From being unable to bury the dead due to bureaucratic delays, to facing increased hate for having a tattoo of B R Ambedkar, violence against Dalit refuses to abate
A new divisive agenda has taken hold over India’s most populous state—on November 18, sux days ago, the Uttar Pradesh government banned halal-certified edible...
After facing criticism from the OP Jindal University’s officials as well as the Israeli ambassador, after having his lecture at IIT-Bombay cancelled, Achin Vanaik stands by his statements, saying he was misinterpreted
A 2004 notice is served on Seje Bala Ghosh, 20 years later in March 2020 –during the Covid-19 pandemic. She is the daughter of Lt. Digendra Chandra Ghosh, associate of legendary Chandra Shekhar Azad who in early November 2023, is finally declared Indian after an intrepid legal battle led by CJP’s Team Assam
NEW DELHI: As many as 50 human rights organisations have called for the prompt and unconditional release of Kashmiri human rights defenders, Khurram Parvez...
The Karnataka Janaarogya Chaluvali (Karnataka People’s Health Movement/Struggle) has written a strong critique of the draft Karnataka Right to Health and Emergency Medical Services Bill 2025, questioning its rationale and orientation; the critique points how this draft has been mostly borrowed from the Rajasthan Right to Health Act (2022). Besides, says KJC, while some activists in Karnataka have been clamoring for a replication of the Rajasthan Right to Health Act, this demand has been made without investing too much thought into whether this is what Karnataka requires
Close to a dozen public intellectuals including Hiren Gohain, Harekrishna Deka, former DGP, Assam and author, Dr. Indrani Dutta, former Director, Omiyo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, among so many others, have in a letter petition to CJ, Gauhati High Court, Justice Vijay Bishnoi drawn attention of the Court to series of inciteful statements by Himanta Biswa Sarma, Chief Minister and urged suo moto cognisance
CJP-led memorandum to the Election Commission documents forged objections, misuse of Form 7, and violations of statutory safeguards meant to protect the right to vote
From Allahabad University to JNU, BHU and Delhi University, students are pushing back against the silencing of caste critique and the suspension of long-awaited equity safeguards
The deaths of Naman Agarwal and several others in recent days reveal a system where inquiries begin only after lives are lost; from IIT Bombay to BITS Goa, a spate of student deaths in just days exposes the hollowness of institutional safeguards and mental-health promises