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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....

Withdraw “politically motivated” summons, need to campaign for state elections: Arvind Kejriwal

Chief Minister, Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal, has, in a two page letter, asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to withdraw the summons sent to him in the Delhi liquor policy case

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