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Naomi Coleman, 37, was arrested in Sri Lanka for ’hurting religious feelings’ with her Tattooed arm depicting Buddha on a lotus flower. She was deported to New Delhi, from where she has arrived earlier.

a report of The Research Collective (PSA) which studies trends in financing, project finance and performance of banks. This report exposes the consequences of unaccountable lending, due diligence oversights prior to sanctioning of loans to projects, social and environmental issues impacting loan quality and other weak links in the lending framework. The study analyses socio-environmental violations by projects and their implication on the project loans through thorough investigation into social, environmental, legal and financial issues of six case study projects across India - GMR Kamalanga Energy, Athena Demwe Lower HEP, Sasan UMPP, Lavasa Hill City, Lafarge Surma and Krishnapatnam UMPP.

We condemn in the strongest possible terms the attack on Shabnam Hashmi in Rai Barley. She was attacked at about 12.30 on April 28 while she with her associates was distributing leaflets brought out by JAVAB- Janvadi Vichar Andolan Bharat barely 100 metres from the Gadaganj Police Station in side the Rai-Barely constituency.

The brutal police repression on the striking workers of Sriram Piston on 26th April 28, 2014 in Pathredi industrial area of Bhiwadi, an important part of Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, exposes the underbelly of so-called ‘development model’ promised and show-cased by the political parties and corporate media.

PUDR hails the victory of panels put up by the terminated and jailed workers of the Maruti Suzuki Workers’ Union in the elections of the workers unions held at the Gurgaon plant and the Manesar plant on 26 April and 4 April, respectively. These victories are an extraordinary assertion by workers of their right to elect their own representatives and their ability to remain united in the face of insurmountable obstacles and repression. The right to form a trade union, of their choice, is necessary guarantee against violation of workers right to a life of dignity and livelihood and one way in which workers can ensure respect for their rights in an unequal battle against corporate owners.