Gujarat condemn such ‘Savagery” of ‘Mobocracy’
A meeting of concerned citizens of Gujarat met on 19 th July Thursday in Ahmedabad under the auspices of Movement for Secular Democracy(M.S.D.). The meeting was chaired by eminent journalist, activist and convenor of M.S.D. Prakashbhai N. Shah. They wrote to The President of India. A resolution on recent attack on Sh. Swami Agnivesh and rise in ‘Mo...
Employment rate down, unemployment rate up: CMIE “contradicts...
July 20, 2018
By Our Representative
Virtually contradicting Prime Minister Narendra Modi's claim that India is not facing a jobs crisis but data crisis, the country's top data consultating firm, Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) has declared that the labour force participation rate -- expressing the desire the ...
Why BJP in Gujarat has begun to poach Congress “deadwood” ...
Congress leader Kunwarji Bavaliya being welcomed in BJP
By RK Misra*
If you can’t beat them, deplete them.
After over 20 years of uninterrupted rule in its model state, Gujarat, the BJP is still foraging for rival’s crumbs to fill its overloaded basket. And so it was that on July 14, it inducted Mahendrasinh Vaghela, ...
Will Mayawati be India’s next Prime Minister?
Written by Sabrang India | Published on: July 20, 2018
Calls to support her PM candidature have been gaining momentum since 2018, with BSPs increasing closeness with Congress and Akhilesh Yadav afraid of being burned twice.
Image: News18
Uttar Pradesh: The more people talk about, the more the idea seems to make sense. Ever sinc...
No confidence in the current regime
Written by Sabrangindia | Published on: July 20, 2018
The opposition wants to highlight the current government’s failure to curb lynchings, attack on women, increasing terror in Kashmir, absconding economic offenders and more.
New Delhi: Indian politics got interesting as the no-confidence motion was brought up in the Parliame...
Appointing Lawyers with Tainted Credentials as Law Officers began in G...
Written by Sabrangindia | Published on: July 20, 2018
"The public prosecutor appears to have acted more as a defence counsel than as one whose duty was to present the truth before the Court. The Court in turn appeared to be a silent spectator, mute to the manipulations and preferred to be indifferent to sacrilege being committed to j...
*Finance Commission to visit Gujarat from Sunday*
The Fifteenth Finance Commission of the Government of India is visiting the state of Gujarat from 22nd to 25th July 2018. The Commission led by the Chairman ShriN.K.Singh, Members – ShriShaktikanta Das, Dr. Anoop Singh, Dr. Ashok Lahiri, Dr. Ramesh Chand and Secretary ShriArvind Mehta along with other officialswill have meetings with Chief Minister...
PM interacts with members of Self Help Groups across the country throu...
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, todayinteractedwith themembers of Self Help Groups from across the country and beneficiaries of Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana, through video bridge. The interaction covered over one crore women representing various Self Help Groups. This is the ninth interaction in the series by the Prime Minister through video ...
Living just three contrary days – 45 Days of Life And, then, discuss t...
By Rohit Prajapati, environmental activist
Only for three days live a woman's life from dawn to dusk Only for three days be a Dalit and move around, living near a temple Only for three days be a tribal and living their life in a remote village.
Only for three days be a urban or rural displaced and doing the rounds of government offices Only for ...
Repeal of Draft Enactment of Formation of Higher Education Commission
PUCL, Gujarat wrote a letter on 13-07-18 to
Prakash Javadekar, Minister for, H.R.D. Department, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
For repeal of Draft Enactment of Formation of Higher Education Commission.
Does the Govt. intend to enslave the professors?
Autonomy of the colleges and universities will be endangered because of the new Act.
New Commi...
Has SSNNL ever advised Gujarat govt not to invite water-intensive indu...
By Sagar Rabari
Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL), the Gujarat government special purpose vehicle (SPV) responsible for implementing the mega Narmada project in the state, is known to have advised farmers not to grow water-intensive crops. Farmers have reason to wonder: Has SSNNL ever given a similar advise to its political boss...
Bullet train “not feasible”: To cost whopping Rs 212 crore...
Rohit Prajapati and Krishnakant*
Let us make this clear atthe very outset: We are supporters of the public train transport system. Our objection to the Bullet Train project is not an objection against 'train' but we are against the bullet, which is symbol of violence.
The Bullet Train's bullet is targeting fertile land...
India’s “smart” city proposals consider migrant, uns...
By Rajiv Shah
A new study of by well-known Delhi-based civil rights body, Housing and Land Rights Network (HLRN), has said that only 8% of India’s total population or 22 per cent of its urban population is likely to benefit from the Government of India’s Smart Cities Mission (SMC) project, which has been initiated in 99 cities from w...