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Religious Freedom: How the USCIRF continues to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC)
For another year running, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its 2026 Annual Report, has in strong recommendations, urged the US government to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), “for engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations, as defined by the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA)”
Maharashtra: Four tribal children hacked to death!
Their parents, who were attending a funeral at Madhya Pradesh, rushed back to their village on hearing news that their four minor children had been killed in their home.
GN Saibaba denied medical facilities, books, letters from family; threatens hunger strike
Activist AS Vasantha Kumari, his wife writes to the Nagpur Central Jail to intervene; Prof Saibaba has been denied bail multiple times, including for mother’s funeral
IFF files RTI to check GoI’s attempt to open backdoor into encrypted data
India has just become a signatory to an international statement demanding tech companies give them access to encrypted data in the name of public safety
How states can ensure transparency in EVM based assembly elections
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Kolkata to march in solidarity with Fr. Stan Swamy
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Flood-like situation in northern areas of Karnataka
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All rights snatched from us should be returned: People’s Alliance in J&K
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If NRC is faulty, then CM should resign: Assam citizens group
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Assam NRC: 10,000 names could be deleted from the final list!
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Varavara Rao’s health deteriorates, wife moves SC for release on medical grounds
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