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When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.
Railway privatisation could lead to loss of at least 3.5 lakh jobs!
Angered and disappointed by the Centre’s insistence on privatising Railways, CITU and Railway officials point out the flaws of this plan
Ragini Dwivedi is not from our party: Karnataka BJP
Party’s state unit quickly distances itself from its celebrity campaigner, now accused in a narcotics case
Of Bananas and Republics
Illustration Credit: Derek Monteiro The other day, an old trusted...
Hum Agar Uthe Nahin Toh: Citizens unite to demand rights and freedoms
Over 400 groups of artists, workers, activists and individuals from different backgrounds come together to form a single united front for voices of dissent.
Loyal, educated and urban: Is Syed Zafar Islam BJP’s token Muslim face in RS?
Elected unopposed, he gives “all credit” to party leadership for recognising “ordinary karyakarta” like him
AISA member attacked in hostel by a mob of 14-16 people
The MA student claims a group of drunken students came to his room and physically and verbally assaulted him around midnight
Victim cannot appeal against inadequate sentence: SC
The victim’s right to appeal was enhanced by a 2009 amendment to CrPC, yet it comes with some restrictions
Delhi jails most crowded; number of unnatural deaths on the rise: Prison report 2019
Undertrials still dominate the inmates in Indian jails, here’s a look at how prisons have fared in 2019
12.5 lakh Domicile Certificates issued in J&K
Certificates only for jobs says UT govt; land buying laws will be notified later
INVESTIGATION- Part II: Disappearing Bullocks, Missing Cows, how Gujarat’s Farmers dodge an impracticable Cow Protection Law
How even the Supreme Court’s endorsement of a stringent amendment to the Gujarat Cattle Preservation Act in 2005, has failed to protect either bullocks, male calves or cows, never mind the political rhetoric behind the law.
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Politics
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Across two days of intense legal arguments, the Supreme Court scrutinising the 2023 Act governing the appointment of Election Commissioners, as petitioners argued that replacing the Chief Justice of India with a Union Minister creates a "Home Umpire" system, while the Bench questioned the limits of parliamentary power, counsel warned that executive dominance over the "referee" of democracy threatens the basic structure of free and fair elections
Rule of Law
Anticipatory Bail Denied to Nida Khan in TCS Nashik Case: Sessions Court flags “systematic plan” and stresses custodial interrogation
While emphasising gravity and custodial interrogation, Sessions Court order leans heavily on narrative of “organised influence”—raising concerns over evidentiary thresholds, criminalisation of religious interaction, and expansion of bail-stage reasoning
Rule of Law
“Reasonable Apprehension of Bias Is Enough”: Telangana High Court orders CBCID probe into SI’s death, reasserts constitutional demand for investigative neutrality
In a sharply reasoned ruling, the Court holds that when police investigate their own, fairness cannot merely exist—it must be demonstrable, credible, and constitutionally defensible
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
“Obnoxious and Caste-Coloured”: Supreme Court strikes down Odisha bail orders mandating cleaning work, declares them void
Acting on suo-moto proceedings triggered by media reports, the Court condemns “degrading” bail conditions imposed on Dalit and Adivasi accused, warns against judicial overreach, and reinforces that liberty cannot be conditioned on humiliation or caste-based labour
Media
Caged Voices, Silenced Truths: FSC’s expansive indictment of India’s press freedom crisis
On World Press Freedom Day 2026, the Free Speech Collective (FSC) assembles a powerful, deeply layered account of repression, incarceration, and systemic silencing—centring the stories of jailed journalists Rupesh Kumar Singh and Irfan Mehraj to expose the widening fault lines in India’s democratic promise
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
Systematic Exclusion: Caste-based atrocities across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, MP, and UP
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