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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...

Singing for victory: Ramya Haridas– the second Dalit woman parliamentarian from Kerala

She sang and danced, entered people’s hearts and finally...

EVM controversy: Fresh instances of malfunction reported

The 2019 Lok Sabha elections was filled with a...

Verdict 2019 and Beyond

The verdict showed that barring Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh,...

What upset the Gathbandhan’s applecart in UP: Caste quotient or something else?

The Gathbandhan, a grand alliance of secular forces committed...

Did people’s candidates ever stand a chance against the Modi wave?

Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Maharashtra. These three states have been...

SBI issued electoral bonds worth Rs 3,622 crore in March and April: RTI

In its response to an RTI filed by Pune-based...

The Elephant in the Mud: Crisis of Identity Politics and BSP

The BSP, SP and RLD pre election alliance in...

How the Congress played spoilsport for the Gathbandhan in UP

Uttar Pradesh with 80 parliamentary constituencies accounts for the...

Update on the ‘Phantom Voters’ story

Earlier today, we had carried a report on an...

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Ice Cream to Kole Wetlands: How a Kerala Panchayat is Tackling Poverty With Planning, Participation

The story of Malappuram district’s Perumpadappa panchayat is one of how local institutions, when they plan, prioritise and are supported by the administration, can be a vehicle for grassroots economic change.

Apology and Accountability: CJP files complaint with six news channels for airing misleading war clips, false terror claims in ‘Operation Sindoor’ coverage

CJP files complaints with six major news channels — Aaj Tak, India TV, News18, Times Now Navbharat, ABP News and NDTV — for airing misleading Israeli defence footage from 2021 and 2023 as Indian strikes, and falsely presenting archived combat visuals as real-time action during 'Operation Sindoor; ' News18 also misrepresented Indian educator Maulana Mohammad Iqbal as a terrorist; Poonch police refuted the claim, his family demands accountability

Pushed Out of Sight: The covert deportation and detention crisis at Assam’s Matia detention centre

From silent pushbacks to prolonged illegal detentions, India’s handling of Rohingya and other foreign nationals at the Matia detention centre reveals a disturbing erosion of due process, humanitarian obligations, and constitutional safeguards

FIR meant to fail: MP High Court calls out state’s attempt to shield BJP minister, in hate speech case, to monitor probe

A day after directing registration of FIR against BJP Minister Vijay Shah for calling Col. Sofiya Qureshi a “sister of terrorists,” the Court pulls up the police for drafting a deliberately vague complaint as ‘gross subterfuge’, and steps in to ensure justice is not derailed

Pahalgam Tragedy and Rising Spiral of Hatred

The worst outcome of this has been the rise in incidents of hate against Muslims, the latest being a BJP minister in MP who made controversial remarks about Col. Sofiya Qureshi.