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CAG reporting of GOI expenditure slows down, reports not presented to Parliament, transparency & autonomy in peril say former civil servants
Shrinking of CAG’s autonomy and its reluctance to examine government spending in all departments and table reports in parliament and make them public is undermining the office, write 86 former civil servants in an Open Letter to the President
With little to offer, the BJP throws in the “conversion” card: Chhattisgarh elections
Another poll-bound state, Chhattisgarh, which is set to see voting for the state assembly elections on November 7 and 17, 2023, sees attempts at a communal campaign, by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), again.
‘Insidious’: Arrest of Sarju Tekam for raising awareness on jal-jangal-jameen in Bastar?
Civil rights network* Campaign Against State Repression (CASR), condemning the continuous arrests and harassments of democratic rights activists such as Tirumal Sarju Tekam and fake encounters of Modu Ram and Kanha Ram in Chhattisgarh, has regretted in a statement that those fighting for democratic and civil liberties, human rights and labour rights, anti-caste and women’s rights, Marxist-Leninist and Gandhian ideologies are being labelled as potential Maoists.
Sorry, instead of “Masjid Madrassa” I used word Gurudwara” says BJP leader, Sandeep Dayma when he called for them to be uprooted, SGPCC calls...
Regretting the use of the word Gurudwara not Masjid-Madrassa in his election rally in poll bound Rajasthan, the BJP leader has drawn flak from the Shiromani Gurudwara Prabvhandhak Committee (SGPCC), Amritsar
Uttar Pradesh: Police action to deter fight for Dalit rights, says jailed activist and former IPS officer
A peaceful protest that took place on October 10 for the right to land for Dalits in several Gorakhpur, led to criminalising of the protest and arrest of activists. In the days following the protest activists, including retired public servant S. R. Darapuri, were arrested. Activists have alleged that the arrests and the consequent murder charges are only to deter people from fighting for justice
Supreme Court gives two journalists interim protection from Gujarat police arrest over article against Adani Group (Hindenburg issue)
The Supreme Court on Friday, November 3 granted journalists Ravi Nair and Anand Mangnale interim protection from being arrested by the Gujarat police over an article they wrote about the Adani-Hindenburg row reported LiveLaw after their counsel pointed out that the legal parameters of the “notice” were not revealed
‘Electoral Bond Scheme must be abrogated, favours ruling party, threats of money laundering,’: Coalition Report tells FATF
The NGO report, compiled by anonymous civil society actors calling themselves the Global NPO Coalition on FATF, looks at the many-layered and complex threat that the electoral bond scheme poses in a democracy.
How corruption in rural development leads to floating ‘undesirable, unsafe’ projects
Recently I was in a very remote village to inquire about the impact made by of a very well-intentioned housing scheme of the government....
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High-Level Committee on Demographic Change (HLC-DC): Another Offensive on Indian Muslims!
Based on the hypothetical fallacy of large-scale Muslim immigration affecting demographic change, the discourse of this government, evident in the terms of reference of the HLC-DC defies figures and logic: In fact, indeed, the fertility rate among Hindus in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar is higher than the fertility rate among Muslims in many southern states. In other words, Muslim women in the southern states are, on average, having fewer children than Hindu women in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
India
Telangana: A Congress Chief Minister inspired by Hitler; justifying forcible evictions & demolitions?
Telangana Chief Minister, Revanth Reddy, often also criticised because of his student day association with the RSS’ affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has kicked up a storm with his open admiration for Hitler. He stated this in the context of justifying the HYDRAA [Hyderabad Disaster Response and Asset Protection Agency (HYDRAA)] that, says, drew its name and concept from the German dictator's alleged fondness for the word 'Hydra.'
Education
May-June 2026: Youth Congress nationwide protests challenge education system collapse under Modi government, media gives cold shoulder?
From mid May 2026 until as recently as June 6, Youth Congress units and leadership have been protesting across the nation on the NEET paper leak row the education system had "collapsed" under the BJP-led NDA government; from Bhopal to Bhubhaneshwar, Delhi to Guwahati, Amravati to Ahmedabad, and Jodhpur to Ranchi. These protests have resonated across the country, available on social media but not commercial or mainstream. On June 6, Saturday, when a huge concentration of media attention was on the “Cockroach” gathering at Jantar Mantar, the IYC President led thousands in a protest in Haryana
Hate Speech
The Supreme Court blinks when it comes to Hate Speech
By declining contempt proceedings, denying guidelines, and acquitting the accused without inquiry, the Court in Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay undoes what it spent years building
Environment
Whose ‘ENVIRONMENT’ is it, anyway?
The editorial of the latest issue of the prestigious...
