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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?

Arundhati Roy turns a year stronger

We wish her a long life on her birthday to continue leading us through these dark times  

Another supplementary charge sheet against Umar Khalid!  

The 930-page chargesheet by the Delhi Police cites Khalid’s trip to Patna as part of ‘conspiracy’ leading to riots

Six Bangladeshis deported from Assam

They had been lodged in Detention Camps for over two years

Kashmiri Pandit group to go on hunger strike from Nov 22

KPSS says administration has reneged on promises made to non-migrant Kashmiri Pandit families

“How long will or can the moon be caged, hum dekhenge…”

Six months in prison for dreaming of freedom? Citizens demand the release of Devangana, Natasha and all anti-CAA-NRC-NPR protesters

Impact of a High Court striking down a Central law as invalid

The Supreme Court, on November 17, asked a petitioner to take his petition challenging a central law to the high court. What impact does that have on jurisprudence?

NPR on backburner, questions yet to be finalised

The Registrar General of India said in its response to an RTI application that the NPR schedule has not been finalised

The Khalistan conspiracy makes startling revelations about the state complicity in Sikh Genocide

But the book glosses over the crimes of current Hindutva nationalist regime

Demand for ‘Hindu Rashtra’ trends on Twitter

Communal hashtag was tweeted over 48,000 times at the time of going to press!

No objection to Siddique meeting his lawyer: UP gov’t to SC

The Supreme Court while hearing a habeas corpus petition moved by KUWJ to release Siddique Kappan, had asked the State to file its response

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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