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A Small Leap Forward: Chhattisgarh, Mining, Democracy and Gumipal

The year 2026 marks a century of mining in Chhattisgarh. In 1926, mining began at the Jhagrakhand colliery in the erstwhile princely state of Korea. Over the next hundred...

Irom Sharmila’s Anguished Appeal to Women of India

Irom Sharmila on a hunger fast for the past...

For Children, Just a Pittance in the 2016-2017 Budget

  HAQ: Centre for Child Rights   Mr. Finance Minister deserves a...

My Life is Under Threat: Kanhaiya Kumar to NHRC

The president of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union...

Dalits, Adivasis off the Radar: NDA II Budget

A total of Rs 75,764 crore has been denied...

JNU teachers slam Bar Council report that justifies the Patiala House attack

A joint statement by several faculty members challenges the...

A Farmer’s Budget but where is the Minimum Support Price?

The budget vowed to double farmer income by 2020,...

Words missing from the budget: social security, nutrition, children

The latest Budget speech perpetuates a chronic blindness to...

Arrogance Personified: MHRD Minister Smriti Irani forces AMU VC to Quit Delegation

  The arrogance and uncouth behaviour of minister for HRD...

Bhagwat, NaMo contact the Christian Indian diaspora in a damage control exercise

  Something big is afoot.The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) supremo...

‘How Opportunistic and Irreponsible can you get, Madame Irani?’

An Open Letter from the SC/ST Teachers’ Forum &...

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