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Muslim youth from Bihar beaten to death in Rajasthan

A young Muslim man named Afsar Ali, who worked as a tailor in Rajasthan, was beaten to death after he reportedly asked a driver who brushed past him on the road to drive carefully.

India’s Catholic clergy urges acts of conscience not political opportunism: Church leaders meet with PM Modi

A war of conscience and powerful words has broken out among the Indian Catholic clergy after Prime Minister Modi’s Christmas invite (December 25, 2023) to select church heads, who then circulated videos bowing in abject praise to the leader; a public campaign “Not in Our Name” was sought to be curtailed by some priests, leading to a powerful Open Letter from Father Anand in Varanasi

Tractor parade by SKM on Republic Day in 500 districts, farmers to take pledge to protect the principles of democracy, federalism, secularism and socialism

A mass campaign will also be organised prior to the Ayodhya structure inauguration to make people aware about the pro-corporate economic policies of the Union government, “communal narrative” of BJP

Chhattisgarh: Adivasi rights activists condemn large scale tree-felling in Hasdeo, question the state’s first Adivasi CM

Speakers also criticised both the previous Congress and BJP governments for failing to protect forests and Adivasi rights.

Growing intolerance across religion: Conservatives, Hindutva and some Islamic groups oppose New Year and Christmas celebrations

Conservative and right-wing groups rise in power across the world, a growing number of citizens are inevitably consuming and accepting the ideology they seek to preach.

Month long NGO campaign launched against frenzy of organized communalism in India

A month-long campaign of a multitude of online and offline events  called Jana Gana Mana Abhiyan has been launched in an effort to re-vitalize citizens who take pride in India’s rich, diverse, plural cultural heritage and work towards a society based on constitutional values. 

Stifling of right to protest, freedom: Open letter to CJI Chandrachud

The open letter has alleged that peaceful protests were met with fake encounters, abductions and demolition of houses belonging to the protesters by police and other government instrumentalities

Gujarat govt’s vibrant move: Graduates to get stipend more than State’s class one babus!

In order to showcase how much innovative it can be ahead of the Vibrant Gujarat world business summit (January 10-12), the Gujarat government has...

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Promising Principles Poor Outcomes: What the judicial record on security force accountability actually shows

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The arbitrary detention of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya: A call for justice

The appeal by the Palestinian Embassy in New Delhi has called on all Indians to support and join the call for the immediate and unconditional release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya; advocating for the protection of Palestinian healthcare workers, hospitals, ambulances, and medical facilities in accordance with international humanitarian law.
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