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Jagdeep Chhokar: A relentless pursuer of electoral and democratic reforms passes away

sabrangindia - September 12, 2025

Since his retirement from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, he was co-founder of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR); besides, he had also been associated with ‘Aajeevika’ Bureau for over a decade, working on internal migration related issues

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Akola 2023 targeted violence: Police officers must shed communal colours when they put on their uniforms says Supreme Court

sabrangindia - September 12, 2025

The Hindu, New Indian Express and Indian Express all reported that the top court on Thursday, September 11, directed action against police who ignored a teenage Muslim assault victim and eyewitness to murder during the 2023 Akola communal riots; the SC ordered a probe by SIT comprising Muslim and Hindu officers

Communalism

Contrasting two lists: one with “facts” on right-wing deaths, the second, targeting other writers after Gauri Lankesh

sabrangindia - September 12, 2025

This second excerpt from the much-acclaimed book by Rollo Romig, an American journalist (2024) who lived in Bengaluru (Bangalore) and knew Gauri Lankesh, I...

Communalism

PUCL slams recently passed Rajasthan anti-conversion bill as “draconian and unconstitutional”

sabrangindia - September 11, 2025

Civil liberties body says bill criminalises faith, dialogue, and choice; demands Governor/President intervention

Rights

From Tribunals to DCs, 10 Days to Prove Citizenship: Assam’s radical shift in “foreigner” expulsions

Tanya Arora - September 11, 2025

Cabinet move under the 1950 Act empowers District Commissioners to expel alleged foreigners in 10 days, raising constitutional concerns over due process and separation of powers

India

Memories of ‘Nine Eleven’ today

fr. cedric prakash sj - September 11, 2025

On a day remembered and vilified, the author recalls moments of despair, brute violence and historical significance. All on the ninth of September….

India

From news to real estate: P Sainath on how corporate power is undermining media freedom

rajiv shah - September 11, 2025

The other day, P. Sainath was in Ahmedabad to deliver a lecture on the "Role of Media in Democracy: Prospects and Retrospect." An excellent...

Health

Labour rights, health of workers hit in the name of “reform”: PUCL Maharashtra

sabrangindia - September 10, 2025

A detailed statement by the Maharashtra unit of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has, with reasoned arguments, critiqued the recent decision of the MahaYuti government in Maharashtra to curtail labour rights in the name of “reform”; Maharashtra government’s decision is in line with other states like Telangana, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tripura (two of these are Congress ruled states) which have also enacted similar legislations.

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