India: Citizens first - Muslims, Modi and brutal rapes of Muzzaffarnagar | Lakshmi Chaudhry

Citizens first: Muslims, Modi and brutal rapes of Muzzaffarnagar

by Lakshmi Chaudhry Dec 23, 2013

"If there are Congress leaders who are visiting the riot affected areas I will welcome any suggestions from them on resolving the situation there. You will see that Samajwadi Party is willing to take constructive suggestions from all quarters and work towards implementing them," declared Akhilesh

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India: Communal Violence in 2013 Part - II | Irfan Engineer

[see Part I here]

Communal Violence in 2013: Part - II

by Irfan Engineer

(Secular Perspective Jan, 16-31, 2013)

In the previous article, we examined the trends in riots and the all India statistics of communal riots provided by the Union Govt. We also described some of the communal riots in Maharashtra and Rajasthan. In this article, we now propose to describe some riots in J&K, UP, MP, Bihar

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India: Judgement day of Zakia Jafri Case - 26 Dec 2013 | Teesta Setalvad

http://hillele.org/2013/12/20/judgement-day-of-zakia-jaffri-case-december-26-2013-teesta-setalwad/

The Feminist December 20, 2013

JUDGEMENT DAY OF ZAKIA JAFFRI CASE - DECEMBER 26 2013 (Teesta Setalwad)

Teesta Setalvad

GRAVITY OF CHARGES:-
CRIMINAL CHARGES AGAINST MODI

Introduction:-

The Zakia Jafri (supported by Citizens for Justice & Peace) Criminal Complaint against Narendra Modi and 59

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India: The Alchemy of Sleazire | Ruchir Joshi

The Telegraph, December 22 , 2013

{{THE ALCHEMY OF SLEAZIRE
- Fiction triumphs over documents and observation}}

The Thin Edge - Ruchir Joshi

VS. Naipaul, the man also known as Lord Vidiamort, is an interestingly connected person. Close to 12 years ago, Lord Vid was in India, being feted and celebrated by odd sections of our intellectual and political elite for winning the Nobel prize. His

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India's Army recruits on caste, region, religion lines, Supreme Cout has been told

The Hindu - 4 Dec 2013

Army recruitment done on caste, region, religion lines, SC told

Grouping of people from a particular region in an Army regiment is unconstitutional and amounts to discrimination on caste, region and religion basis, a petitioner challenging the recruitment policy told the Supreme Court.

In an affidavit filed in the apex court countering the assertion of the Army which had

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India: Is Modi Our Palin? - Dheeraj Tiwari

The Economic Times removed this section on Narendra Modi after putting it online.

https://news.google.com/news/story?ncl=dnFe9EA_4G8U1eM&hl=en&ned=in

Is Modi Our Palin?

by Dheeraj Tiwari

Insulting the intelligence of voters is could be suicidal in an election year. In the 2008 US Presidential elections, Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for the vice president’s post, committed that offence

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India: Notice to students for not attending Narendra Modi's 'Run for Unity'

http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/notice-to-students-for-not-attending-narendra-modi-s-run-for-unity-461619

Notice to students for not attending Narendra Modi's 'Run for Unity'

All India | Reported by Rohit Bhan, Edited by Nadim Asrar | Updated: December 22, 2013 10:49 IST

Jamnagar: Narendra Modi's much-hyped 'Run for Unity' campaign to mobilise support for the world's tallest statue in

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