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Scrap SIR, Restore Electoral Integrity: A national call to defend the right to vote

Public assembly demands the scrapping of SIR, accountability of the Election Commission and urgent safeguards against wrongful exclusion from electoral rolls

A Time to Defend Democracy in India

Social activists, academics, students, journalists and opposition leaders have faced more arrests, harassment, intimidation and assaults in recent times compared to any other time during the last four decades

Jammu and Kashmir: Local parties still edgy about alleged enrollment of “non-locals” despite clarification by UT administration

CEO says numbers have shot up due to new enrollment of eligible voters who are turning 18

Kashmiris no Longer Believe the Centre Will Listen to Them—Kapil Kak

The noted human rights activist says that in Kashmir, people view the denial of their civil rights as choking democracy, end of politics and the death of expectations.

Hopes for tomorrow: Teesta Setalvad’s speech in Nuremberg

As journalist and human rights defender Teesta Setalvad spends another night in Gujarat's Sabarmati jail, Sabrang India looks back at some of her most powerful work (and words) over the last thirty years - work and words deemed dangerous enough to be imprisoned. This is the struggle of our memory against forgetting, against the white-washing and clean-chitting of violence.

What Should Guide Us, Indian Constitution or Manu Smriti?

From judge to Prime Minister, India’s politicians, judiciary and society must understand, Manu-Smriti’s notions of women and the Constitution’s gender equality are not the same.

The New Idols of the Market Place

Five hundred years ago Francis Bacon, arguably a pioneer...

Aadhaar number mandatory to get govt benefits, subsidies: UIDAI

Latest circular says that over 99 percent of adults in the country have been issued an Aadhaar number

Our Constitution, Our People

Having thrown off the bonds of 200 years of slavery, the Indian people could now decide what kind of country free India would be.

One killed in attack on Kashmiri Pandits in Shopian

KPSS appeals to Kashmiri Pandits to leave the Valley

Vimal Bhai leaves behind an inspiring legacy

The senior activist had worked tirelessly in the field of climate action and justice for people displaced due to developmental projects

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Scrap SIR, Restore Electoral Integrity: A national call to defend the right to vote

Public assembly demands the scrapping of SIR, accountability of the Election Commission and urgent safeguards against wrongful exclusion from electoral rolls

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