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112 Years Ago, Raksha Bandhan Stood for Hindu-Muslim Unity
Day after, August 9, 2017 will be 75 years of the Quit India Movement. On August 9, 1942 the Quit India (Chodo Bharat) slogan was given from Mumbai after the Indian National Congress passed the resolution on the agitation on August 7, 1942.
Widows of three manual scavengers get compensation and rehabilitation from Bombay HC
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Maliparvat Adivasis prevent HINDALCO’s public hearing
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SC paves the way for women to take National Defence Academy exam in November 2021
The top court refused to entertain the centre’s notification to allow women candidates to take the entrance exam for entry into NDA only in May 2022
Not fringe, but main elements of the Hindutva brigade: Assaduddin Owaisi on attack
Owaisi says this Ashoka Road residence was targeted in 2015 as well, and wants the PM to “please tell who radicalised these goons?”
New Bengal BJP chief spews communal venom
Sukanta Majumdar continues Dilip Ghosh’s hateful legacy, when focus should be on preventing party men from jumping ship
Atrocity as Mode of Governance
The mass evictions of peasants of largely immigrant Muslim origin from supposedly government land have been planned and set in motion within a short span of time
Protect Maliparvat: Odisha Adivasis prepare for another struggle to protect their land
Maliparvat’s tribals assert their resolve to reject resumption of mining activities
Suresh Chavhanke’s communal campaign now targets SRK!
Chavhanke and company claim he donates his earnings to Pakistan, make other vile allegations, ignite old hashtags
A year on, Hathras victim’s family awaits a house, pension and employment
The victim’s family has urged the court to provide them with immediate relief as laid down in the SC/ST rules, 1995
Pakistan: Bheel family tortured, for fetching drinking water from mosque
Attackers reportedly related to a local Parliamentarian of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, police has not even registered a case
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