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From treating Adivasi communities to being branded an instigator: Odisha jails doctor Randall Sequeira
Arrested in a case in which his name did not figure in the original FIR, Dr Randall Sequeira faces serious criminal charges amid an intensifying crackdown on Adivasi communities resisting bauxite mining in Odisha
UP: Jaunpur police allegedly flog Dalit women
Visual show women bearing reddened welts on their bodies but police say medical reports does not show any trauma
UP: Goons carve trishul on a man’s face!
In a fit of rage, four to five men use casteist slurs and physically assault the man for accidentally tipping over a glass of alcohol
All faiths are intertwined: TM Krishna
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TM Krishna explains why music has an even bigger role to play now, amidst communal tension, and when open calls are given for genocide
Jharkhand: Youths attack Class 9 student for not chanting Jai Shri Ram!
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Karnataka: Why is the BJP gov’t endorsing “Congress time rule” prohibiting non-Hindu vendors on temple land?
The state’s CM, law and education ministers back the ban now in place at more temples, BJP-Led govt says rule was passed by Cong
Silence is not an option: Journalists to India’s Constitutional institutions
Senior journalists appeal for action against hate speech and open calls for genocide
No death due to manual scavenging: Social Justice Minister Athawale
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The Kashmir Files: Right-wing outfits bring weapons inside theatres!
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Haryana’s BJP gov’t passes ‘anti conversion’ law
The Opposition Congress staged a walkout, even as the state passed the law that includes penalties like imprisonment, fine over Rs 1 lakh
State failed to contain terrorism, wreaked vengeance on innocent masses: India’s Kashmir War
A report published in 1990, sheds light on the on-ground situation in Kashmir before, during and immediately after the Kashmiri Pandit exodus
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