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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
SKM demands justice for West Bengal and Odisha Adivasis
Adivasis in parts of West Bengal and Odisha say that the administration does not acknowledge their forest and constitutional rights; they fear their fertile land will be usurped
20 years after Godhra – Some reflections
Silence is not an option; we must continue to speak truth to power
South Delhi municipal school says no “religious attire” but okays turbans
The hijab row sparked by right-wing elements in Karnataka has now reached all the way to national capital Delhi
Hate Offender: Raghvendra Pratap Singh
An incumbent MLA from Domariyaganj, Singh is hoping for re election and appears to behaves more like a ‘dabang’ or local strongman; his words communal, and tone allegedly threatening
Bajrang Dal members assault Muslim family in Assam
A retired school teacher’s beard was pulled, his wife and daughter suffered injuries, little granddaughter was left traumatised!
Birbhum: Adivasis opposing coal mining project get support from SKM
Farmers should not be forced to give up farmlands for the sake of mining industry, says SKM
First they came for the hijab, then they came for the turban; what is next on the list?
Bengaluru college asks Sikh girl to remove turban, following High Court interim ruling on the matter
Muslim man allegedly lynched by cow vigilantes in Bihar, why is CM silent?
Victim, Mohammad Khaleel Alam, was reportedly a JDU member, his body was later burnt and the accused claimed it was to send a message
How a state suffocated by Saffron got a new breath from Blue
Judge walks out over placement of Ambedkar’s portrait alongside Gandhi, statewide protests follow in Karnataka
Hate Watch: Dalit man thrashed, dragged like an animal by so called “upper caste” goons
Growing instances of such attacks against Dalits show the dark truth of Uttar Pradesh, a state that has been trying to project itself as one of the best governed in the country
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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
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Nearly two decades without elections, Jamia students’ agitation forces administration to set deadline for union revival
The university has agreed to implement the students’ union constitution by May 15, 2027, and conduct elections under Lyngdoh Committee guidelines
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Arunachal’s anti-dam protests intensify as arrests, militarisation and threats to press freedom fail to silence resistance
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India
Food Security during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Need for a shift from food security to nutrition justice.
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India
Delhi SIR: Public audit finds 416 of 1,236 deleted voters still at their registered addresses
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SIR’s elusive illegal immigrants: Bogey Busted but will the injustices heaped be corrected?
Barely 771 “foreign nationals” identified in Karnataka and a miniscule 1,600 in six other Indian states; yet the hysterical bogey of the “ghuspetiya” (illegal immigrant) has been used to render 130 million plus Indian without the right to vote?
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2020 Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court upholds seven-year sentence for five men in 22-year old Muslim migrant worker’s death
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