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Radical socialist statement on Bihar Election results

What was expected to be a very close fought election turned out to be a massive victory for the NDA in Bihar. To what extent did the 65 lakhs...

Obituary: Bhadant Gyaneshwar and his invaluable contribution to the buddhist world

The passing of 90-year-old Bhadant Gyaneshwar, President of the Kushinagar Bhikshu Sangh and a disciple of Bhante Chandramani—who gave Baba Saheb his deeksha at the historic Deekshabhumi in Nagpur on October 14, 1956, on Dhammachakrapravartan Day—represents a great loss for the Buddhist fraternity worldwide

Rahul Gandhi alleges ‘industrial-scale vote theft’ in Haryana Polls, claims 25 lakh fake voters added with EC-BJP collusion

At a press conference ahead of Bihar’s first phase of polling, the Congress leader unveiled “The H Files,” alleging systematic manipulation of Haryana’s electoral rolls, use of a Brazilian model’s photo in 22 voter IDs, and “industrialised rigging” under the Election Commission’s watch

Pregnant woman deported despite parents on 2002 SIR rolls, another homemaker commits suicide

In West Bengal, a pregnant woman’s deportation despite her parents’ names on the 2002 voter list, and a homemaker’s suicide amid renewed SIR-NRC fears, lay bare a growing climate of dread—where citizenship, identity, and the right to belong have become matters of anxiety and loss

Silence in the Statistics: What NCRB data won’t tell you about dissent

When fewer crimes are recorded, it may signal not peace, but the success of a system designed to silence without a trace

Ritwik Ghatak transcended realms unexplored to reinvent art of Indian revolutionary film making

One hundred years of Ritwik Ghatak on November 4 (November 4, 1925-February 6, 1976), revolutionary filmmaker, visionary artist, and committed Marxist. His work continues to influences profoundly, unsettling and inspiring in equal measure

The Silencing of Dissent: Bar Council’s suspension of Advocate Asim Sarode is a stark case of selective justice

While Pune-based lawyer Asim Sarode is punished for critiquing judicial complacency and political overreach, lawyers who have delivered actual hate speeches walk free. The Bar Council’s action marks a chilling moment for freedom of speech in the legal profession

‘Shankar Guha Niyogi: A Politics in red and green is testament to the path breaking experiments of a labour movement with a strong ecological...

The Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha (CMM) with its all-encompassing vision that moved beyond a pure economist outlook and attempted to relate to national issues like war and militarism as also communalism

Counting the Caged: What India’s prison data refuses to see

Two years after NCRB’s Prison Statistics India 2023 report was published, the numbers still read less like history and more like prophecy

Statistical Amnesia: How Communal Violence Vanishes in NCRB 2023

When “rioting” becomes the default label, targeted violence is invisible—this is India’s quiet apocalypse in the NCRB 2023 report

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Civil society warns, Election Commission is “Undermining Democracy”

An interesting formation of citizens groups and people’s organisations has directly accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) as being responsible for a systemic assault on the Indian democratic framework

Hate Has No Place in Elections: CJP moves State EC against BJP MP Ashwini Choubey’s communal speech

In Bhagalpur’s Pirpainti, the senior BJP leader urged “Muslim brothers” to reduce their population and referred to “infiltrators,” breaching the Model Code of Conduct and constitutional values

Hindutva’s Rajasthan Project: Brahmin-Bania Power, not just Muslim baiting

The RSS’ and Hindutva’s strategy in Rajasthan has systematically pushed the dominance of a Brahmin–Bania synergy that shrewdly ensures that while Muslims are scapegoated, Rajputs are historically and politically side-lined and the real beneficiaries are the Brahmin-Bania elites who monopolise both state power and wealth.

When Conservation Becomes Coercion: The silent violence faced by the Tharus of Kheri

Over 4,000 Tharu Adivasis in Lakhimpur Kheri — including a blind man, a chronically ill man, and several elders — have been wrongfully booked. This analysis shows how administrative discretion and recent forest-law amendments are further undermining the protections guaranteed to forest-dwelling communities under the Forest Rights Act, 2006

Lives in the Margins: Reading India’s suicide data beyond the numbers

India’s rising suicides tell a national story the state refuses to hear: of farmers abandoned, students crushed, and women erased from data

CJP seeks action against Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and AIMIM’s Tausif Alam for election code violations in Bihar

In twin complaints to the Election Commission, Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP) alleges Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and AIMIM candidate Tausif Alam of crossing constitutional red lines — one by communalising the campaign with hate-laden rhetoric, the other by threatening brutal violence against a rival, exposing the deep decay of democratic discourse in the Bihar elections

PIL filed in the Patna High Court, claims the MMR Yojana was used to influence voters by making payments after the MCC was in effect

‘Mukhyamantri Mahila Rojgar Yojana’: A Public Interest Litigation [PIL] filed in the Patna High Court accuses the Bihar government of ‘political bribery,’ it alleges the state brazenly disbursed 2,500 crores in cash grants to 25 lakh women after the Model Code of Conduct for the 2025 Assembly Elections was already in effect