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When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.
Another explosion at Baghjan oil well injures three foreign experts
The explosion reportedly took place while the Baghjan oil well capping operations were underway
Is this the “Ram Rajya” promised by the BJP: Congress attacks UP govt
Politics, attempts of communalising journalist’s Vikram Joshi’s murder, expose the state yet again
GN Saibaba should be shifted to hospital before it’s too late: NPRD
National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled seeks National Human Rights Commission’s urgent intervention
HRDA India exposes UP Police’s tactics to muzzle voice of human rights defender Raja Bhaiyya
The HRD had allegedly worked with an Aaj Tak journalist to expose how women were being sexually exploited in the Karwi mines in UP
Odisha villagers burn couple after accusing them of practicing ‘black magic’
In another incident in the state, a woman was forcibly fed pig excreta by a sorcerer who tried to exorcise her
CJP curates and hosts Justice Hosbet Suresh Archives
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A collection of his fact-finding reports and writings from his post-retirement human rights work
Floods wreak havoc on 31 out of 33 districts in Assam
Over 25 lakh people displaced, standing crop destroyed, over 3,000 villages affected
ISKCON’s sanitised version of the caste system does not foster progress of the lower castes
Even while saying that the caste system is based on psycho-physical properties, it propagates the caste system which must be abolished by the roots
Tribal’s death prompts protest in MP, family alleges harassment by forest department
It was alleged by the family that a forest officer had demanded Rs. 1 lakh from the deceased to free his tractor
Karnataka’s Brahmins can get caste and income certificates, avail 10 percent EWS benefits
Karnataka State Brahmin Development Board had been set up before 2018 Assembly elections, by JD(S)-Congress govt
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