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Activist-Nodeep-Kaur-Speaking-at-Farmers-Rally-at-the-Kundli-Manesar-Palwal-Expressway-in-Haryana. Credit: Sania Farooqui NEW DELHI, India, Apr 15 2021 (IPS) - On 12 January this year, somewhere in the outskirts of the capital, New Delhi, 24 year old Dalit activist Nodeep Kaur was arrested by the Haryana police for protesting outside a factory. During the lockdown in 2020, Nodeep joined a local workers’ rights organization called Mazdoor Adhikar Sangathan (MAS) in the Kundli Industrial Area ...

Vancouver toolkit creator Mo Dhaliwal victimized by "psychological warfare" in response to #AskIndiaWhy In advance of Vaisakhi, the branding expert and cultural entrepreneur shares his thoughts about Indian democracy, Khalistan, and social activism by Charlie Smith on April 7th, 2021 at 8:07 AM 1 of 6 2 of 6 Mo Dhaliwal has been called many things over the years—a B.C. cultural navigator, arts aficionado, bhangra lover, PuSh festival supporter, and the founder of the Skyrocket digital b...

Updated Mar 17, 2021 · 12:14 pm The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday directed a district and sessions court judge to inquire into the allegations that Dalit activist Shiv Kumar was illegally detained and tortured in custody, reported Bar and Bench. Justice Avneesh Jhingan passed the order after examining four medical reports submitted by the state in accordance with the High Court’s earlier orders in the matter. A medical report submitted by the Government Medical College ...

Home Ministrys criminal law reform seeks to stifle dissent, undermine gender violence Counterview Desk  In a detailed note to mark the International Women’s Day and the Savitri Bai Phule’s Death Anniversary as part of the Feminist Week of Resistance and Reflections (March 7 to March 14), the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM), commenting on the gendered access to justice and law, has said that recent Government of India changes in legal frameworks, whether intended or alrea...

Punjab and Haryana HC Orders Inquiry Into Alleged Custodial Torture of Activist Shiv Kumar The Faridabad district and sessions judge will conduct the inquiry, but the Special Investigation Team was also allowed to continue its investigation into the three FIRs registered against Kumar. Shiv Kumar. Photo: Twitter/File Rights17/Mar/2021 New Delhi: The Punjab and Haryana high court on Tuesday directed a district and sessions judge posted in Faridabad to conduct an enquiry into the allegations that...

Farmers in India are Fighting For Their Lives Nearly half a year into one of the largest mass protests in history, Mathangi Subramanian asks what Bidens administration can do to support democracy in India Design by Ingrid Frahm Last fall, when India’s farmers gathered on the outskirts of Delhi to object to the passage of three farm bills championed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and passed without input from a single agricultural worker, I searched the crowd for faces I knew. During the six...

The Punjab & Haryana High Court on Tuesday (16th March) directed the District and Sessions Judge, Faridabad to hold an inquiry with regard to the allegations of Illegal Detention and Custodial...

10 hours ago The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees. The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks...

Chandigarh, March 16 The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Tuesday directed Faridabad’s District and Sessions Judge to hold an inquiry into allegations of illegal detention and custodial torture of labour activist Shiv Kumar by Sonepat police. The directions from the court of Justice Avneesh Jhingan came on a plea filed by Shiv Kumar’s father. In his plea, Shiv Kumar’s father sought issuance of direction to transfer the investigations in three different FIRs registered under various sectio...

Beaten, not broken: Meet Shiv Kumar and Nodeep Kaur, young labour activists inspired by Bhagat Singh Born to Dalit farm labourers, they grew up to be industrial workers. Even police torture hasn’t dented their resolve to fight for workers’ rights. Mar 15, 2021 · 06:30 am Nodeep Kaur and Shiv Kumar at a tent in Singhu border weeks after their release from jail. | Vijayta Lalwani In 2016, Shiv Kumar was asked what he wanted to become when he attended a career counse...