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VHP leader Sharan Pumpwell stopped by police from entering Udupi for attending Hindu Samajotsava

The prohibitive directive stemmed from the conditional bail granted to him in the case of delivering alleged provocative speech, raising calls of women taking up arms

BJP leader Shubhkaran Choudhary promotes corrupt electoral practices, CJP moves the ECI

Video showed Choudhary addressing a crowd and ‘guiding’ people about the best time to capture a booth and cast fake votes, openly defying established election laws and manipulating the free and fair election process of India

Article 370, permanent or temporary? Part II of arguments in Supreme Court

This is Part II of a series summarising arguments presented in the Article 370 hearings before the Supreme Court

California governor has put concerns of ‘privileged’ diaspora castes over civil rights

When Sen. Strom Thurmond and other Southern Democrats set out to defeat the landmark civil rights legislation of the 1960s, they argued that there was no need to take any measures to counter racism in the United States, since, in Thurmond’s words, “there are already ample laws on the statute books.”

India: Human Rights Defender Babloo Loitongbam’s house vandalised in Manipur

Frontline Defenders has condemned the attack on the home of human rights defender Babloo Loitongbam on October 5, 2023, in Manipur. The human rights defender’s residence was vandalised by unidentified perpetrators. Hours prior to the attack Babloo Loitonbam was threatened by a militant group named ‘Meitei Leepun’ who called for the human rights defender to be boycotted.

Is Article 367 a tool for understanding or amending the Constitution? Abrogation of Article 370, Part 1

Four years after a sudden and non-deliberated abrogation of Article 370 (August 5, 2019), the Modi 2.0 regime faced a challenge to what was arguably an arbitrary and unconstitutional act

In the face of conservative opposition, India’s Supreme Court will decide on petitions on Same-Sex Marriage

Months of June and July 2023 resounded with arguments for and against same sex marriage unions with an interesting alliance of conservatives across the religious and ideological spectrum opposing the moves, some with the most regressive arguments, advanced by the union of India

Karnataka seer booked by police once again for anti-Muslim hate speech

Siddalinga Swami of Andola Mutt has a history of facing legal troubles for alleged incidents of hate speech, with this incident being the second time this year.

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