Jameel Aahmed Milansaar

The Mumbai-based Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) has moved the Supreme Court in a detailed writ petition (WP Nos 170/2013) asking for the Supreme Coirt’s direct intervention through an appointment of a High Powered Committee of Court Commissioners to survey the four worst affected districts, assess details of the dead and misisng as also the scale of damages and monitor the transparency and quality of the probe/investigation and report back to the Supreme Court. Petitioners have also asked for directions to transfer the investigations to the CBI. The petition filed last Tuesday came up for hearing with other matters today and will now be heard next week. Two Victim Survivors, Shahid Hassan, son of Sirajuddin who along with four others was massacred in the attack on Lisadh village of Shamli district and Samaydeen son of Kamruddin who was also killed in the violence at Lisadh and the Awami Council for Peace and Democracy are also co-petitioners in this substantive petition t...

Dr Mohammad Manzoor Alam The anti-Muslim riots in Muzaffarnagar and adjoining areas are already being compared to Gujarat 2002. As many as 50,000 people have been officially reckoned to have become internal refugees. According to official records, 85 people have died, but unofficial estimates put it at a much higher figure. Picture For Representation purpose only Police and administrative laxity, and sometimes police’s criminal collusion with rioters, have brought on this sorry state of affairs. Above everything else the murky dealings of Samajwadi Party leadership with the Sangh had a paralysing influence on the state machinery and encouraged goondas to indulge in rape, loot, arson and murder. Many Muslims have “disappeared”, many of their young women have been kidnapped and whisked away to places where they cannot easily be found. Like Gujarat, it was a well-planned operation. Police in several areas have been seen to be hand in glove with rioters. These riots need ...

Rapid industrialization and urbanization coupled with continuous decline in per capita availability of water is putting a lot of pressure on the available water resources in the country. As per report of standing sub-committee for assessment of availability and requirements of water for diverse uses in the country, the future water requirements for meeting the demands of various sections in the country for the year 2025 and 2050 have been estimated to be 1093 BCM and 1447 BCM respectively. The increasing gap between water availability and demand highlight the need for conservation of water. The National Water Policy also lays stress on conservation of water. It has been stipulated that efficiency of utilization in all the diverse uses of water should be optimized and an awareness of water as a scarce resource should be fostered. With per capita availability of water depleting at a faster pace, the Government has declared the Year 2013 as Water Conservation Year under which awa...

M. S.  Ansari* India is a democratic country where people of all community live in peace and harmony. All major religions of the world are found in India. As such, Hindus are the majority community and the minority community includes Muslims , Sikhs , Christians , Buddhists and Zoroastrians ( Parsis ) as notified under the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992. Minorities are playing a very vital role in India’s political and social upliftment, contributing significantly in the development of our country. Governments from time to time have formulated programmes and schemes for socio-economic upliftment of minorities. For this purpose Government of India created the Ministry of Minority Affairs, which aims at empowering the minority communities and creating an enabling environment for strengthening the multi-racial, multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, multi-lingual and multi-religious character of our nation. It also aims at improving the socio-economic conditions o...

1) What should a woman do if she finds herself alone in the company of a strange male as she prepares to enter a lift in a high-rise apartment late at night? Experts Say: Enter the lift. If you need to reach the 13th floor, press all the buttons up to your destination. No one will dare attack you in a lift that stops on every floor. 2) What to do if a stranger tries to attack you when you are alone in your house, run into the kitchen. Experts Say: You alone know where the chili powder and turmeric are kept.And where the knives and plates are. All these can be turned into deadly weapons. If nothing else, start throwing plates and utensils all over. Let them break. Scream. Remember that noiseis the greatest enemy of a molester. He does not want to be caught. 3} Taking an Auto or Taxi at Night. Experts Say: Before getting into an auto at night, note down its registration number. Then use the mobile to call your family or friend and pass on the details to them...