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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...

Polling deferred in Tripura, Law and Order issues cited as reasons

Days before scheduled poll date, severed chicken heads and...

20 Victims of Fluorosis and 111 farmers file nominations in Varanasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi faces a host...

‘Modi has Installed Cameras; No Vote-No Jobs’: BJP MLA Ramesh Katara threatens Voters

BJP MLA from Fatehpura, Ramesh Katara, stoked a controversy,...

PUCL also urges EC to take action on Hate Speech

Following over 65 complaints from individuals and organisations, including ...

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik wealthiest candidate in phase II of assembly polls

Odisha’s 2019 Assembly elections are running concurrently with the...

‘A Fight between the Real and Fake Chowkidar’: Ex-Jawan Tej Bahadur Yadav, Varanasi

Former BSF Soldier Tej Bahadur Yadav, who was dismissed...

Biopic on Modi banned but web series still available without permission

The Election commission had banned the biopic on Narendra...

‘Modi Will be Back’? But What Will He do?

The hashtag ‘Modi will be back’ had been trending...

APPEAL: Support Seven time MLA Jiva Pandu Gavit in his Lok Sabha Campaign

The Man of the moment vows to fight against...

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

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

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

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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