Activist Sandeep Pandey, 3 others detained in Gujarat ahead of foot march planned in support of Bilkis Bano

Activist Sandeep Pandey, 3 others detained in Gujarat ahead of foot march planned in support of Bilkis Bano

Ramon Magsaysay award recipient Pandey and other activists were scheduled to participate in the foot march, titled ‘Apologising to Bilkis Bano’ Ramon Magsaysay award recipient Pandey and other activists were scheduled to participate in the foot march, titled ‘Apologising to Bilkis Bano’ Police have detained social activist Sandeep Pandey and three others ahead of a […]

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How will girl child be saved when rapists are felicitated, asks Tushar Gandhi

How will girl child be saved when rapists are felicitated, asks Tushar Gandhi

Author and Mahatma Gandhi’s great-grandson Tushar Gandhi on Friday asked how Prime Minister Narendra Modi would realise his ‘Beti Bechao, Beti Padhao’ (Save girl child, educate girl child) slogan at a time when the Sangh Parivar was felicitating the convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case. On the felicitation accorded to the 11 convicts […]

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Congress denies allegation against Ahmed Patel

Congress denies allegation against Ahmed Patel

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh alleged that the SIT is ‘dancing to the tune of its political master’ Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh alleged that the SIT is ‘dancing to the tune of its political master’ The Congress on Saturday stoutly refuted the allegations made by Gujarat Police that social activist Teesta Setalvad and former […]

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NCERT drops content on Gujarat riots from Class 12 textbook

NCERT drops content on Gujarat riots from Class 12 textbook

The NCERT has dropped content on Gujarat riots from the Class 12 Political Science curriculum as part of a “textbook rationalisation” exercise in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to a note on the rationalised content released by the NCERT on Thursday, pages 187-189 on Gujarat riots are among the removals from the book. The […]

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