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Militarising Minds, Hindutvaising the Nation | Training Future Military Leaders Imbued in Hindutva Supremacism?

How the policy of PPP (Public Private Partnership) Model in Sainik Schools is counter to all Constitutional principles and values

Rising tide of hate speech sours election climate, targeting religious minorities

In run up to the elections, when the country begins to vote from April 19, we have witnessed numerous incidents of hate speeches delivered across the country within the narrow span of last 2-3 weeks.

Concerned Christian citizens strongly criticise the screening of the ‘Kerala Story’ by the Diocese of Idukki

Over two dozen prominent Christians from all walks of life have strongly criticise the Kerala Dioscese of Iduki screening the controversial film, ‘Kerala Story’

After Bolta Hindustan, Centre tells YouTube to remove National Dastak channel

The move by the government, right before elections, is making many people, including the opposition, decry it as press censorship.

Tribal leaders emerge, as national parties find it difficult to win trust

In the midst of the election frenzy, as parties reportedly pay lip service to tribal rights, local leaders emerge victorious.

Bombay HC directs two police commissioners to personally examine videos of speeches delivered by BJP MLA Nitesh Rana, Geeta Jain and T. Raja Singh

The division bench remarked that it prima facie found from the speech transcript that some offence seemed to have been committed; bench also took exception to the press conference held by BJP MLA Nitesh Rane from the police commissioner’s office in Mira-Bhayander

MBA graduate and activist, Gulfisha Fatima awaits justice

Fatima, and a series of activists and scholars, have been incarcerated as an undertrial, awaiting justice for four years today.

Targeting Muslims in Ramzan: Lynching, assault, harassment mar the holy month in India

Even prior to the beginning of the month, one RSS leader had made contentious statements regarding Hindus and Muslims sharing the same ancestry, asking them to open their fast with cow milk

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“SIR is a Nazi-Fascist Project:” M.G. Devasahayam

Alleging that a staggering one crore persons will be finally excluded from the Karnataka state electoral rolls, MG Devasahayam, a former IAS officer, who was recently interviewed by the Kannada daily Vartabharati stated that opposition political parties had failed the voter while citizens groups had posed a robust challenge to the SIR process

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The women India continues to ignore

It is 76 years into the adoption of the Indian Constitution. However, the fundamental promises of equality and dignity remain elusive for many communities - none more so than Dalit women. What is even starker is the sheer indifference of institutions towards their plight. This piece aims to highlight how the understanding of “women” does not mechanically encompass Dalit women and accentuate the underlying forces that precludes the empowerment of women from the most downtrodden sections of Indian society.

The State Wants the Delete Button: India’s new architecture of digital censorship

Nearly 1.95 lakh blocking directions in five months raise urgent questions about transparency, due process and the constitutional limits of government control over online speech

Punjab SIR draft roll published; 20 lakh electors marked ASDD, claims open till September 12

Nearly 1.94 crore (19.4 million) enumeration forms digitised during SIR; over 20 lakh electors categorised as absent, shifted, dead or duplicate (ASDD), Voters whose names are missing from the draft can file claims for inclusion till September 12, even as complaints on social media during the enumeration phase highlighted difficulties faced by electors
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