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A report in Vikas Pathak in Hindustan Times about plans for History books by Hindutva activist Dina Nath Batra and a second article by Prakash Kumar in Deccan herald on the Right wing turn in History writing in India.

Today a team consisting of members of PUCL, NAPM, Khudai Khidmatgar and Socialist Party visited the Atali village in Ballabhgarh District (Haryana) led by Justice Rajinder Sachar (Retd). Team met the Muslim residents who were attacked on 25th May, 2015, whose houses were burnt, belongings looted or destroyed and who had to flee from the village to save their lives and had taken shelter in a police station at Ballabhgarh till 3rd June.

there is a rising perception of crisis and instability, which cannot be allowed to take root. The economy cannot afford this lack of political direction for much longer, and as importantly, the hope and aspiration created by the change of government in January demands both clarity in promises being kept and further progress in reforms, especially with regard to devolution and power-sharing. The time is ripe therefore for fresh parliamentary elections which would allow the people of Sri Lanka to have their say on reforms already enacted and to mandate the direction of the government for the next five years.

In the last two years, three prominent women, Parween Rahman, Zahra Shahid and Sabeen Mahmud have been gunned down, she pointed out, saying that the space for people is being reduced.

Accidents in the industry and incidents of workers’ rage are testimony to the vulnerable and precarious lives of the workers employed in a sector which makes a significant contribution to India’s economy.