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SRFTI Under Siege: ALIFA Demands VC’s Removal, Independent Inquiry into Campus Violence
13th Nov, 2026: All-India Feminist Alliance (ALIFA) expresses immense concern at the disturbing developments on the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI-Kolkata) campus since late September. We note...
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.
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
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