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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.

Joe Biden bats for restoration of rights in Kashmir

A policy paper released by the Biden campaign said that the Indian government’s measures are inconsistent with its tradition of secularism and a multi-religious democracy

Two state-run hospitals start charging non-Covid patients Rs. 1,500 for Covid tests in Lucknow

Opposition slams BJP state government, demands clarification in the matter

Akhil Gogoi goes on indefinite hunger strike in Assam

The peasant leader and his fellow incarcerated activists are protesting the inhuman living conditions in jail

ASHA Workers on Covid-19 duty demand safety gear, healthcare, insurance and better wages

At present they are conducting door-to-door surveys, monitoring quarantines, recording health conditions, etc. without protective gear, unless they buy one on their own

Green Nobel winner Prafulla Samantara protests against ‘undeclared emergency’ of Union government

Samantara and other activists observed ‘Black Emergency Day’ and wrote to the President to direct the release of rights activists booked under false charges

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Can there ever be an ulterior motive when serving a langar: D.S Bindra

The lawyer-activist who has been sent a notice and questioned in the Ratan Lal murder investigation, by the Delhi Police says he is not scared

Ahmedabad Jagannath Temple head priest upset with Guj HC decision against holding the yatra

He accused that the temple committee hadn’t received any official news of the stay order else it would have approached the court

Covid-19 cases spike in Ahmedabad’s posh West Zone, residents cry foul

Residents of Sachin Tower in the West Zone have alleged that the government put them under micro-containment based on rumours spread on social media

Covid-19 ‘cure’: Patanjali only had licence to make ‘immune booster’, not ‘medicine’

Ramdev and Balkrishna now share ‘receipt of documents' as a validation of claims, even as controversy rages on

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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.

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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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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