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Varanasi, UP: No to war, we want peace
A vibrant protest and silent hunger strike (maun upwas) was undertaken by citizens of Varanasi protesting US-Israel’s unprovoked war on Iran; the protest took place at the symbolic Ambedkar Park on Saturday, March 7, under the banner of Sanjha Sanskriti Manch
IT Bill, 2025: Constitutional betrayal, reviving electoral bonds under the guise of tax reform
New income tax bill defies court verdict on political donations
Manipur tensions escalate over free movement policy: Kuki-Zo resistance and government crackdown
Security forces’ crackdown on Kuki-Zo protest in Kangpokpi leaves one dead, over 40 injured as Manipur’s ethnic tensions worsen; indefinite shutdown announced
India’s election system is being weaponised, will the Opposition act?
The systemic subversion of India’s Electoral System through both the spurious injection of votes and suspect mass deletions of legitimate voters –coupled with the ONOE proposal – could well achieve for the autocratic RSS its dream aim in its centennial year: a strong unitary government that excludes certain denominations from the right to universal franchise
Gujarat: A Painful Period in Salt Pans of Little Rann of Kutch
Women workers go through a cycle of agony in the eight months they toil in salt pans, where poor water availability and lack of medical help make monthly bleeding scary.
The Feared: A wake-up call to the gross human rights violations inflicted on thousands of undertrials
The Feared is a collection of interviews conducted by...
Electoral Trusts Scheme: Utter non-transparency in political funding & an unholy nexus between big corporate giants and major political parties
The rise of the Electoral Trusts scheme, post-electoral bonds, with minimal transparency to the public, underscores the persistence of corporate dominance in political financing: the massive 2024-25 mop up of ₹1,179 crore—the total sum funnelled by these Electoral Trusts - is close to the entire 2025 budget allocation for judiciary infrastructure or the estimated funding for cutting-edge R&D at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)!
Goa: Who Fears The Truth?
How Hindutva Supremacists are engaged in 'rewriting history'.
Bodh Gaya: Why the Mahabodhi Temple must be handed over to Buddhists
When all progressive political thought have acknowledged Bodh Gaya’s identity as a Buddhist shrine, what stops political parties from ensuring that this demand becomes a reality?
India saw 84 internet shutdowns in 2024: Access Now Report
In 2024, India recorded 84 internet shutdowns, the highest among democratic nations, according to Access Now’s report "Emboldened Offenders, Endangered Communities." While India saw a decrease from 116 shutdowns in 2023, it still remains a significant player in global internet disruptions
‘TN resists Hindi domination because we know where it ends, the extinguishing of ancient languages’: ML Stalin to DMK cadres
CM Tamil Nadu, MK Stalin has, in a creative political assault against the union government’s push to a monolithic state, has penned three letters to his cadres; on three consecutive days: these letters explain how many Indian languages Hindi has “swallowed” and the challenges of Hindi imposition on states and their cultures
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Summoning the district magistrate and SSP of Bareilly, the Allahabad High Court said any violence against the petitioner or his property would be presumed to have occurred at the instance of the State, as the case raises serious concerns over interference with religious prayers inside private property
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35 civil society groups oppose Maharashtra’s proposed anti-conversion law, warn of threat to women’s autonomy and constitutional freedoms
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Odisha: 18 months, 54 incidents of communal hate crimes, 7 mob lynchings
Admitting to a spiral in communally driven hate crimes in eastern state of Odisha since June 2024 when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), a majoritarian outfit came to power, Odisha’s chief minister, Charan Majhi said on Monday, March 9 that 54 such incidents and seven mob lynchings were recorded in that state; this was in a written reply to the State Assembly
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Varanasi, UP: No to war, we want peace
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Why Cricket should remain above religious nationalism
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A history that teaches, a historian that shared, in Memoriam: Professor K.N. Panikkar
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US-Israel War on Iran sees spirals in Hate against Muslim Americans: CSOH
The Centre for the Study of Organised Hate has analysed how Islamophobic discourse has spiralled post February 28 when the US-Israel launched an attack on Iran
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Maharashtra’s Anti-Conversion Bill: Legislating suspicion in the name of “love jihad”
The proposed Dharma Swatantrya Adhiniyam, 2026 seeks to criminalise alleged forced conversions with harsh penalties and intrusive state oversight