Farmer protestors in their thousands, from 37 Unions under the umbrella of the Samyukta Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (SKM) gathered at the protest site in the capital, BKU leader Rakesh Tikait says that the protest will not end till the government finds a solution to their demands
Seattle’s ban on caste-based discrimination was recently affirmed by a constitutional US court in an order of March 8, giving a huge push forward against caste based discrimination; Court rejected as flimsy the Plaintiff’s arguments of whether the ban against caste discrimination was an “infringement of Hindu religious practice” or :discriminatory” in any way
Ending month-long campaign in order to celebrate the legacy of Rani Chennamma of Kittur, Karnataka, known for her courageous resistance against the British rule...
Hate crimes against minorities continue to abound as religious minorities, including Muslims, face violence across the country. From vigilante groups to school teachers and principals harassing and perpetuating anti-Muslim hate, Muslims continue to live a dangerous life.
A series of protests have unfolded all across Assam after the Centre, on March 11, furnished the rules and regulations of the Citizenship Amendment Act, which was passed in 2019.
The government officially issued a notification on March 12, bringing the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) into effect in the run up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Since the time that the intent of what became the CAA Amendment of 2019 was conceived and found its way into the BJP’s 2014 manifesto, its intent has been divisive and exclusionary; the threats issued time and again by the minister for home affairs that CAA 2019 would follow a “chronology” –All India NPR and NRC—made the intent worse; insecurity and social upheavals will be the result of this cynical diktat
A viral podcast featuring alleged derogatory remarks about Prophet Muhammad has placed Nazia Elahi Khan at the centre of nationwide controversy, triggering multiple FIRs, police complaints and protests across several states. The episode has also renewed scrutiny of her record of alleged communal hate speech through speeches, campaigns and online interventions
Court quashes the externment of SDPI leader Saeed Ahmad Abdul Wahid Chaudhary holding that peaceful protests against government policies cannot justify banishing a citizen from his
The eight page letter, dated June 28, 2026 but released publicly on July 3, includes signatories Mallikarjun Kharge, President, INC, Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi Party MP, Mamata Banerjee, TMC, Turchi Silva, DMK and independent MP, Kapil Sibal; the signatures of DMK. AAP assume significance as both parties had distanced themselves from INDIA bloc.
On the fifth anniversary of the tragic death of the People’s Priest, an associate writes that, if alive Fr Stan Swamy would have been at the forefront of all the ongoing struggles of the Adivasis