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March 1, 2016
Different Truths News Service
Dissent

Loot and Excesses on Farmers by Allahabad Administration

AIKMS in its press release stated that Allahabad district administration has been looting and torturing poor farmers despite Allahabad High Court’s directives. All India Kisan Mazdoor Sangh (AIKMS), in its...

March 1, 2016
Nirmal Kumar Paudel
Education & Career

A day in a Madrasa

Nirmal, a human rights activist, had a firsthand experience of working in a Madrasa, in Varanasi. He recounts his experiences to Different Truths. In 2008, PVCHR worked with Madrasa to...

February 29, 2016
Sehar Siddiqi
Seminar

Shaping Minds for the new Millennium

Prof. MM Pant spoke about the 4th industrial revolution in a recent seminar in Allahabad University. In an era where knowledge and wealth are growing together the approach to learning must...

February 28, 2016
A. G. Brace
Potpourri

How did the Leap Year Begin?

AG Brace reveals the story of the Leap Year. He explains how the Julian calendar differs from the Gregorian calendar. February 29 is truly a remarkably dauntless attempt by Julius Caesar...

February 27, 2016
Different Truths News Service
Politics

Political Polarisation Intensifies: Opposition Demands Privilege Motion against Smriti Irani

The Union HRD minister, Smriti Irani, has been accused of misleading the Parliament willfully by three major Opposition parties, Congress, CPI(M) and JD(U). They are polarising to press for privilege motion...

February 27, 2016
Different Truths News Service
Politics

Mother of Rohith Accuses HRD Minister of Lying in the Parliament

The controversy surrounding the suicide of the Dalit research scholar, Rohith Vemula, deepened when his mother, Radhika, and brother, Raja, accused the Union HRD minister, Smriti Irani, of lying in the...

February 27, 2016
Ampat Varghese Koshy
Poem

You are my Country

Claims and counter-claims have muddled the distinction between patriots and anti-nationals. In the wake of the JNU controversy, allegations are flowing thick and fast. Here’s a poem by a citizen-poet, Dr...

February 27, 2016
Different Truths News Service
Politics

Marco Rubio Demolished Donald Trump in a Presidential Debate

Caught in his web of contradictions, Donald Trump lost ground in the presidential debate in Houston, on Thursday; he seems to have run out of his gambler’s luck. Marco Rubio...

February 26, 2016
Different Truths News Service
Economy

Does the Passenger-friendly Rail Budget Foreshadow the Union Budget?

The Union Railway Minister, Suresh Prabhu, tabled a passenger-friendly budget in the parliament, on Thursday. He also gave due credit to the PM, Narendra Modi, for inspiration and vision. Here’s a...

February 26, 2016
Arindam Roy
Politics

Smriti Irani: Suicide of Rohith, JNU Controversy and Mahisasur Martyrdom Day

Union HRD Minister, Smriti Irani’s emotional speech, shocked the nation with the hard facts that she placed on the table of Lok Sabha. She agonised the suicide of Rohith Vemula....

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