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May Day Dramatised

When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.

How did National Capital Region’s most-wanted criminal Kapil Sangwan manage to flee India?

He had jumped  parole last year, was reported to be under the scanner of Special Cell and Crime Branch teams

Jharkhand after 20 Years

Rich state, poor people and broken promises

We are trying to discourage Article 32 petitions: Chief Justice of India

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Uttar Pradesh government in the matter pertaining to journalist Siddique Kappan’s release

Secularism in action: Diyas lit at Nizamuddin dargah on Diwali

Trustee Ajmal Nizami explains the annual tradition of lighting diyas in celebration of Diwali and its success amid the coronavirus pandemic

Charges against Faisal Khan are wholly misplaced: Hindu Voices for Peace

Release Faisal Khan who offered namaz in temple, as well as those who recited Hanuman Chalisa in mosque, requests a group which has eminent Hindu monks as members

Magistrate reprimanded for issuing arrest warrant despite HC’s anticipatory bail order

The Rajasthan HC held that the Magistrate’s action was in clear violation of the High Court’s orders and directions

Hathras case: Mathura court rejects bail plea of two CFI members and driver

The court observed that the allegations under UAPA, IPC and sedition laws against the accused are grave in nature

Anti CAA protests: Allahabad court protects two accused of sedition from arrest

The Division Bench however did not agree to quash the FIR against the two

Andhra Pradesh BJP man hails Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse as a “patriot”

Nagothu Ramesh Naidu a State Secretary of the party unit, deleted the tweet when faced with online backlash, blamed ‘someone’ for posting it

Prisoners too have human rights: Allahabad HC

The court noted the unhygienic living conditions and infrastructural issues in the District Jail

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May Day Dramatised

When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.