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Progressive Muslims condemn the assassination in South Africa of the world’s first gay Imam

Muslims for Progressive Values - February 18, 2025

Calls on all Muslims, regardless of political and religious differences, to build a culture of tolerance and curiosity for various interpretations of Islam

Minorities

Petitions against Uttarakhand UCC draw attention to Constitutional issues regarding personal autonomy and minority rights

CJP Legal Team - February 18, 2025

Religious freedom, privacy, and tribal exclusion are among the issues raised by petitions contesting the Uttarakhand UCC, bringing to light constitutional questions about striking a balance between individual laws and a uniform legal framework.

Media

Targeting Press Freedom: The unexplained censorship of Vikatan and the erosion of free speech

sabrangindia - February 17, 2025

A political cartoon critical of Modi leads to the arbitrary blocking of Vikatan’s website, exposing the government’s growing intolerance towards independent journalism

India

Who orchestrated APPs failures, the FM and her ex-FS or the ECI?

Dr. Pyara Lal Garg - February 17, 2025

In the recently concluded NCT Delhi State Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party has performed, euphemistically, a hat trick. The BJP has bagged 48...

Education

Academic Freedoms at Risk: Federalism and autonomy challenged by UGC’s VC appointment guidelines

CJP Team - February 17, 2025

The new UGC draft regulations that centralize vice-chancellor appointments have raised concerns about the principles of federalism that grant states the rights and control to oversee education. Concerns regarding the future of higher education in India and prompted discussions about academic autonomy, and political control have also been voiced.

Media

Stop covering up tragedies, say NAJ-DUJ to govt

sabrangindia - February 17, 2025

In a statement issued today, both the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) and National Alliance of Journalists (NAJ) have expressed their dismay at the attempt by the Railway Police and authorities to intimidate journalist Saumya Raj to prevent her from reporting the stampede deaths at the New Delhi Railway Station on February 16, 2025

India

Uttarakhand: Veteran Gandhian, Sarvodaya Worker Vimla Bahuguna Passes Away

S.M.A. Kazmi - February 17, 2025

Vimla, the wife of noted environmentalist Sunder Lal Bahuguna, was his ‘inspiration’ and led many a struggle for women’s and environmental rights.

Labour

Delhi: Institutionalise ICDS, Say Thousands of Anganwadi Workers in National Convention

Ravi Kaushal - February 15, 2025

Workers and helpers demand gratuity as also a hike in payment of honorarium, which was last raised in 2018.

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Congress leader of the opposition Kerala Assembly writes to Modi, Fadnavis over arrest of a Malayali priest in Nagpur

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In a strongly worded letter to Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and Maharashtra Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis, V.D. Satheesan, Congress leader of the opposition Kerala Assembly has sought urgent intervention regarding the detention/arrest of twelve individuals, including Father Sudhir, a priest of the CSI South Kerala Diocese, arrested by the Maharashtra Police following a complaint filed by Bajrang Dal activists

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Activist and poet, Ipsa Shatkashi, will be awarded the kritya Yuva Puraskar 2026 at the World Book Fair on January 15, 2026

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West Bengal: SIR unravelled

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Multiple reports of serious anomalies in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process being unilaterally conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in West Bengal have come to light; exclusion of Matuas, immigrants from erstwhile east Bengal, is only one of them

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