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Somnath to Ayodhya: Plunder to ‘Chanda Chori’

How do we contrast temple destructions during kingdoms and now under a semi-democratising society turning into elected autocracy?

Gopesh Das: A victim of institutional murder

As his wife rotted behind bars in a detention camp, Das died alone of a broken heart and crushed hopes of her release

Adani buys ad space in Punjab paper to advocate for farm laws

Amid intensifying protests, Adani Group decides to put up an advertisement in Punjab Kesari, a local newspaper, to distinguish ‘truth’ from ‘lies’

Farmers’ leaders at Jaipur-Delhi highway promise growing strength over next few days

Leaders assure that the Modi-regime will fail to dissuade India’s farmers in their opposition to the three anti-farmer laws

Amit Shah welcomes Suvendu Adhikari in Bengal BJP

Huge exodus from TMC and other parties as 1 MP, 9 MLAs, and multiple local body officials switch to BJP

Maharashtra farmers to leave for Delhi on December 21

On-ground reports of farmers' movement prove contrary to the mainstream narrative of dwindling momentum

Wistron Factory violence: AICCTU blames State and management for exploitation

Compulsory 12-hour shifts, delay and non-payment of wages, no grievance redressal mechanism, night shifts for women are just some instances that pushed helpless workers to a point of desperation

Right to Food Campaign demands changes in Budget 2021-22 based on Hunger Watch survey

Members said that while the survey does not represent the overall district, state or country, it shows the severe hunger situation and points towards necessary measures

We believe that the Indian government should repeal recent farm laws: Economic experts

Months spent by farmers arguing the impracticality of the farm laws have finally been rewarded as a group of economic experts analyse and raise serious concerns regarding the three laws.

Parliament’s Winter Session cancelled, Shiv Sena smells a rat

Government does away with session citing Covid concerns, but Opposition parties see refusal to hold even a truncated session as means to avoid addressing pressing issues

Is the PMCARES Fund using the national emblem illegally?

Activist Saket Gokhale writes to Home Secretary seeking prosecution sanction against the non-government organisation for misusing State Emblem of India

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Somnath to Ayodhya: Plunder to ‘Chanda Chori’

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Karnataka HC allows Hindu convention but bars invitee seer from speaking to prevent law-and-order concerns

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How FIFA Colludes in the Genocide of Palestinians

FIFA claiming that ‘Football Unites the World’ is ironic, cruel and twisted. Ask Palestine.

Judging the Judge: The communal backlash against a lynching verdict

A reasoned criminal judgment gave way to an organised campaign of communal abuse, threats and intimidation targeting the judge who delivered it

Karnataka’s new PRC rules are people-friendly, but will the ECI accept them?

While a sustained and rigorous campaign by anti-SIR activists across Karnataka has pushed the opposition Congress government to issue a fresh set of simplified guidelines for the issuance of Permanent Residency Certificates; the experience of West Bengal however shows that no amount of pro-activeness by any state government influences an ECI functioning under a non-transparent and non-accountable diktat