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Demolitions as retributive state policy used against minorities in India: Amnesty

Indian authorities, especially in BJP ruled states need to immediately stop their unjust and mala fide selective demolitions of Muslim homes and establishments said Amnesty International in two reports released late on Wednesday

YouTube strikes again, independent channel Media Swaraj, critical of regime shut down without notice, back on after outrage

In yet another instance of what amounts to unilateral censorship, Media Swaraj, a platform run by veteran journalist Ram Dutt Tripathi from Lucknow was shut down without notice or reasons; the mandatory appeal has been filed; by 1.30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 8 the channel was back on, possibly because of the outrage

Queer partner approaches Kerala HC to demand release of partner’s dead body after the family of the deceased refuse to take responsibility

The partner of the deceased seeks judicial intervention to be able to claim partner's remains and perform final rites as existing laws do not recognise queer relationships

This book reasons why Ram rajya and ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’ have been just ‘jumlas’

Offering a collection of his articles published in the Mumbai-based daily “Free Press Journal” (FPJ) between 2020 and 2022, Anil Kumar Singh’s recently-released book The...

Uttarakhand: Women’s groups reject UCC say provisions are unconstitutional, criminalises constitutional behavior, Muslims

Demanding that Uttarakhand’s UCC be “rejected in toto” in the form that it is, women’s groups from the state have demanded that it be sent to a Select Committee of the Assembly for deliberations; the Bill is a far cry from a gender just law that removes inequalities’ the Bill is in fact, a ‘cut-paste’ from Hindu personal law

Ultra right-wing outfit gives Dharwad market brawl communal colour; police counter with facts

The Hindu Janajagruti Samiti said on ‘X’ Muslims attacked a Hindu vendor, but the police said another Muslim vendor also helped him after the assault.

UP Police arrest 10 after Hindutva outfits reportedly complained about conversion racket

Uttar Pradesh Police detain 10 people, including the Church’s priest, following claims of mass conversion after Hindutva outfits told police about an alleged conversion racket in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh

Karnataka leads the southern states’ protest against squeeze of funds by Modi regime

Karnataka lost Rs 1.87 lakh crore during 15th Finance Commission declared chief minister, Siddaramaiah, Tamil Nadu and Kerala has stated that it is given a bare Rs.021 back for every rupee it contributes to union exchequers and Tamil Nadu has also made a strong case for being deliberately excluded from union funds of Rs 37,000 crores to tackle the cyclone and floods natural calamities; chief ministers and senior leaders from the Congress (Siddaramaiah), Kerala and DMK will protest in Delhi on February 8; Kerala has alleged that the Union has denied the state Rs 57, 400 crores

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When Conservation Becomes Coercion: The silent violence faced by the Tharus of Kheri

Over 4,000 Tharu Adivasis in Lakhimpur Kheri — including a blind man, a chronically ill man, and several elders — have been wrongfully booked. This analysis shows how administrative discretion and recent forest-law amendments are further undermining the protections guaranteed to forest-dwelling communities under the Forest Rights Act, 2006
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