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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

Cancel Agnipath scheme: SKM appeals to President

Farmer leaders say the new recruitment process plays with the dreams of youths

Zomato delivery man lay bleeding until Muslim colleague came to his aid

Allegedly stabbed for smoking, Sagar's pleas for help were ignored by passers by until Asif called for help

Lucknow: Two arrested for thrashing Dalit Zomato delivery boy

Oddly, despite previous strong stands against hate crimes against delivery persons, this time the company has maintained silence

India’s peasantry opposes Agnipath scheme

Farmer unions call for widespread protests on Tuesday and Friday in solidarity with the unemployed youth

Meet Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, the new Chairperson of Press Council of India

The post was vacant since Justice Chandramauli Kumar Prasad completed his term in November last year

Centre tightens security against anti-agnipath Bharat Bandh

Trade unions and farmers groups voiced support of the students decrying the Centre’s scheme

CJP Assam Team perseveres despite heavy rains, floods and landslides

Volunteers take precautions, but ensure continuous outreach in order to help socio-economically weak and marginalized people

Adani’s capital Modi’s power in Sri Lanka

A symbiosis of genocidal politics and crony capitalism?

BJP’s Bulldozer is Breaking the Law: Subhashini Ali former MP, Kanpur

The violence in Kanpur on June 3 was sparse & contained, it is only with political diktats that due process of law was trampelled on like in Sahranpur and Prayagraj last fortnight

UP: Long lines for funerals return in Varanasi ghats

Local newspaper report Covid-like atmosphere at crematoriums with multiple bodies on the pyre at once

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‘Serious Grievances’: Bombay HC backs students’ concerns, MPSC protests continue in Pune

Bombay High Court directs Maharashtra government to explain recruitment backlog and restore trust; two of three protest sites remain occupied, with Rohit Pawar-led agitation refusing to move

Police detain Adivasi students for second day, force them out of Mumbai

Students who marched from Nashik are denied Azad Maidan protest, prevented from leaving Tilak Bhavan and forcefully transported out of the city

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

Why Majoritarianism today is the single most acute threat to democracy

Majoritarianism that plagues India and many other democracies is the perversion of Dr. Ambedkar’s idea of democracy. While Dr. Ambedkar’s definition of democracy lays stress on effective and proportionate representation and safeguarding minority rights, majoritarianism is the dominance of a particular religious community, caste group, or racial group over the rest of the population.

From Nashik to Mumbai: Adivasi students’ protest meets police detentions

Weeks of agitation over tribal hostels and schools culminate in alleged detention of protesters ahead of planned Azad Maidan march

‘Free the Temple’, ‘Protect the Faith’, ‘Take Up Weapons’: How September’s festivals became stages for anti-Muslim hate

From contested places of worship to demographic fearmongering, a series of speeches used Hindu religious identity to construct Muslims as an existential threat and recast exclusion as religious defence

Karnataka: SIR Interrogated

A report, The SIR Investigation Report—A Narrative of Betrayal and Tears was released by the Anti-SIR Alliance and the Citizens’ Vote Protection Committee today; the report documents the (mal) implementation of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Karnataka

‘Solidarity Is Not a Crime’: Mumbai activists protest alleged police harassment over Palestine event

Indian People in Solidarity with Palestine members gather at Azad Maidan after police search activist Harshada’s home in connection with a kite-flying programme for Palestinian children