed the decision by the Environment Minister to place a moratorium on bt Brinjal in India while sounding cautious that the language used sounds sketchy and allows for a quick turnaround if needed.
After several years, a land mark judgment has come in favor of slum dwellers. A pro poor judgment has been delivered by the judiciary on the basis of existing legislation and policies, which were denied to them earlier in several cases. A note my Ramendra from Delhi Shramik Sangathan.
A resolution with specific demands for greater accountability and transparency in judicial processes and actions of judges was passed by the campaign at the 3rd convention held at Teen Murti Bhavan, New Delhi.
EU nations have decided to suspend Sri Lanka's preferential trade status because of the island's human rights record and will make the formal move later this month, officials said Friday. This is an AFP article listed here.
Ashim Jain does a 007 maneuver to capture a senior government officer demanding bribe. The story from the hero's mouth.
