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News ScanNaxal violence: Over 10,000 people killed in past five years
The Ministry of Home Affairs, in reply to a query under the Right to Information Act, revealed that Naxal violence had claimed over 10,000 lives in the past five years, but denies ‘Operation Green Hunt’ in Naxal-affected areas More... SC notice on honour killingsTaking serious note of the growing number of cases of honour killing, the Supreme Court has issued notices to the Centre, the Haryana government and six other states asking about the steps taken so far to protect young couples More... India among worst ranked countries in tackling human traffickingIndia ranks as a ‘Tier II Watch List’ country -- only one level better than worst-performing Tier III countries such as Saudi Arabia and Zimbabwe -- in the 2010 Trafficking in Persons report (TIP) compiled by the US State Department More... World has become less peacefulThe world has become less peaceful over the last year, despite a drop in the number of armed conflicts, according to this year’s Global Peace Index More... Justice K Balakrishnan is new NHRC chairmanAfter remaining headless for over a year, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), on June 3, 2010, finally got a chief with the government appointing former Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan to the post More... Supreme Court notice to Haryana over Mirchpur dalitsTerming the killing of a 70-year-old dalit and his 18-year-old physically challenged daughter in Jat-dominated Mirchpur village in Haryana’s Hissar district “extremely serious”, the Supreme Court has sought a response from the Haryana government on reports that 150 dalit families had fled Hissar district fearing further attacks by upper-caste Jats More... Chhattisgarh on high alert after Maoist violenceThe central Indian state of Chhattisgarh is on high alert in the wake of mass killings by Maoists in Dantewada district and a two-day bandh called by the ultras from Tuesday to protest on-going operations by the security forces in five states More... MP tells cops to put Pardhis, Kanjars under scannerNearly six decades after they were denotified as criminal tribes, Pardhis and Kanjars are still treated as criminals by the authorities in Madhya Pradesh More... Supreme Court bans truth drug testIndia’s Supreme Court has said that use of the truth drug by the police to question suspects is illegal and a violation of their fundamental rights More... |
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