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May Day Dramatised
When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.
UP: Maximum prison CCTVs, yet maximum custodial deaths?
The Ministry of Home Affairs was questioned on number of CCTVs and video conferencing facilities in prisons
Electricity workers and farmers unite for Feb 3 protests
Concerned about the possible enactment of the Electricity Bill, peasants and workers will come together on Wednesday to decry the anti-people policies of the central government.
Government tries to dodge questions about NRIC, says no decision yet
Says it will use social and traditional media to dispel fears about Census and NPR
Solidarity is the biggest need for Indian journalists today
Journalists targeted under serious charges; is this just a bad dream, or has the emergency been declared again?
Budget 2021-22 disappointing: Farmers’ Unions
Farmers and trade unions say the Centre continues to peddle lies and brazen privatisation while betraying people’s demands
Sub-standard testimony of survivor, no scuffle: Bombay HC acquits rape accused
The trial court had acquitted the man under the POCSO Act but convicted him for rape under the Indian Penal Code
Coming soon! The Right to Laugh: a virtual comedy show
South Asian American comedians stand up for jailed Indian comedian Munawar Faruqui, who remains in jail, to hold online show on February 6
Jharkhand, Manipur case clearance rate of 100 per cent: IJR 2020
The report ranks states on various quantitative measurements of budgets, human resources, infrastructure, workload, diversity across police, judiciary, prisons and legal aid
PIL in Delhi HC seeks release of over 200 ‘illegally detained’ farmers
The PIL filed by a law student states that Delhi Police did not follow procedure established by law after detaining such persons thus it amounts to illegal detention
Nails embedded on roads, barricades set in concrete at Delhi borders, who are they trying to keep out?
Suspension of mobile internet services at protest sites will now continue till 11 pm February 2, traffic jams build up in nearby areas
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UP: Women protest installation of prepaid smart electricity metres in several districts
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As lynchings “normalise” in ‘New India, a Bihar imam is ‘thrashed, pushed’ from train to die in Bareilly
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