News for 'Andhra Pradesh Civil Liberties Committee'

Civil Rights activist K Balagopal passes away

Noted civil rights activist K Balagopal died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Hyderabad, family source said on Friday

'Kishenji encounter has exposed Mamata's real face'

A group of four activists from Andhra Pradesh led by revolutionary writer Vara Vara Rao left for Kolkata on Friday morning to bring home the body of the senior Maoist leader Mallojula Koteshwara Rao alias Kishenji, who was killed in an alleged encounter in West Bengal on Thursday.

Maoist conspiracy case: NIA raids 62 places in Andhra, Telangana

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested a top Maoist leader as it carried out raids at 62 locations across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in the Communist Party of India-Maoist conspiracy case, an official said.

Writ petition filed over killing of PW leader

Govt submits first autopsy report to HC in Chittoor firing case

The state government submitted the first post-mortem report of 20 people, who were killed in police firing in Seshachalam forests of Chittoor district on April 7.

7 slain 'smugglers' picked up from bus!

A shocking revelation threatens to blow a hole into the Andhra Pradesh police version on the Chittoor 'encounter' that claimed 20 lives.

AP govt invites Naxals for talks

Youth arrests: Muslim group submits memorandum to PM

A Muslim group has submitted a memorandum to Prime Minister's Office demanding the intervention of the Union government in the wake of the arrests of various youth in connection with the assassination plot which was busted by the police of Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.

Around 1,500 Rohingya Muslims take refuge in Hyderabad

The Andhra Pradesh government will soon have to deal with the Rohingya Muslims living in the old city of Hyderabad -- many of them illegally, reports Vicky Nanjappa

Hard Choice Modi Must Make

Modi can abandon the path of Hindutva only at risk to his position within his own fraternity. But if he pursues a hard line, he faces the risk of being hauled up by his coalition-partners. For the first time in a decade, Modi is not in enviable situation, observes Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay.

'The wrath of the State has become a hallmark of our democracy'

'If a Delhi University professor's rights can be violated so easily, then think about what the rest of the population, with even lesser means, has to suffer under the State.'

Aadhaar is based on unscientific thinking, fallible biometric data

Biometric authentication is based on the unscientific and questionable assumption that there are parts of human body that does not age, wither and decay with the passage of time.