Activists from various organisations working for the rights of transgender and sexual minorities condemned the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill that was recently made into law by Parliament. Addressing a press meet here on Saturday, activists from organisations such […]
It is made clear that even if the State has compelling reasons, the State will have to see that its reservation provision does not lead to excessiveness so as to breach the ceiling-limit of 50% or obliterate the creamy layer […]
Battling social stigma with ineffective laws, two families struggle to pick up the pieces after losing their sole bread earners to the abominable practice of manual scavenging. “We haven’t framed the photo. It will hurt us more to look at […]
The PIL was filed by the Loktantrik Yuva Janata Dal on November 25. The Madras High Court Tuesday reserved its verdict on a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking CBI investigation into suicides at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M). […]
Sekar urged the government to provide the family a temporary shelter in Nadur till a new house, as assured by the State, is constructed. COIMBATORE: For the past week, since a wall collapse killed 17 Dalits at Nadur in Mettupalayam, […]
Hundreds of students, activists and citizens gathered in Jantar Mantar on Dec 7 under the banner of United Against Hate (UAH) to oppose the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB). Nadeem Khan from UAH said […]
Lucknow: Seven decades of Independence and several laws on equality later, caste system is still omnipresent in the Indian society and the civil services is not untouched by it, Raghav Chandra said. The former IAS officer-turned-author was speaking to TOI […]
In an open letter to Members of Parliament (MPs), about 80 students, staff, and faculty of the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore (IIM-B) have said that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB), cleared by the union Cabinet and is slated to be […]
It was in November this year that the social welfare department of Tamil Nadu in Thanjavur issued a government order that announced an award for the Third Gender in April 2020 for their achievements depending upon certain eligibility criteria. On […]
The police officer said the matter came to light after the minor was found to be three months pregnant a few days ago. Rath had threatened the girl to stay mum about the abuse. The accused Rajendra Rath was arrested […]
