South Asia Citizens Web

26th February 2014
PRESS RELEASE
National Green Tribunal halts all construction activity in Challakere Amrut Mahal Kavals
Justice Mr. M. Chockalingam (Judicial Member) and Prof. Dr. R. Nagendran (Expert Member) constituting the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone Bench), issued a direction on 14th February 2014 halting all construction in the ecologically sensitive Amrut Mahal Kaval grassland ecosystems in Challakere Taluk, Chitradurga district, Karnataka. The direction was issued (…)

A Fact finding report by PUCL Karnataka and Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike

It would appear that the Taliban are broadcasting on a radio frequency most Pakistanis are not tuned into. And yet their message is loud and clear: our version of the Sharia, or else. The Taliban have also made it clear that under them, education will only be imparted through madressahs. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out where this path will take us.

I therefore fervently appeal to all political parties in this last winter session of Parliament to rise above partisan politics and pass a law to make communal violence history, and help build an India in which some people are not condemned to live life only in the spaces between riots.

If we are to believe Mr. Modi …
(Translated from Gujarati)
by Rohit Prajapati and Trupti Shah
16 February 2014
If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has “developed” so much so that it would do if Gujarat’s development goes dieting for months together.
If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has “developed” so much that Gujaratis can do without Food Security Act.
If we are to believe Mr. Modi, Gujarat has “developed” so much that Gujaratis can do without government hospital, (…)