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21 Opposition parties to CJI: SIR process is irregular and illegal, must be suspended

The eight page letter, dated June 28, 2026 but released publicly on July 3, includes signatories Mallikarjun Kharge, President, INC, Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi Party MP, Mamata Banerjee, TMC, Turchi Silva, DMK and independent MP, Kapil Sibal; the signatures of DMK. AAP assume significance as both parties had distanced themselves from INDIA bloc.

Kerala: New base prices for 16 agricultural produce won’t benefit rubber farmers

Although state government’s new policy has been hailed by farmers, NGOs and public officers alike, the scheme fails to bring plantation farmers under its purview

GN Saibaba still denied parole, medicine, books, letters from family: AS Vasantha

Saibaba, is yet to get a letter and news printouts his wife Vasantha sent on Oct 1, but she has convinced him to not go on hunger strike for now a she fears for his health  

Democracy dies when it’s streets fall silent: Activists on the right to protest

Arundhati Roy, Bezwada Wilson, NiveditaMenon, Nadeem Khan, Prashant Bhushan, Yogendra Yadav, call for debate on policing, protests, role of mainstream media

No laxity until the medicine is available: PM on maintaining Covid-19 protocol

Ahead of the festive Prime Minister Narendra Modi warns of a second wave if people get careless. No mention of crimes against women, sinking economy, rising unemployment.

UN slams India for crackdown on Human Rights Defenders

High Commissioner dismayed at restrictions on human rights NGOs and arrests of activists in India

Reviving the NRC brawl

Unless the courts intervene, the NRC may turn into a leaky sieve instead of a sealed and water-tight vessel

Turmoil in the North East: Assam-Mizoram border dispute heats up

Second clash this month, inter-state transport paralysed, centre intervenes

Sexist slur by Kamal Nath: Could his foot-in-mouth moment affect by-polls?

Team BJP wakes up and finally reacts after weeks of silence on cases of violence against women

Bihar Elections: If Chirag Paswan is Hanuman, PM Modi is Ram, who is Nitish Kumar?

Actor turned politician Chirag Paswan, is in damage control mode after ruffling feathers in the Bharatiya Janata Party leadership

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.

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21 Opposition parties to CJI: SIR process is irregular and illegal, must be suspended

The eight page letter, dated June 28, 2026 but released publicly on July 3, includes signatories Mallikarjun Kharge, President, INC, Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi Party MP, Mamata Banerjee, TMC, Turchi Silva, DMK and independent MP, Kapil Sibal; the signatures of DMK. AAP assume significance as both parties had distanced themselves from INDIA bloc.

If Stan Swamy, the Martyr, were alive today ….

On the fifth anniversary of the tragic death of the People’s Priest, an associate writes that, if alive Fr Stan Swamy would have been at the forefront of all the ongoing struggles of the Adivasis

Act Now: Citizens delegation approaches Mumbai police to prevent potential intimidation of Christians

A coalition of 25 citizens organisations under the banner of Mumbai for Peace, including Bombay Catholic Sabha, PUCL Maharashtra, and Citizens for Justice and Peace has formally urged the Police Commissioner to intervene against a string of organised attacks on Christian prayer services, citing an immediate threat of communal disruption scheduled for July 5, 2026, in the Santacruz East area; Mumbai police has assured action

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?

Politics of Humiliation: Mahua Moitra, mob intimidation and the Calcutta High Court’s warning

The alleged attack on Mahua Moitra came just a day after the Calcutta High Court warned against the growing culture of mob justice, public humiliation and egg pelting in West Bengal

From Outrage to Acquittal: The Raja Singh hate speech case comes to a close

Mass protests, preventive detention, political fallout and four years of criminal proceedings culminated in the acquittal of Telangana MLA T. Raja Singh