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This government has all but actually declared a war on its own people: Teesta Setalvad

Its been a challenging  five years. Between 2017-2019 (between when the book was first published) until now, the lines have been even more sharply drawn. Between the vast majority...

In the fight between Congress and BJP for Rajasthan, caste will win

In just a few days, the northern desert state...

Muslim Women Are 6.9% Of Population. In Lok Sabha, 0.7%

Nuh (Haryana), New Delhi, Mumbai: She may be the...

Malegaon Blast Accused Sadhvi Pragya may get Z-Security

Bhopal: Malegaon blast accused and BJP candidate from Bhopal,...

3 Phases of General Elections: Modi Wave Fades?

The states that have been strongholds of the BJP...

Modi: Megalomania and Mediocrity

There is a proverb in Malayalam that says that...

BJP HP Chief Satpal Satti Threatens to Chop Off Hands of Those Raising Fingers at Modi

Despite the Election Commission’s (EC) censure, BJP Himachal Pradesh...

Patriarchal practices deny transgender to contest as a transgender

Though small in number, transgender community is an integral...

Why Election Promises To Cut India’s Air Pollution Are Not Enough

New Delhi: For the first time, air pollution--the seventh-largest...

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

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

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.

Protests across Maharashtra denounce the Public Security Act as unconstitutional and anti-democratic

Opposition, rights groups, and people’s movements unite to call it an “anti-people, anti-democratic law”

Reaffirming Open Justice: The Supreme Court on speech and contempt

In the case of Wikimedia v. ANI Media Private Limited & Ors. the apex court reaffirmed free speech and restrained a Delhi High Court order that was held, on examination to be disproportionate