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NOVANEWS Revised Instructions from Delhi Not Stamping Out Abuses Floodlit sections of the Indian fence in West Bengal, on the border with Bangladesh. © 2010 Prashant Panjiar "Trigger Happy" Despite orders from New Delhi to end killings and abuse and to exercise restraint in dealing with people crossing the border, new deaths and other serious abuses are being reported. Meenakshi Ganguly, South Asia director for Human Rights Watch (New York) ­- The government of India should undertake a speedy, fair, and transparent criminal investigation into fresh allegations of killings, torture, and other abuses by the Border Security Force (BSF) at the border with Bangladesh, Human Rights Watch said today. Those against whom there is credible evidence of culpab...

NOVANEWS IsraHell Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Heron unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is set to add another to its list of targeted victims, adivasi (tribal) militants in central and eastern Indian states. The Daily News & Analysis of Mumbai notes that the national government will undertake “a first-of-its-kind effort to counter Maoists” and will deploy the IAI “Heron’s eagle eyes to track their movements on [a] real time basis.” [note: 'the Centre' - found throughout the linked article - is a term used in India to refer to the national government and 'Naxalite' is a term used to refer to the various communist adivasi groups engaged in armed struggle to protect themselves and their lands, formerly from the Forest Department, now primarily from mining companies, the police, and local parami...

NOVANEWS http://www.negedneshek.org/2011/07/iai-heron-uav-to-deploy-against-adivasi-in-india/ Jimmy Johnson IsraHell Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Heron unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is set to add another to its list of targeted victims, adivasi (tribal) militants in central and eastern Indian states. The Daily News & Analysis of Mumbai notes that the national government will undertake “a first-of-its-kind effort to counter Maoists” and will deploy the IAI “Heron’s eagle eyes to track their movements on [a] real time basis.” [note: 'the Centre' - found throughout the linked article - is a term used in India to refer to the national government and 'Naxalite' is a term used to refer to the various communist adivasi groups engaged in armed struggle to protect themselves and their lands, for...

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NOVANEWS Rajeesh | August 17, 2010 at 11:07 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/pglpM-1TW Sanhati, a forum for solidarity with peoples’ struggles in India, successfully organized a protest demonstration in front of the Indian Consulate in NYC on August 13 against Operation Green Hunt to coincide with India’s independence day on 15th August . The protest demonstration was endorsed by the Alliance for a Secular and Democratic South Asia and was attended by individuals from Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas representing diverse South Asian and international organizations like SASI (South Asia Solidarity Initiative), ILPS (International League of Peoples Struggles), ISO (International Socialist Organisation), RCP (Revolutionary Communist Party) ...

NOVANEWS Rajeesh | August 16, 2010 at 11:15 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/pglpM-1TS Aligarh, Mathura: As India was celebrating 63 years of Independence, the village of Tappal around 80 kilometers from Aligarh resembled a battleground - the epicentre of violence between farmers and the police since Saturday. There were protests in Mathura as well. Hundreds of farmers were demanding higher compensation for their land that has been acquired for the Yamuna expressway, a 165-km road corridor between Noida and Agra. The agitation turned violent after police allegedly arrested a leader of the farmers. Three farmers died in police firing while some others were injured. A policeman was also killed in the clashes. The Uttar Pradesh government has now ordered a judici...

NOVANEWS     This is your Army Mr Chidambaram! Rajeesh | August 16, 2010 at 10:42 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/pglpM-1TL (And the people belong to this country) by Reyaz-ul-Haq [Translated by Priyanka Srivastava, Sanhati] A picture could very well be a tide turner. The one image that makes a nation sit up, shake itself off its torpor and ask itself, how much more of this repetitive official nonsense can we accept and justify in our quest to become a developed nation and overlook the rampant denial of due process and decency. A picture can be a conscience raiser, the final straw, the one blow that cuts up the fine line between what a civil society will accept and outright barbarism. Not too many people remember the name of Nguyen Ngoc Loan. But a lot...

NOVANEWS     First Report on Demonstration at Indian High Commission - London 15th August 2010 Rajeesh | August 16, 2010 at 10:40 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/pglpM-1TC Democracy and Class struggle The protest at the Indian High Commission in London on the 15th August 2010 attracted hundreds of people. There were Kashmiri's, Sikhs, Sri Lankans and Nepalese and other Indian nationalities present at the protest. There were also representatives of progressive organisations in Britain all protesting Indian Expansionism and Operation Green Hunt and the murder of Comrade Azad spokesperson of the CPI Maoist and Hem Pandey a progressive journalist by the murderous comprador Indian state. The protest organised on India's National Day exposed the crimes of th...

  NOVANEWS Anti-Displacement Leader Madan Kalundia Dies in Judicial Custody Rajeesh | August 15, 2010 at 8:13 am | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/pglpM-1Tp Source: Face Book Madan Kalundia, a leader of anti-displacement movement of Kalinganagar (Odisha), died on August 3, 2010 in judicial custody. Death of Com. Madan in judicial custody has come as a part of the Govt. Admn.-police attempt to crush the anti-displacement struggle of tribals against TATAs. His death is a telling story of the criminal disregard of basic rights of the people by not only the police and admn. but even judiciary in the service of corporates. Hundreds of tribals have been thrown out of jobs in the industries of the area for refusing to leave their land for TATAs. Leaders and activists of ...