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Barricades and detentions fail to stop Delhi protesters marching against CEC

CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby, former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, SFI activists, lawyers, journalists and AISA leader Neha Bora were among those detained as protests targeted Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.

Bharat Bandh: Indians answer farmers’ call for a nationwide shut down

Protests, arrests, sloganeering begins at the crack of dawn! The farmers’ movement continues to grow in size and strength

Taloja Jail denies new spectacles to visually challenged Gautam Navlakha!

Navlakha may have to wait for his specs, it took courts to ensure Stan Swamy got sipper-straw, Varavara Rao got hospital care

Release Prof. Saibaba NOW!

The father of an award-winning young man with hearing disability calls the incarceration of GN Saibaba a blot on Indian democracy

Farmers Bharat Bandh, December 8: Support surges across all sections

An overwhelming section of Indian society answer Indian farmers’ call to close down the nation in condemnation of the three anti-farmer laws passed by the central government.

Railway shutdown if anti-people laws not withdrawn by December 9: AIRF

The All India Railwaymen’s Federation extends a hand of solidarity to India’s farmers and promises a call to shut down railways if the three agriculture laws are not withdrawn.

Concerned about GN Saibaba’s frail health after his hunger strike: Vasantha Kumari

Application for a 45 days’ parole has been rejected for the second time, rejection letter served in Marathi

Central Vista Project: SC bars Centre from construction, allows paperwork and foundation stone ceremony

SG Tushar Mehta undertook that no construction, demolition or cutting of trees will be carried out

AMU must cancel invite to MJ Akbar: All India Queer Association

The University is hosting the former Union Minister and journalist at the Centenary International Webinar December 7-8

Support grows for Farmers’ struggle

Farmers’ movement carries on in full force gaining more and more supporters from different parts of India and abroad

Farm laws: Delhi Bar Council speaks up against judicial power given to executive

The letter to the PM states that “this will seriously jeopardise the interest of public as getting justice at the doors of bureaucracy is far from reality”

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Barricades and detentions fail to stop Delhi protesters marching against CEC

CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby, former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, SFI activists, lawyers, journalists and AISA leader Neha Bora were among those detained as protests targeted Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.

Protest Denied, Dissent Policed: India’s crackdown on those challenging the Election Commission

From alleged house arrests and detentions to police checks on train journeys and restrictions in Delhi, activists say authorities are trying to stop citizens from reaching the October 10 protest demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over SIR

Bihar adds 14 lakh voters after SIR, questions remain over those excluded from 2025 assembly polls

Nearly 14 lakh voters have been added to Bihar’s electoral rolls since SIR, the additions and subsequent enrolment exercise put the focus on eligible voters who have missed the 2025 Assembly election and the consequences of their exclusion

Karnataka Form 7 Row: 91,278 deletion requests and bulk filing complaints—where was the ECI’s check?

Karnataka has received 91,278 Form 7 applications seeking voter deletions, but officials say no names have been deleted so far. Complaints from Mangaluru, Kodagu and other districts allege bulk filings against eligible voters, including Muslims, as police investigate and electoral hearings continue

‘Serious Grievances’: Bombay HC backs students’ concerns, MPSC protests continue in Pune

Bombay High Court directs Maharashtra government to explain recruitment backlog and restore trust; two of three protest sites remain occupied, with Rohit Pawar-led agitation refusing to move

Police detain Adivasi students for second day, force them out of Mumbai

Students who marched from Nashik are denied Azad Maidan protest, prevented from leaving Tilak Bhavan and forcefully transported out of the city

Scrap SIR, Restore Electoral Integrity: A national call to defend the right to vote

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Why Majoritarianism today is the single most acute threat to democracy

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