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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...

Mir Abass-Highway Ban in Kashmir: Horrors of Democracy…

The government of the Indian state of Jammu and...

Of 2nd Phase Candidates, 27% Crorepatis, 47% Graduates, 16% Facing Criminal Charges

Mumbai: Of the candidates contesting in phase two of...

Young voters of Mumbai want government policies to encompass social justice

Image courtesy: hellomumbaiThe elections in Mumbai are slated to...

Kashmir Elections: Modi Has Turned Paradise into Hell

Kashmiri population has been upset with the electoral process...

Farm distress, Drought, Healthcare: Maharashtra Phase II of Polls

Maharashtra enters the second phase of Lok Sabha polls...

UP’s Key Constituencies to watch out for on April 18

As UP heads into the second phase of the...

‘Vote for Congress or Receive Electric Shocks’: Chhattisgarh Minister Kawasi Lakhma

Kawasi Lakhma, a Congress MLA and Chhattisgarh’s Minister for...

FIR against Himachal Pradesh BJP chief for alleged expletive against Rahul Gandhi

On Tuesday, April 16, the Himachal Pradesh election office...

Fake News: Prakash Raj Complains to EC over false Whatsapps

An enraged Prakash Raj, independent candidate from Bangalore Central...

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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

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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