Dalit women in Rajasthan tortured, beaten and killed after being branded ‘Witches’

A sting operation was carried out in September by Ms. Ahluwalia, chairperson of Baal Evum Mahila Chetana Samiti, along with two women volunteers and a team of jour...

Prayers bring Hindu and Muslim communities together

"Bengal’s Durga Puja is a social festival first and a religious festival later" - Suddhabrata Deb

“Right from the puja mela (fair) to being res...

Losing our Lakes

Lonar Lake in Maharashtra is rapidly shrinking in size, researchers have found. The lake, situated in the Buldhana district near Amravati in central India, has recorded a d...

Chhattisgarh Forms State, District Level Human Rights Protection Panels

Facing criticism over alleged incidents of civil rights violations in insurgency-hit Bastar region, the Chhattisgarh government has constituted human rights protection comm...

Gunotsav Feedback: Mid-Day Meals At Govt Schools Low In Nutrition

POINTING AT the low nutrition levels in mid-day meals (MDM) provided to government school students in Gujarat, the recently concluded annual school evaluation exercise Guno...

Should Goa or Delhi run the International Film Festival of India? The plot thickens

The 47th edition of the International Film Festival of India has commenced in Goa, and has been preceded by the by-now familiar jostling over jurisdiction between the two m...

This Tradition Is Forcing Rajasthan Women To Let Go Of Family Property

In a bid to address the imbalance, Rajasthan and other states now offer lower rate mortgages and cheaper registration when a property is registered in the name of a woman.<...

Maharashtra Approves Rs 40.50 Crore Programme Of Distribution Of Soil Health Card

Summary: For the year 2016-17, the Centre and the state to spend over Rs 40.50 crore to distribute the soil health cards. "The Soil Health Card will empower the farmers wit...

Child Rights Activists Want Strict Vigil On Patna-Mumbai Rail Route

Child rights activists have demanded that monitoring at major stations on the Patna-Mumbai route be beefed up to check child trafficking. On the occasion of World Day Again...