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Dhandhuka violence: Gujarat minority group seeks judicial action, cites targeted arson

The Minority Coordination Committee (MCC) Gujarat has written to the Director General of Police seeking judicial action in connection with recent violence in Dhandhuka town of Ahmedabad district, alleging...

Mathura: Krishna Janmabhoomi temple mutes loudspeaker

Back in 2018 too, the Uttar Pradesh government had banned “unauthorised use of loudspeakers and public address systems at religious and public places”

UP priest booked for playing Hanuman Chalisa outside mosque

The priest from Jalaun, UP responded to MNS Chief Raj Thackeray’s call for playing Hanuman Chalisa outside masjids

Evolution of Bulldozer Injustice

Different political regimes have used bulldozers to crush the homes and hopes of the voiceless and the marginalized

Jamia Millia Islamia students protest Jahangirpuri demolitions

They demand that the municipal corporation be held responsible, and victims be compensated

Eye witness account from the broken heart of Jahangirpuri

Amir Sherwani, walks through the rubble of what was once the safe haven of scores of poor people Hindus and Muslims

Jahangirpuri demolition drive: Brinda Karat walks the talk yet again!

The CPI (M) Politburo member has filed a PIL against demolitions before the SC; court has permitted her lawyer to make submissions

Brinda Karat stands tall in front of bulldozers at Jahangirpuri’s Tiananmen square moment

A lesson in leadership from the 74-year-old CPI (M) Politburo member whose heroic act helped diffuse a volatile situation from escalating 

B**lli Bai case: Three accused granted Bail by Mumbai Court

Court cites ‘tender age’ and ‘immaturity’ as grounds for granting bail to Vishal Kumar Jha, Shweta Singh and Mayank Agarwal

Jahangirpuri demolition drive: Do Supreme Court orders mean nothing to the BJP ruled Municipal Corporation?

Demolition drive stopped hours after SC orders to maintain status quo in Jahangirpuri

Maharashtra mosques reiterate commitment to following noise pollution laws

In light of approaching Eid, state police hold meetings with authorities and local leaders to ensure peace and protection of the Muslim community’s customary rights

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Victory for Forest Rights: Allahabad HC recognises land claims of Tharu Tribes, strikes down decision of DLC

The Allahabad High Court recently struck down a 2021 decision of the District Level Committee (DLC), Lakhimpur upholding the land rights of the Tharu tribe while observing that the authorities cannot short-circuit the existing statutory rights of the forest dwellers by blindly relying on court orders issued before the enactment of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA, 2006). This law recognises the individual and community rights of Adivasis.

Amendment to Women’s Reservation Bill: BJP’s hyperbole on women

The past conduct and ideological moorings of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as that of its parent body, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) reflect not just extreme and exclusivist views on women’s participation but are arguably distinctly misogynistic

Police action in Odisha’s Rayagada district condemned, Adivasi rights paramount: CCG

The Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG) in an Open Letter to the President of India has condemned Odisha police’s wrongful dispossession of Adivasi lands in the state and violent action against protesting tribals

Bihar “Infiltrator” Hysteria: Samrat Choudhary’s claims of disenfranchising 22-lakh people corresponds to ECI’s “deceased voters” figure

Over the past weeks—even before replacing Nitish Kumar as Chief Minister of Bihar on April 15—Samrat Choudhary has, while campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party, claimed that 22-lakh people would be struck off Bihar’s electoral rolls, with their driving licences and other benefits cancelled. The irony, however, is this: the figure of 22-lakh—drawn from the recently conducted, controversial SIR exercise in the state—corresponds only to deceased voters