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“My son was killed by police while he was asleep… I won’t accept the body” fumes the aggrieved father of Sidhu Soren

Click here to read the news in Bengali. ——————— Abhijit Chakraborty from Karkata, Ramgarh. Anandabazar Patrika, 28 July, 2010 The “fight” of his son is all over. The fight, however, isn’t over as yet. Bhuto Baskey (more than 60 years old) alias Jamadar Baskey, the father of Sidhu Soren, is determined to take up bow [...]

Prabir Ghosh’s name among the All Time Greatest Bengali literary figures

Check WIKIPEDIA – Prabir Ghosh’s name among the All Time Greatest Bengali literary figures. List includes ancient to modern- from Rabindranath Tagore, Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Kazi Nazrul Islam to Samaresh Majumdar, Prabir Ghosh etc.  

Prabir Ghosh on Star News regarding Octopus PAUL

Courtesy:  Star News, AFP (photo)

Mentally challenged boy labelled Maoist

Cops ‘rebel’ is an epilepsy patient TNN, Jun 19, 2010, 05.47am IST KOLKATA: Police are convinced that 20-year-old Rameshwar Murmu of Duli village near Salboni is a hard-core Maoist. But the youth’s medical documents, copies of which are with TOI, tell a different story. An electroencephalogram (EEG) test that he underwent on June 6, 2006, [...]

Was it a fake encounter, wonder rights activists

Click here to read the news published at The Times of India, June 18, 2010. Courtesy: The Times of India

Cops parade deranged man as Maoist

Caesar Mandal, TNN, Jun 18, 2010, 12.47am IST SALBONI (WEST MIDNAPORE): The “dreaded” Maoist captured by joint forces on Wednesday the only one apparently caught alive at the encounter site where eight rebels lay dead is a 20-year-old mute and mentally challenged youth from Duli village. No wonder, police haven’t been able to make him [...]

Army will not fight Naxals, says Cabinet Committee on Security

Vishwa Mohan, TNN, Jun 12, 2010, 01.13am IST NEW DELHI: The Army will not be used in a “combat role” in the ongoing anti-Naxal battle. The Centre and states will, instead, recruit ex-servicemen — including retired sappers for de-mining exercises — on contractual basis to fill the gap and will focus on strengthening paramilitary and [...]

Astrospeak and stock markets

More and more investors are trying to seek help in making their investment decisions By Suranjana Roy Bhattacharya, Special to Gulf News Published: 00:00 June 12, 2010 Can Saturn 821 million miles away, affect the way a Reliance Communications stock moves on the Bombay Sensitive Index on planet Earth? Believe in it and you may [...]

NEPAL’S POLITICAL SCENARIO : Promises not kept

The political calamity of Nepal doesn’t seem to get over. It was only a week back that the Gana-Parishad (the constituent assembly of Nepal) was on the edge of collapse, when it failed to initiate the drafting of the constitution, even after completion of its one year tenure. At that time, the Maoists bailed out [...]

Sabotage or Accident?

  We strongly condemn the sabotage on Howrah – Kurla (Mumbai) Gyaneshwari express – whoever is behind it should be caught and booked immediately. Humanists’ Association and Science and Rationalists’ Association of India Photo Courtesy: BBC, AP, New York Times

Some Important Questions: Zeitgeist Movement

To Prabir Ghosh General Secretary Science and Rationalists’ Association of India Sub: Zeitgeist movement Dear Sir, I’m a regular visitor to www.srai.org and wish to put forward my reaction in regard to your post captioned “ What is Zeitgeist Movement?” uploaded on 13th May this year. Since the day, I glanced through that post; a [...]

Another Astrologer in Troubled Waters

Pt Sitaramji was lodged in room # 104 of Hotel Devarshi at Bankura town. He was there since May 13, 2010. He could make accurate predictions about the future of any person with a mere glance and studying through the palm lines. Further, he can relive anyone from serious hassles ranging from infertility to unsuccessful [...]

Here is current issue of Aamra Yuktibadi – May 2010

‘আমরা যুক্তিবাদী’ পত্রিকার মে ২০১০ সংখ্যাটি প্রকাশ করা হল। আমরা যুক্তিবাদী – মে ২০১০ সংখ্যাটি ডাউনলোড করার জন্য এখানে ক্লিক করুন- পূর্ববর্তী সংখ্যাগুলো পাবেন এখানে।

Don’t Choke Off Dissenting Voices

Eminent persons condemn the voices emanating from Chhatisgarh Police to book Arundhati Roy for her article, Walking With The Comrades Admiral R.H. Tahiliani ,  et al The Director General of Police, Chhatisgarh is reported to be seriously examining whether writer Arundhati Roy should be prosecuted under the Chhatisgarh Special Public Security Act (CSPSA) / Unlawful [...]

Rebels run school in Bengal

Surbek Biswas, Hindustan Times Sereng Swakra, April 20, 2010 Two kilometres from a CRPF camp that was attacked by Maoists near Sereng Swakra village in Bankura district in January, the rebels guide the running of a co-educational primary school (kindergarten to class IV) funded by residents of nearby villages. Set up in 2003, the school [...]