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May Day Dramatised
When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.
No Question Hour in Parliament: No pressure to give answers?
Opposition objects to cancellation, as Government cites Covid-19 as reason
Vadodara man booked for not disclosing religion during sale of property
Charged under Disputed Areas Act for cheating and forging documents for selling property to a person of different religion in violation of law
Businesspersons on the street: A day in the life of street vendors
Sabrang India takes a look into the lives and woes of vendors in metropolitan cities like Mumbai and Delhi.
Guilty as charged: Investigators, judge, jury and executioners of TV news ‘debates’
Media continues witch hunt and character assassination of actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s partner Rhea Chakraborty, even as case is still under official investigation
India now has over 3.69 million Covid-19 cases
Joint Task Force of experts tell PM it must be assumed that an effective vaccine "would not be available in the near future"
Massive thumbs down to latest Mann Ki baat: Sign of things to come?
The ‘digital strike’ is the youth’s message to the Prime Minister, asking him to address their concerns urgently
India tops Global Covid-19 trajectory, will the Health Minister speak up?
On Saturday, India’s total reached 34,63,973 cases, the third consecutive day when over 70,000 cases have been recorded
EXCLUSIVE! NRC Rejection Slips to be issued only after Covid-19 is brought under control
NRC State Coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma says timelines are difficult to commit to at this point as everything is in a flux due to the pandemic
Hum Agar Uthe Nahi, a clarion call for Indians to show a united front
To fight the growth of fascist and neo-liberal forces, 400 human rights and women's groups call for a nation-wide campaign
Rona Wilson worked for release of political prisoners, now a prisoner himself
The state must either prove its grave charges against him conclusively or set him free along with all other political prisoners.
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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
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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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