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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.
Remove Tejasvi Surya from upcoming conference: European Collectives
Arguing that Surya’s comments and opinions go against Europe’s secular spirit, various Collectives ask the Indian Consulate to remove the MP from its speaker list.
Kashmir Times editor Anuradha Bhasin’s home ransacked
Personal belongings, rare books, family heirlooms were thrown around, and no prior notice or information given, said Bhasin
Regime subverting institutions, destroying democracy: Indian activists
Several civil society members decried the intimidation tactics and impunity of India’s ruling disposition at international virtual conference
Congress claims foul play as CBI raids KPCC President’s house
Congress condemns raids alleging the BJP was trying to influence by-poll elections.
Covid snatches another Ambedkarite: Charles Wesley Meesa no more!
The Telangana based activist was dedicated to protecting rights of Dalits and was highly knowledgeable about economic issues
Conversions and anti-Christian violence in India
Satyapal Singh’s statements against Graham Staines had been countered in Parliament
Families of slain Rajouri labourers given their exhumed bodies
The men were killed in July, in an “encounter” in South Kashmir’s Shopian, identities confirmed in September, and bodies exhumed in October
Centre considers pre-installed government software in all Android phones
Despite concerns about India’s data protection laws, the Indian government is considering introducing pre-installed government apps in all new mobiles.
Urge Modi to dismiss Yogi, set up international enquiry into rapes of Dalit women: South Asian groups to UN
Letter by diaspora groups representing women, Dalits write to UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet
CJP helps prevent miscarriage of justice in mistaken identity case in Assam
Confusion arose because the name of the husbands of both women was the same, and their villages also had similar sounding names!
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