Signature campaign in Kolkata to protect tamarind tree planted by revolutionary 70 years ago

Signature campaign in Kolkata to protect tamarind tree planted by revolutionary 70 years ago

The tree was planted by freedom fighter Parul Mukherjee about 70 years ago. Photo: Debalina Majumder A signature campaign is going on to save a massive tamarind tree in a south Kolkata neighbourhood, something that residents and activists fear might be brought down if the administration does not specifically mark it as protected. The tree … Read more

Will protect Waqf properties in West Bengal, Mamata assures through newspaper advertisement

Will protect Waqf properties in West Bengal, Mamata assures through newspaper advertisement

West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Amidst discontent among a section of Muslims, the West Bengal government has issued advertisements in newspapers that State’s Chief Minister has given assurance Waqf properties in the State will remain protected. The advertisements published in major national and vernacular dailies states … Read more

Committee to Protect Journalists writes to PM Modi, urges him to address the matter of jailed journalists

Committee to Protect Journalists writes to PM Modi, urges him to address the matter of jailed journalists

The CPJ said the “continued detention and harassment of journalists risks eroding India’s reputation as the world’s largest democracy and a leading voice of the Global South”. Photo: X/@pressfreedom Ahead of International Human Rights Day on December 10, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking to draw his … Read more

Overhaul benefit system to protect vulnerable claimants, urge MPs

Overhaul benefit system to protect vulnerable claimants, urge MPs

Michael Buchanan Senior Social Affairs Correspondent BBC News Family pictures MPs looked at the cases of Philippa Day (L) and Errol Graham (R) who both died after DWP errors in managing their benefits MPs are calling for a change in the law to prevent benefit claimants from suffering harm at the hands of the government … Read more

The Vivienne hid ketamine struggle ‘to protect family’

The Vivienne hid ketamine struggle ‘to protect family’

Josh Parry LGBT & identity reporter Getty Images James’s career went from Drag Race star and into the mainstream, appearing in the West End and on various TV programmes. The sister of James Lee Williams, better known as The Vivienne, says her family only learned of the drag performer’s battle with ketamine addiction after watching … Read more

Street hawkers’ body urges Centre to issue national guidelines to protect vendors from heatwaves

Street hawkers’ body urges Centre to issue national guidelines to protect vendors from heatwaves

The National Hawkers Federation (NHF) on Friday (April 11, 2025) urged the Centre to issue national-level guidelines to protect street vendors from the rising threat of heatwaves. The increasing temperatures are putting the lives and livelihoods of over two crore vendors at risk, it said. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union … Read more

New Tamil Nadu Bill seeks to protect victims of sexual crimes

New Tamil Nadu Bill seeks to protect victims of sexual crimes

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin addresses the Assembly. Photo: DIPR A Bill to amend the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Harassment of Women (Amendment) Act, 1998, which was tabled in the Assembly by Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Friday, sought to legally restrain persons accused of harassing women from contacting them. The Bill sought to incorporate Section … Read more

Protect rights of minorities in Sambhal: VCK chief

Protect rights of minorities in Sambhal: VCK chief

VCK founder Thol. Thirumavalavan has expressed concerns over the violence that unfolded at Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh after a second survey was carried out at Jama Masjid on November 24 to find out if the structure was built over an ancient temple. The Chidambaram MP urged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to protect minorities, and … Read more