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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
Afghanistan: Women, Economy and Taliban
By discrimination on the basis of gender, the Taliban are violating key principles of equality laid down in Islam
Dharm Sansad: Has the woman Hindutva ‘leader’ calling for rape of Muslim women been arrested yet?
New video from hate speech at Chhattisgarh Dharma Sansad goes viral; Kalicharan was the only accused arrested after the event, still no action against the woman leader
Two more hijab controversies in Karnataka
Within a span of nearly two months, the state has reported five instances of banning hijab on-campus
Will Bulandshahr gangrape-murder case take the Hathras route?
The recent murder, after alleged rape of a teenager and her cremation at midnight has brought back memories of the Hathras case
Courts seek Action Taken Reports from Police in cases against hate monger Suresh Chavhanke
Chavhanke, a known hate offender, is in the spotlight now as courts seek to know if cognisable offences are made out against him in two cases
Pirana: Attempts to erase the history of the 600-year-old dargah?
Minorities feel uneasy in wake of wall construction that obstructs smooth passage between the dargah and a mosque and graveyard; allege attempts being made to redesignate the dargah at a temple
Is Prayagraj’s ‘Sant Sammelan’ just another edition of Haridwar’s infamous Dharma Sansad?
It has been a few days since the demand to declare India a Hindu nation was raised. However, no official reaction or condemnation has been reported yet
Hate as a State project is not a new phenomenon: Survivors
CJP Team -
Webinar organised by the Gauri Memorial Trust, CJP had the country’s leading journalists and activists illustrate how targeted vilification was being supported by inaction
SBI withdraws sexist guidelines in face of public ire
Following a notice from the DCW, the SBI withdrew its guideline against pregnant women
Law should be made against religious conversions: Kejriwal in Punjab
Punjab will go to polls in a single phase on February 20, Kejriwal has projected Aam Aadmi Party as the alternative to Punjab’s incumbent Congress-led government
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With 18 years passing between the registration of the case and service of notice, and nearly a year spent fighting to prove his citizenship, Kashem Ali finally wins legal relief with CJP’s assistance
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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
Rights
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
India
Arunachal’s anti-dam protests intensify as arrests, militarisation and threats to press freedom fail to silence resistance
Communities resisting the proposed 11,200 MW project fear the loss of ancestral land, livelihoods and cultural heritage, with activists detained under the APUAPA
India
Food Security during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Need for a shift from food security to nutrition justice.
In Karnataka, during the pandemic and lockdown, mid-day meals in government schools and anganwadis under the National Food Security Act (2013) [1], shut down indefinitely [2,3] amidst growing concerns about how this would affect vulnerable communities. In spite of demands, the state government has not yet undertaken a detailed post pandemic and lockdown survey to identify the immediate and long-term interventions to address and prevent malnutrition. Several visits have been made by civil society organisations, students, nutritionists and academics to different districts of Karnataka, during and after the Covid-19 pandemic and this commentary gives a broad overview of the observations made. There is a need for an in-depth quantitative and qualitative study.
India
Delhi SIR: Public audit finds 416 of 1,236 deleted voters still at their registered addresses
A four-day door-to-door audit in Trilokpuri found voters marked absent, shifted or dead who were still living at their registered addresses, with 47.57 lakh names missing from Delhi’s draft roll, affected voters have until October 30 to file claims
India
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?
Rule of Law
2020 Delhi Riots: Delhi High Court upholds seven-year sentence for five men in 22-year old Muslim migrant worker’s death
The Court holds that failure to identify who inflicted the fatal injuries does not absolve the accused under Section 149 IPC, relying on evidence of their participation in an armed mob that assaulted the victim, Monish