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Pain and a sense of unease are writ large on the face of 53-year-old Venkatamma, a manual scavenger, as she cleans a public toilet that
stinks. Venkatamma wants to set up an idli shop and settle down but she has no money.
According to V Samuel, state...
BEHRAMPORE: About 40-odd NGOs of Murshidabad met at a seminar in Behrampore to discuss the alleged BSF and police torture on civilians in the border
areas of Murshidabad.
“The number of cases of human rights violation by police and BSF is increasing...
Reacting to the untimely death of a 5-year-old hippopotamus in the Byculla Zoo on April 24, animal welfare NGO, People for Ethical Treatment to Animals, dashed off a notice to the Central Zoo Authority’s member secretary B R Sharma highlighting a 2005...