Giving a voice to Orissa’s exploited tribal women

KANDHAMAL - Reena Rana, a tribal woman in her 20s, is waiting for her five-year-old son to be returned to her. Her husband married another woman a few years ago and Reena had to leave his house. She is voiceless, like many other tribal women in Orissa’s Kandhamal district who are victims of domestic violence.

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Former timber baron Blixseth goes on trial, accused of ‘looting’ $286M from Yellowstone Club

Club founder goes on trial for ‘looting’ MT resort

Illegal immigrant population in Georgia doubles, confirms changing migration trends

Illegal immigrants numbers rise in Southeast

Vt. judge orders arrest of Va. woman who disappeared with child she shared with ex-partner

Arrest ordered in Vt. same-sex parent custody case

Attorneys for ex-Edwards aide ask to see sex tape, say it will help in lawsuit defense

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Trump, Icahn’s group start making their case for owning Trump’s namesake casinos in AC

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Settlement reached in ‘Rocky Top’ copyright lawsuit by writers’ children against A&E network

Settlement in ‘Rocky Top’ song lawsuit against A&E

Consumer forum imposes fine on complainant

CHANDIGARH - The district consumer disputes redressal forum here Tuesday directed a complainant to pay a sum of Rs.30,000 for filing a false complaint against a car agency from where he had bought a vehicle last year.

Tenant fined Rs.1 lakh for dragging on case for years

NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Tuesday slapped a fine of Rs.1 lakh on a tenant of a property for dragging on the property dispute case for years together and not letting the owner use it.

Notice to Bangalore police on closing eateries post-midnight

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Tuesday sought the stand of the Karnataka government and the Bangalore police on a lawsuit challenging a police order that all eateries, restaurants and hotels in the metropolitan city close after midnight.

Save power, hold IPL during day, NGO urges apex court

NEW DELHI - In a bid to avoid power wastage, a Howrah-based civil society group has moved the Supreme Court for rescheduling the forthcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) matches, beginning March 12, during the day instead of night time.

‘Biotech bill against Indian constitution’

NEW DELHI - Several clauses of the 2009 draft of the National Biotechnology Regulatory Authority Bill, which is awaiting the cabinet’s approval, go against India’s Constitution, a leading biosafety expert said here Tuesday.

Sri Lanka Supreme Court refuses to release Fonseka

COLOMBO - The Supreme Court Tuesday rejected a plea for the release of former army commander General Sarath Fonseka in military custody for two weeks on charges of conspiracy against the government, officials said.

‘Only government can revive Swiss corruption case against Zardari’

ISLAMABAD - A tussle seems to be brewing within the Pakistani establishment with the law ministry saying it alone could reopen a Swiss money laundering case against President Asif Ali Zardari and not anti-corruption watchdog National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

Tytler, Renuka among former MPs still occupying government flats

NEW DELHI - As many as 22 government bungalows or flats are occupied by high profile politicians and VIPs, the union Urban Development Ministry said in reply to a Right to Information (RTI) application.

Teenager leaves granny in morgue after gambling funeral cash

HONG KONG - A Hong Kong teenager was sent to a detention centre Tuesday for leaving his grandmother in a morgue for more than a year after he gambled away the money to bury her.

Madhya Pradesh presents ‘grim’ picture of public health

BHOPAL - Even as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lauded the “compassionate” governance of its Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at its Indore meeting last week, a human rights group said Madhya Pradesh was a state where 71.4 percent tribal children were malnourished and 82.5 percent anaemic.

A. P. Government must provide evidence on Maoists’ Osmania role: Supreme Court

NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Andhra Pradesh government to provide evidence of the reported intelligence inputs that say the Maoists have infiltrated the Osmania University campus, which is considered to be the hotbed of the ongoing Telangana agitation.

Christian group demands jobs, protection for riot victims

BHUBANESWAR - A Christian group Tuesday demanded adequate jobs and protection for riot victims in Orissa’s Kandhamal district where at least 38 people were killed during communal violence in 2008.