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To Lord Ram, we must talk spirituality and politics

This third letter addressed to Lord Ram is a heartfelt reflection on the intersection of spirituality, politics, and social justice, in light of recent events in India

Aftermath of Demolition Drive in Tughlakabad: Hunger and Homelessness Rife

Exhausted by trying all means of justice, Tughlakabad residents start hunger strike

Govt of India ‘hugely underutilising’ funds meant for major working class schemes

Fund utilization data for the first ten and a half months of the financial year 2022-23 show that several important welfare schemes of the...

Allahabad HC calls out misuse of law in cow slaughter case as only cow dung recovered from scene

Based on information and after having recovered only cow dung from the scene, the police filed FIR as well as a chargesheet

A weekend of wonder: highlights from Mumbai’s City Nature Challenge 2023

Do you remember the last time you took a closer look at your neighbourhood? During the last weekend of April, I strolled through my...

Now ‘Hindu Rashtra’ enters temples in Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka

The Sanatan Sanstha celebrated the birth anniversary of its founder by arranging prayer meetings across these states praying for a ‘Hindu Rashtra’

District EC officials to inquire into CJP’s hate speech complaints within 24 hours: Karnataka

The State’s Election Commission has acted promptly on CJP's complaint and asked the district offices to conduct an inquiry and report to it within 24 hours

PUCL petitions M’tra DGP, urging preventive action against hate speech and prosecution of offenders

The human rights organization, now impleaded in the ongoing hate speech case has, in this representation to DGP Rajnish Seth pointed out that despite repeated and periodic strictures by the Supreme Court of India (SC), several such hate events are being allowed to take place in the state with no visible signs of any action

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