The Nagpur Police Commissioner said that police station is a public place and people can shoot videos there of police carrying out their work, and nobody should obstruct them
As Fahad Shah completes 500 days in jail, UN group calls detention of previously arrested activist Parvez “arbitrary”, urges India to reverse its politics of silencing dissent
A meeting convened under the banner of the Bharatiya Lok Andolan last week vowed to take the ideals of equality and non –discrimination on which Shahu Maharaj reigned, to the people
In this impassioned and well researched piece, the writer a vocal human rights activist lists the long line of abdication by the Indian state since the north-eastern state of Manipur erupted in violence, visibly since May 3, 2023
Two sets of BJP MLAs from Manipur have been camping in New Delhi for the past five days, since June 15 to meet the PM, who has now left for the US today.
The author traces similarities of people’s mobilisations in Giral, Barmer and Islampur, Jhunjunu wherein both involve local communities asserting agency against decisions made elsewhere. In Giral, villagers have been robustly protesting the “benefits from mineral extraction in the name of development,” while in Islampur, residents have been questioning the communal (read majoriatrian moves to re-name and thereby, re-define a region’s identity
The river Kho, that breathes life into both the Ganga and Ramganga — and supports countless farmers — is under severe threat at its source. Both the Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh governments need to take urgent steps to protect and preserve this river and surroundings from resorts and uncontrolled ‘religious tourism;’ besides Dogadda, a culturally and politically important town in Uttarakhand also deserves official recognition as the origin point of the Kho argues the author
Two days after the alleged rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl, Surjyapur remains gripped by grief, fear and unanswered questions. Residents accuse police of acting late, even as four arrests have been made and an SIT begins its investigation. An eNewsroom Ground Report from a village still waiting for justice