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HR NEWS, 27 MAY 2011

HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS BULLETIN

(An Electronic Newsletter of Indian Social Institute, New Delhi)

Volume 13

MAY, 2011

No. 08

 

HUMAN RIGHTS & LAW UNIT

 

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HR NEWS: MAY 27, 2011

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1. HUMAN RIGHTS GENERAL

Pvt bank, staff in trouble as court refuses to quash FIR

HC spares abetment to suicide charge

Family gets 16 lakh for biker's road death

SC speaks up for judges in a spot

 

2. DALIT/ SCHEDULED CASTES

2,000 Dalits embrace Buddhism

Govt drops move to divide dalits into sub-groups

Scheduled Castes commission to summon district magistrate, police chief over Bhatta-Parsaul violence

 

3. HEALTH

Binayak for universal access to healthcare

"Free healthcare for pregnant women, infants"

 

4 DISPLACEMENT/ REHABILFTATION

No integration of land acquisition, rehabilitation Bills: Deshmukh

 

5. CRIME/ CORRUPTION

Another police atrocity, victim admitted to hospital

Hazare: Gujarat is a 'land of scams,' more liquor than milk flows in the State

Rajasthan Govt to amend rules for police force

 

6. TRIBALS

Adivasi Vikas Parishad seeks justice for tribal police officer

Cases against tribals to be withdrawn by June

Loans facilities for ST members announced

Renovation of houses for tribal people under way in Anamalai Tiger Reserve

Tribal people's protest turns violent

Demands should be met by June 30 or else Adivasis will go their own way: Mediators

'Interference in tribalaffairs must be stopped'

Two agitators charred to death in Goa

Tribals will not switch over to Congress: Vijay Shah

 

7. MINORITIES

Concern over low literacy rate of Muslim women

Alencherryis Major Archbishop

Govt says Bill on communal violence must for fair play

Mamata keeps Urdu promise

 

8. WOMEN

Millions murdered before birth

Four booked for demanding dowry

 

9. ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT

Rajasthan strikes gold in tribal belt

Glacial lake near Everest raises worries

 

10. HOUSING/SLUMS

Centre to come up with banking scheme for rural housing

 

11. EDUCATION

Minority Affairs Ministry asked to arrange land, funds for new varsities

Move to bring secondary level under RTE

 

12. TERRORISM AND INSURGENCY

Nine policemen killed in Maoist ambush

ISI, LeT helped Headley in executing26/11 attack

Ambush confirms new Maoist front along Orissa-Chhattisgarh border

Low-intensity explosion outside Delhi High Court sparks panic

50 dead in 25 days: A bloody May in Chattisgarh Red zone

 

13. REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS

Three Balangir migrant workers held hostage in AP

 

14. LABOUR

MNREGS beneficiaries denied wages in Balangir

Online access to PF accounts in 3 months

Labourers oppose halt in salt production in Ganjam

 

15. DEFENCE

Karachi attack matter of concern for India: Antony

Militant groups have infiltrated through LoC, confirms Omar

 

16. NATURAL DISASTER

Cyclones leave over 300 homeless in Meghalaya

Air ambulance crash in Faridabad; 10 killed

 

17. CHILDREN

Marital discord: HC comes to five-yr-old's rescue

Child sex ratio plunges in 431 districts, improves in 149

 

18. ECONOMY

Taxpayers with income below Rs. 5 lakh need not file returns

Small units hit by interest rate hike

Global economy to grow 4.2 %: OECD

BRICS opposes IMF MD from Europe

'Age against Montek'

Food inflation surges to 8.55 %

 

19. POLITICS

Kanimozhi's bail plea hearing posted to May 30

Nanavati commission intentionally delaying riot report: Sibal

There's more to judges than merely hearing cases

National Election Watch: 35% MLAs elected in West Bengal carry criminal charges

'Ministries should limit role to policy making'

 

20. AGRICULTURE

NAC to discuss land acquisition, relief and rehabilitation

Land acquisition: Farmers clash with police in Bikaner

Land: NAC recommends compensation six times the registered value

Weather-based crop insurance to provide better relief to ryots

SC throws cold water on Ganguly's school dream

LIC to disburse land compensation to farmers

 

21. POVERTY

Planning Commission's definition of BPL a mockery: CPI(M)

 

22. POPULATION

On the return of caste in the Census

Sex ratio: J&K, Maharashtra, Rajasthan new problem areas

 

23. PANCHAYATI RAJ

Maharashtra may revive nyaya panchayats

22-year-old elected Bihar village council head

Thrissur district panchayatto set up Ambedkar Academy

Caught off-guard by high turnout, Jihadist says he backed polls

 

24. RESERVATION

Quota for Muslims in govt jobs subject to SC verdict: AP

Backwards Muslims oppose reservation for all Muslims

OBC quota may be split among different castes

 

25. FASCIST CULTURE/ HINDUTVA

Godhra riots: Gujarat government slandering me, says Sanjiv Bhatt

Mahant held for slapping Agnivesh

 

26. POLITICAL/DEMOTRATIC RIGHTS: OTHER NATIONS

'ISI and Lashkar collaborated closely on Mumbai attack'

Krittika Biswas not entitled to immunity: Govt

PM jogs Ethiopia's dosa connection

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