Tuesday, May 24, 2011

HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS, 24 MAY 2011

HUMAN RIGHTS NEWS BULLETIN

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Volume 13

MAY, 2011

No. 07

 

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1. HUMAN RIGHTS GENERAL

Court dismisses plea

Tiff & taunt no ground for divorce: Delhi high court

Women entitled to father’s estate: SC

SC rushes to HC seeking stay on CIC's bare-all RTI order

Delhi High Court comes to the rescue of Supreme Court

 

2. DALIT/ SCHEDULED CASTES

Apex panels for ST, SC sub-plans reconstituted

Lovers meet grizly end in Moradabad

‘Local bodies' spending of fundsfor Dalits not up to the mark'

MP govt sticks to discriminatory ’97 rule

 

3. HEALTH

Rajasthan women health guarantee scheme doing well

200 kidney failure deaths in 3 years, 500 affected

 

5. CRIME/ CORRUPTION

Junior dalit officials on higher posts in UPPCL leading corruption: UPRVAS

3 cops suspended for beating man to death in police custody

2G: bail pleas of 5 top executives dismissed

Most corruption cases in Maharashtra, Rajasthan 2nd

 

6. TRIBALS

Adivasi archer in Kerala Cabinet

Scientist sacked for supporting tribal rights

Bariha`s ouster from cabinet irks tribals

Collective marketing working wonders for tribal people

102 anti-land tribals granted bail

 

7. MINORITIES

“Discrimination responsible for low level of education among Meos”

 

8. WOMEN

Hyderabad father rapes daughter, DNA says child belongs to her brother

Man slit's wife's throat for giving birth to daughters

Woman, child killed for dowry

 

9. ECOLOGY & ENVIRONMENT

India committed to harnessing nuclear energy: Manmohan Singh

World Bank, Himachal sign carbon credit agreement

Zoological Survey of India revamp a must: Jairam Ramesh

 

10. HOUSING/SLUMS

Can govt’s `75,000cr plan make India slum free?

Country-wide support for Medha's protest

Close to half of Faridabad lives in slums, says Hooda

 

11. EDUCATION

Tribal girls allege sexual torture by school headmaster in Kalahandi

AP slips further in national literacy ratings

Jairam Ramesh slams faculty of IITs, IIMs

 

12. TERRORISM AND INSURGENCY

Naxal menace remains a major problem: Manmohan Singh

Centre pitches special medals for forces fighting Maoists

“It's al-Qaeda's reply to Osama killing”

10 cops killed in Naxal ambush

26/11 trial in US: Prosecution says ISI had links with Rana, Headley

 

14. LABOUR

Three generations of sweepers recall association's help

 

15. DEFENCE

“Resolve Kashmir issue for peace and progress in South Asia”

 

16. NATURAL DISASTER

Heavy storm and rainfall creating great mishaps in state

 

17. CHILDREN

Errors in adoption laws promote child trafficking

 

18. ECONOMY

Real estate adds over Rs 1 lakh crore to Delhi’s GDP

India may be fastest growing economy soon: PM

 

19. POLITICS

UPA will take corrective action on corruption: Manmohan

Karunanidhi visits Kanimozhi

‘No question of Bhardwaj recall’

 

20. AGRICULTURE

Relief on market value basis: SC

Accept people`s verdict: Binayak

 

21. POVERTY

Call to universalise PDS

NAC members protest against plan panel's move for new poverty line

Fudging parameter to reduce number of poor

 

22. POPULATION

Mumbai's Christian population falls

 

24. RESERVATION

Caste-based census supported by SP Demands quota for Muslims

 

25. FASCIST CULTURE: HINDUTVA ISSUE

CBI to probe cash flow during Babri demolition

Shah told me not to reveal truth, Bhatt tells panel

 

26. POLITICAL/DEMOTRATIC RIGHTS: OTHER NATIONS

Ties with Pakistan prone to accidents: PM

Naval base attack raises questions over safety of Pak nukes

 

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