6 months ago
Civil society pledges renewed support to Binayak Sen
New Delhi, July 25 - Medha Patkar, Arundhati Roy, Shabnam Hashmi, Justice Rajinder Sachar, Swami Agnivesh -- the list of social and peace activists, lawyers and others was long at the first public meeting of civil rights leader Binayak Sen, after his bail two months back, in the capital Saturday. Welcoming him back in the 'free world', the members of the civil society said they had every reason ... read more

11 months ago
Indian peaceniks cross over to Pakistan
Amritsar, Feb 22 - A group of eminent people from India on a peace mission Sunday crossed over into Pakistan from the Attari-Wagah land border checkpost between the two countries near here. Noted journalist Kuldip Nayar, film director Mahesh Bhatt, social activist Swami Agnivesh and others are part of this peace delegation. The delegation was received on the Pakistan side by human rights activis ... read more

11 months ago
Indian delegation on 'peace mission' to Pakistan
New Delhi, Feb 21 - Reciprocating the 'message of peace' carried by a Pakistani delegation that visited the capital last month, an Indian group of artists, activists, academicians and journalists is set to go across the border on a similar mission. Concerned about the recent turn of events between the two countries in the aftermath of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, the India delegation will meet civi ... read more

1 year ago
File PIL for a better environment: Bhagwati
Ahmedabad, Dec 3 - People must take advantage of Public Interest Litigation - to have a better environment, former chief justice of India P.N. Bhagwati said here Wednesday. Addressing the inaugural session of the two-day workshop on 'Environmental Law and Society' at the Indus Institute of Technology and Engineering, Bhagwati said that people should first take up the matter with the government. ... read more

1 year ago
Hindu holy men urged to speak against AIDS
Bangalore, June 3 - Hindu religious leaders have been urged to incorporate information related to HIV and AIDS in their discourses, the Art of Living Foundation said Tuesday. In what is being described as a significant breakthrough, the religious leaders also vowed to extend the anti-AIDS campaign to rituals, festivals, religious education and training of future faith leaders. The decision was ... read more

1 year ago
A little away from main relay, 5,000 Tibetans in parallel run
New Delhi, April 17 - About 5,000 slogan-shouting Tibetans, including about a thousand monks, the faces of the youth smeared with the colours of the Tibetan flag and wearing T-shirts carrying messages of a 'Free Tibet', took out a parallel torch rally in the Indian capital Thursday, barely a couple of kilometres from the Olympic torch relay. The relay was by and large peaceful, monitored and sec ... read more

1 year ago
Parallel torch rally concludes with cries of 'Free Tibet'
New Delhi, April 17 - Shouting 'Free Tibet', 'Hu Jintao murdabad -', around 5,000 people, mainly Tibetans, completed their parallel torch rally in the Indian capital Thursday afternoon just before the actual Olympic torch rally begins amid stringent security. The parallel rally, which began at Rajghat at 11 a.m., concluded its around three-km march at Jantar Mantar in the heart of the capital at ... read more

2 years ago
Alarming rise in suicides among the young
New Delhi, Nov 11 - More and more young people are committing suicide in the Indian capital, and experts are blaming a variety of factors: from the fast-paced lifestyle to family and professional demands. According to Delhi Police statistics, 784 people, including 449 males and 335 females, in the age group of 15-29 took their lives in the city in 2006. This was a rise from the 651 suicides - in ... read more

New Delhi | 2 years ago
CPI-M ignores campaign against Ansari
New Delhi, Aug 6 - The Communist Party of India-Marxist - has dismissed as 'not worth taking notice of' a campaign against its decision to back the candidature of Mohammad Hamid Ansari for the post of India's vice president.A section of party dissidents have been circulating letters and e-mail messages critical of the party's action and stand on several counts, including its decision to back the c ... read more

Amritsar | 2 years ago
Akal Takht virtually rejects Dera apology
Amritsar, May 29 - After daylong hectic meetings and confusion, the Akal Takht - the highest temporal seat of Sikhism - Tuesday virtually rejected the apology given by the Dera Sacha Sauda sect.In a statement issued by five head priests of Sikhs after their meeting at the Akal Takht here, the Sikh clergy clearly stated: 'A feeling from the heart was paramount for an apology. If the feeling is not ... read more