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May Day Dramatised
When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.
Corruption accused Anil Deshmukh resigns from Home Minister post
The former Minister said he wished to distance himself from the title of a Home Minister while CBI inquiries were carried out against him.
Himanta Biswa Sarma barred from campaigning, cop brother transferred
The minister and BJP’s star campaigner has responded to the ECI notice, even as his cop brother Sushanta has been shunted out of Goalpara
Implementation of Electricity Bill 2021 violates India’s democratic process: AITUC
Describing the Bill as a means to privatise the power sector, the AITUC alleged that the central government dismisses India’s federal, democratic system.
Minor Rohingya girl to be deported to Myanmar
This is a first deportation since the military coup in Myanmar sparked protests across the country
UP: Inter-faith couple found dead in Bareilly
Police suspect suicide due to opposition from parents, as poison was recovered from next to the bodies
How were Finance Ministry “orders issued by oversight”?
Hours after ‘oversight’, FM Nirmala Sitharaman announces withdrawal of interest rate cut on small savings such as National Savings Certificates and Public Provident Fund
Manipur: CSCHR says gov’t must protect Myanmar citizens facing persecution
The people’s group reminds the union and state government that India as a democratic nation has a moral responsibility to protect the human right to life
The Hinduism I used to know
Communally charged atmosphere has become rather unnerving
Will India face the impact of US sanctions on Myanmar military companies?
An Australian human rights lawyers collective have claimed that the Adani Group is financially involved with one of the companies
Gauhati HC restores Indian citizenship of a woman declared a foreigner in 2017
The woman was declared Indian in 2013, but a foreigner in 2017 for dissimilarities in information
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UP: Women protest installation of prepaid smart electricity metres in several districts
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Minorities
As lynchings “normalise” in ‘New India, a Bihar imam is ‘thrashed, pushed’ from train to die in Bareilly
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Gender and Sexuality
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