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Some members in NAC are Naxal sympathisers: BJP
Fp Archives • 12 years agoAlleging that some members of the National Advisory Council (NAC) are Naxal sympathisers, BJP today said the menace of Naxalism has spread to 250 districts in the country due to "soft handling" of the issue by UPA government at Centre.
Activist-doctor Binayak Sen's house in West Bengal burgled
Fp Archives • 12 years agoSen was at his residence when the thieves broke into the house here early today.
Chomsky backs anti-Kudankulam stir, warns of another Bhopal
Fp Staff • 12 years agoChomsky is among other personalities that have expressed their support for the protests against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant.
Aseem Trivedi's arrest: Blame the law, state... and ourselves
Chaudhry • 13 years agoThe issue here is the Indian state’s interest in retaining and creating laws that enable the willful and arbitrary exercise of brute force. And they remain unchallenged because most of us don't care as much about a core democratic principle: equal protection under the law.
Gandhi Award for Binayak Sen, hot potato for Indian government
Roy • 13 years agoThe Gandhi Foundation in London is giving its peace award to Dr. Binayak Sen today. In Gandhi's homeland, the government that threw him in jail is red-faced. But it's letting him go get his award and that's a sensible thing to do.
Dr Binayak Sen: the 'Maoist' who wants to stay out of jail
Fp Staff • 13 years agoBinayak Sen has played multiple roles over the years; academician, pediatrician, public health specialist, human rights activist and according to a Chattisgarh court, a Maoist and a traitor.
SC suspends Narayan Sanyal's life term, grants him bail
Fp Archives • 13 years agoNarayan Sanyal was convicted along with People's Union of Civil Liberties' Vice President Binayak Sen.
Maoists are now ready for final assault to overawe India
Fp Archives • 13 years agoThe Maoists are preparing for a final assault on democracy in cahoots with the global Left and religious forces that want to overawe India.
Bail is rule, jail exception: Khurshid retaliates
Fp Archives • 13 years agoSalman Khurshid said that while it was for the courts to decide as to who should be locked up, the dictum of bail being the rule and jail an exception has been laid down by the Supreme Court itself.
Police raid activist Kavita Srivastava's Jaipur residence
Fp Staff • 13 years agoKavita Srivastava is a PUCL member and is involved in many high-profile cases against the government like the Planning Commission's take on BPL, supporting Binayak Sen and securing justice for missing Dalit nurse Bhanwari Devi.