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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.

HC notice to J&K Govt on PIL on Hindi as official language

Urdu was the official language in the state before its special status was scrapped in 2019

Gangster Vikas Dubey’s ‘encounter’ reopens debate on extrajudicial killings

He was shot dead enroute to Kanpur a day after he ‘surrendered’ in Madhya Pradesh, and was being brought to Uttar Pradesh 

Assam Detention Camps: 32 people released, here’s how CJP did it

Take a closer look at a blow-by-blow account of the painstaking procedure our team had to follow

Galwan incident happened because of political, civil & military failure: Armed Forces Veterans

The 144 signatories highlight the need for a national policy and strategy on “Neighbourhood Management”

UP gangster Vikas Dubey surrenders, arrested at Mahakal Temple in MP

Dubey has been on the run for days, after 8 cops were killed in an ambush near Kanpur on July 2 

Sheikh Waseem Bari shot dead despite 10 cops being assigned to guard him! 

He was killed outside his shop, near the police station. With or without official security, local politicians continue to be targeted in Kashmir Valley.

Does the Assam MSME Ordinance threaten indigenous land in the state?

The ordinance does away with bureaucratic hurdles for setting up small industrial units

“Fighting rail privatisation is a battle for universal access to reasonable travel and employment”: NRMU Gen Secy Venu Nair

Speaking to Sabrang India’s PriyankaKavish, Nair explained the manifold problems that will come with the government’s decision of railway privatisation

Journalists’ unions call for peaceful media protest on July 9, Press Rights Day

In the wake of Covid19 thousands of media persons have been sacked, and scores are being harassed and charged under various laws.

Poverty alleviation requires revision of Poverty Line

How the World Bank’s model is flawed and has kept us from making any meaningful progress in lifting people out of poverty

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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.

If Stan Swamy, the Martyr, were alive today ….

On the fifth anniversary of the tragic death of the People’s Priest, an associate writes that, if alive Fr Stan Swamy would have been at the forefront of all the ongoing struggles of the Adivasis

Act Now: Citizens delegation approaches Mumbai police to prevent potential intimidation of Christians

A coalition of 25 citizens organisations under the banner of Mumbai for Peace, including Bombay Catholic Sabha, PUCL Maharashtra, and Citizens for Justice and Peace has formally urged the Police Commissioner to intervene against a string of organised attacks on Christian prayer services, citing an immediate threat of communal disruption scheduled for July 5, 2026, in the Santacruz East area; Mumbai police has assured action

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Politics of Humiliation: Mahua Moitra, mob intimidation and the Calcutta High Court’s warning

The alleged attack on Mahua Moitra came just a day after the Calcutta High Court warned against the growing culture of mob justice, public humiliation and egg pelting in West Bengal