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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.

Yet another journalist shot dead in Uttar Pradesh

Killers absconding, local police says ‘property dispute’, victim’s father denies such allegations  

Lockdown or Unlock: Hawkers struggle to remain ‘Atma Nirbhar’

The street vendors continue to bear the brunt of Covid-19. As their condition worsens, Sabrang India talked to members of the NASVI to discuss the Street Vendors Act (2014) and its limitations therein.

Kashmiri Pandits still awaiting response to memorandum

Lt Gov yet to find time to look at memorandum sent by KPSS showcasing plight of minority Hindu community in the Valley

Yet another adjournment in Kafeel Khan case in Allahabad HC

The Supreme Court had asked the court to expedite the hearings, but the case has not been heard on its merits since its first hearing

Release Dr Kafeel Khan: UP Congress holds demonstration at Vidhan Sabha

Dr Khan who was arrested on January 29, 2020, has been in custody under the National Security Act (NSA) since then

NPR purged of controversial questions?

Questions about mother-tongue, date and place of birth of parents removed quietly, perhaps with eye on polls in Bihar, West Bengal

We are to own values of peace, justice, freedom: AICU 

Catholic organisations of India discuss the new education policy, the plight of the marginalised and the dangers of globalisation in first on-line Annual General Meeting in wake of Covid

Jharkhand woman killed on suspicion of being a witch

As police investigate the murder of a young woman in Giridih, this year’s witch-hunting toll in Jharkhand reached 12

Singer Zubeen Garg attacked in Assam

The artist who was once seen as a front-liner of the anti-CAA movement in Assam was targeted on suspicion of siding with the government

Ashok Lavasa quits EC

Resignation had become imminent after he joined Asian Development Bank

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