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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...

“Aadhar reduced agency in citizens and empowered those in positions of authority”

Excerpts from Democracy HackedIn the space of one election...

Exit Polls rally behind Modi, Silent Voter’s Voice Ignored?

If the results of exit polls are to be...

Polling marred by Malfunctioning EVMs in Varanasi?

Polling began in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi...

Farmers and Small Business Owners could determine Electoral Fate of Contenders

As India enters the last leg of elections, several...

Has a Dissenting Election Commissioner recused himself from MCC Meetings?

Ashok Lavasa, the election commissioner who may have held...

Election 2019: Modi in the Land of Kabir, Raidas, Premchand, Dhoomil

As Varanasi goes to polls the jheeni jheeni chadariya...

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Manipur: In a First Under Prez Rule, ‘Tactical Retreat’ by Meiteis

Several Kuki-Zo civil society organisations warn against any attempt to breach ‘buffer zone’.

“Anti-conversion laws being weaponised”: CJP urges SC to curb misuse of anti-conversion statutes by states

Citizens for Justice and Peace urges interim relief to curb weaponisation of anti-conversion laws, challenges 2024 UP amendment enabling third-party complaints and harsher penalties

Waqf Amendment Act 2025: SC grants some time to Centre on condition no non-Muslims appointed to Board, Council & no change in any Waqf status

After the Union government insisted it would bring to the Court’s notice grave violations of the previous law, the Court recorded the Centre’s assurance of any appointment to the Waqf Board or Council, implying a bar on any non-Muslim appointments to the Waqf Boards/Council and stayed any Waqf property de-notifications, including waqf by user, under the 2025 amendment; next hearing on May 5

Why Indian Democracy Feels No Shame About the Bastar Killings

Here, state action is like a reflex. No debate is needed. No processing is needed. The Indian republic is hardwired, programmed to automatically respond the way it is doing in Bastar. Nothing can come in its way.

‘We Didn’t Know the Law’: NMC apologises after illegally demolishing Jehrunissa Khan’s home in Nagpur

Nagpur Municipal Corporation razed a home of an accused in communal violence hours after the Bombay High Court was approached — violating binding Supreme Court directions, exposing the dangers of bureaucratic impunity, bulldozer justice, and the state’s failure to protect the right to shelter

“Urdu Is Not Alien”: Supreme Court reclaims the language’s place in the Indian Constitutional fabric

By upholding the use of Urdu on a municipal signboard in Maharashtra, the Supreme Court reaffirms India’s plural ethos, debunks politicised language divides, and restores dignity to a shared linguistic heritage