Post Bureau, Guwahati (July 25): Expressing concern over the communal riots at BTAD for the last five days, Action Aid, an international NGO, organised a citizen’s meeting in the city on Wednesday. A part from the concerned citizens, various organisations like Mising Mimang Kebang (MMK), Pragotisil Nari Sanstha, North East Network (NEN) and others had…
Of all the rich G20 nations, India has been labelled the worst place to be a woman. But how is this possible in a country that prides itself on being the world’s largest democracy? Helen Pidd In an ashram perched high on a hill above the noisy city of Guwahati in north-east India is a…
17 groups call for speedy justiceA STAFF REPORTER Rallying cryJuly 19: Seventeen city-based organisations have joined hands to prod the government into ensuring speedy justice for the July 9 molestation victim. While submitting a memorandum to chief minister Tarun Gogoi yesterday, the organisations also demanded special gender-sensitive training for police personnel and amendments to the…
Sanjoy HazarikaThe northeast used to pride itself on its gender equality. But the gory sexual violence against a teenager in Assam shows the region is no different from the rest of India The sordid sexual violence by a group of thugs against a young woman in Guwahati has stunned people not just in India but…
yeda Hameed Posted online: Wed Jul 18 2012, 00:18 hrs Election 2014 should be fought on the issue of violence against women. In the sleepy town of Nazirabad, 75 kilometres from Bhopal, four children were playing near a garbage dump with what looked like a rubber doll. A salon owner across the road noticed something…
Samudra Gupta Kashyap Posted online: Wed Jul 18 2012, 03:59 hrs Guwahati : On January 21, 2008, when Guwahati’s first satellite TV news channel was launched in a glittering function, those behind it vowed not only to make it a mirror of society but also to try and bring the people of the Northeast into…
Date: 15 July Original Story: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-15/guwahati/32684323_1_molestation-assam-government-strict-vigil Kangkan Kalita, TNN Jul 15, 2012, 12.11PM IST GUWAHATI: Seeking urgent steps from the government to ensure safety of women in Assam, which is believed to be one of the safest places for women in the country, social organizations and women activists have demanded strict policing to stop atrocities on women…
Massive protest meet against molestation case. Staff reporter GUWAHATI, July 13 – A number of organisations including women organisations today organised a protest meet under the aegis of North East Network in protest against the molestation of a young girl in the city on July 10. Extending solidarity to the protest were Assam Mahila Samata…
Kangkan Kalita, TNN Jul 15, 2012, 12.11PM IST GUWAHATI: Seeking urgent steps from the government to ensure safety of women in Assam, which is believed to be one of the safest places for women in the country, social organizations and women activists have demanded strict policing to stop atrocities on women in the state. Condemning…
Supreme Court order on fake encounters in Pathribal, Kamrup The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Army to decide whether its personnel involved in fake encounter killings in Pathribal in Jammu and Kashmir and Assam should be court-martialled or tried in regular criminal courts. If Army authorities were not keen on court-martial proceedings, the Central…