Teesta Setalvad
@TeestaSetalvad
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Chronicler of the times, Activist in the law, human rights, Citizenship Crisis, Forest & land Rights, Against Hate Letting n Violence
Mumbai
Joined February 2010
And for today: Rather awful about the 189 lost victims (820 injured) of 7/11 blasts & their families who were not only misled (read communalised by a faulty discourse & shoddy investigation but are left with *no closure* with the acquittal. The divide just deepens #MumbaiATS.
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1983++during d 3rd term of Vasantdada Patil (Feb '83-June '85) as #Maharashtra CM,a visionary project 4 Jap tech (Shinkasen,better,safer, faster)2 Mumbai's pioneering rail sys ws proposd ONLY 2 be shot down by spoilers. 2025:2282 deaths in a YEAR#Shame
thehindu.com
Railway Minister reports 2,282 fatalities on Mumbai's suburban railway network in 2024, addressing commuter safety concerns.
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Thanks @thewire_in for this reproting which entrenched legacy media is avoiding. @svaradarajan @mkvenu1.
Amidst nationwide crackdown against ‘suspected foreign’ nationals, 100s of Bangla speaking migrant workers detained in Gurugram in what police calls “holding centres.” I and @alishan_jafri report from the ground.
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RT @sarayupani: The story is that 1000s of Bengali speaking migrant workers are fleeing cities fearing arbitrary detention, torture and dep….
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Thanks @barandbench for showing some concern for Gender Justice & violence.
The Haryana government has appointed advocate Vikas Barala, the son of BJP Member Parliament (MP) Subhash Barala, as an Assistant Advocate General, despite facing charges of stalking a woman. Vikas Barala had hit headlines in 2017 when he along with his friend Ashish Kumar was
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RT @DalrympleWill: We need to stop Israel now or will be too late to save seven million Palestinians from genocide and ethnic cleansing.
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RT @PChidambaram_IN: Humanity is shamed in Gaza. Every day, the number of killings in Gaza is in the double-digits. Many of them are women….
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RT @MamataOfficial: With its iconic clubs, passionate supporters, and a legacy that spans generations, Bengal has long been the spiritual h….
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RT @zohranmamdani: NY Times: Russia 'weaponizes hunger' in Ukraine (war crime!) but Israel 'is not committing genocide' in Gaza (justified!….
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Oh oh. Heep indignity on a man who did. work. Sad. But revealing.
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RT @sanjayuvacha: Who told you God does not accept meat? You will have offended the religious sensibilities of most Bengalis, Hindu and Mus….
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As the acquittal of 12 innocent men wrongfully confined for the 7/11 (Mumbai 2006) blasts is welcomed, we must remember the grief of 189 victims of the blasts; the state failure, and a failed system that let the real perpetrators go free #2006TrainBlasts.
sabrangindia.in
As the acquittal of 12 innocent men wrongfully confined for the 7/11 (Mumbai 2006) blasts is welcomed, we must remember the grief of 189 victims of the blasts; the state failure, and a failed system...
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Gadchiroli, the 'Favourite District' of Devendra Fadnavis, Sees Decline in Maoism, Increase in Mining.
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For a while now, the presence of Maoists in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra has been diminishing, giving way to mining companies. This entire initiative is being conducted under the supervision of...
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More Data Fudging? This Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) is qualitatively different in methodology (including sampling) from earlier Household Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES) lst conductd 2011-12, and therefore the two are not comparable.
sabrangindia.in
This Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) is qualitatively different in methodology (including sampling) from the earlier Household Consumer Expenditure Survey (CES) last conducted in...
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RT @msgpahujaa: “52 lakh names missing in Bihar is just the tip of the iceberg. In Maharashtra, 1 crore names added. In Karnataka, theft ca….
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Here is the real meaning of "development" Has to be sustainable, has to protect climate, environment, people, forests. Applies to #Surajgad#Gadchiroli, #Hasdeo Chhattisgarh, Mumbai, Coasts, Fisherfolk too.
Chief Justice of India BR Gavai today, while hearing the suo motu case of deforestation in the Kancha Gachibowli forest area in Telangana, expressed that employing bulldozers to clear a forest overnight cannot be justified as sustainable development. Read more:
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RT @Benarasiyaa: A female UP Police recruit narrating her ordeal over lack of bare minimum amenities at the training centre in Gorakhpur, U….
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The Evidence comes tumbling out: The Gauri Files-A Journalist’s Murder & its Repurcussions #GauriLankesh #IamGauri @kavithalankesh #Assassination #Hindutva #HateCrime .
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