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A bloody miscalculation called Blue Star
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Where does India stand by Human Rights standards?
Narendra Ch, 13 December 2007, Thursday THE YEAR 2007 has been full of incidents of human rights violations and struggles within India and in neighbouring countries as well. December 10, the International Human Rights day[…]
Root causes of turmoil in Punjab post-1947
by Inderjit Singh Jaijee [This paper was read at The Oslo Conference on Freedom of Religion or Belief, organised from 11th to 15th August, 1998] The USA boasts of being a melting pot of races[…]
Punjab goofs on farmer suicide figures
Ajay Bharadwaj Thursday, March 06, 2008 23:52 IST How many farmers killed themselves in the state since 2004? CHANDIGARH: While the Punjab government has expressed its strong displeasure at the loan waiver announced in the[…]
“Spurt in suicide cases among Punjab farmers”
New study by human rights organisation CHANDIGARH: There has been a spurt in suicides recently by farmers who had to sell off their lands to pay off their debts. The incidence of such tragedies was[…]
Rural Suicides – A Quantum Jump
Suicides Rural suicide reports, which where earlier taboo are now beginning to appear in the press. District Ganganagar reported 175 rural suicide deaths in one year. District Amritsar reported 300 deaths during the past two[…]
Farmer suicides continue…
Posted by Reema | Thursday, January 24, 2008 A couple of years ago, in the farmer suicide capital of Punjab (Sangrur-Mansa belt), the first People’s Tribunal on farmers’ suicides took place, organized by the Human[…]