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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...
Caste abuse on Dalits: murder, thumb chopped off, not allowed to “good” clothes, touch cricket ball or ride a horse!
Incidents of atrocities against the Dalit community reported in the first week of June 2023, apart from being brutal reflect the depth of caste prejudice manifest across India
Violence against Muslims reported in three states
The three isolated incidents involved an elderly man being targeted, a young man thrashed to death and a few young boys beaten up
Decimating schools to accommodate Shakhas
The NEP 2020’s position paper on “Knowledge of India” (KI) (January 2022) including `Indian Knowledge Systems’ (IKS) clearly privileges Brahmanical propaganda and hegemonic structures of the past, a past already glorified in the thousands of shakhas[1] run by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS)
South Mumbai: 18 year old girl found dead in her hostel room, rape alleged
The accused, Om Prakash Kanojia, a watchman at the hostel, died by jumping in front of a running train after allegedly committing the said crime
Suresh Chavhanke’s speech in Sangamner results in stone pelting post rally?
Presumably the stone pelting incidents were reported after the rally as the unruly mob with saffron caps and flags roamed around the city.
Protesting wrestling champs meet union sports minister, 2nd meet with govt in 5 days
Five demands raised were raised at the meeting at the minister’s residence: arrest of WFI president was a primary demand along with the appointment of a woman to head the federation body
Maharashtra: D’ty CM Devendra Fadnavis alleges ‘Love jihad’ to be cause of rising numbers of missing girls
Fadnavis also spoke about the state govt’s commitment to bring in legislation to tackle exploitation through ‘Love Jihad’
Kolhapur Maharashtra: Valorising Aurangzeb will now result in abuse & arrests
Muslim community face abuse in Kolhapur and Ahmednagar, communal incidents reported over hailing Aurangzeb and Tipu sultan; citizens help maintain calm
TN: More than 1,000 people of Jawadhu hills get title rights under FRA
Moreover, the administration is also in the process of reviewing those claims that were rejected in the past
Film as Propaganda: the months between June 2023 & May 2024
After the Kashmir Files & Kerala Story, now movies on the Godhra violence, Tipu Sultan, ’72 Hoorain threaten social peace
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Rule of Law
The Citizenship Proof Paradox: Calcutta HC holds Aadhaar, Voter ID and PAN cannot prove citizenship, burden on detainee
The Court’s refusal to treat voter IDs, PAN cards, bank records and ancestral documents as proof of nationality highlights the widening gap between documentary recognition by the State and legal recognition of citizenship
Minorities
Khargone riots case collapses: Four years after Ram Navami violence, MP court acquits 11 accused, finds prosecution failed to establish guilt
A sessions court points to hostile witnesses, unexplained delays, lack of identification procedures and forensic inconsistencies; accused, all of whom who were Muslim, spent up to 827 days in jail
India
SIR Maharashtra: CEO details schedules for publication & verification of draft and final electoral rolls
Maharashtra, with 9,78,54,049 has electors which is the base figure for the re-examination of electoral rolls under the ongoing SIR; now the CEO Maharashtra has outlined a schedule detailing deadlines for enumeration, draft publication, claims and objections, verification, final electoral roll publication and post-publication correction procedures
India
Rajya Sabha passes Vande Mataram bill as NCRB data reveals high pendency, low convictions
While Parliament broadens the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, crime records show only 60 convictions from over 1,100 arrests between 2014 and 2024
Rights
The Supreme Court’s Uneasy Middle Path on Protest Policing
The July 28 interim order preserves evidence and contemplates an SIT, but leaves unresolved who should investigate when the police themselves stand accused