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The Metamorphic Resistance: Mahmoud Darwish, Resilience (Sumud), and the Architecture of Survival

If you are not rain, my love,be a tree sated with fertility, be a tree.And if you are not a tree, my love, be stone saturated with humidity, be stone.And...

Justice KS Puttaswamy’s passing marks the end of an era for privacy rights

Right to privacy petitioner and former Karnataka High Court Judge Justice KS Puttaswamy passes away at 98; he enrolled as an advocate in 1952 and was appointed as a judge of the Karnataka High Court in 1977; his pathbreaking legal intervention left an indelible mark on privacy rights

Influence of mining corporations on policy makers ‘leading to’ erosion of democracy in Odisha

Odisha is rich in high-quality natural resources, including iron,...

All You need to know about allegations against SEBI Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch and her Response

India’s Stock market is valued at $5 Trillion, revealed...

Murderers or Martyrs? The dangerous glorification of murdered Gauri Lankesh’s accused by Hindutva groups

As pro-Hindu groups felicitate those accused in Gauri Lankesh's murder, a chilling narrative emerges, undermining justice and fostering a culture of impunity that endangers the very fabric of society

Major need for reform in information commissions: RTI report card on the performance, 2023-24

A report by Satarak Nagrik Sanghatan, reveals that seven out of 29 Information Commissions (ICs) were defunct for varying periods of time between July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2024, four continue to be defunct, five State Commissions are without a Chief, more than 4 lakh cases are pending in ICs across India and 14 Commissions have an estimated waiting time of more than 1 year to dispose a matter

Pre-Election Gimmickry, Maharashtra: Mahayuti govt compelled to appropriate INDIA alliance Constitution driven call?

As the Maharashtra Assembly elections approach, with the announcement due any day now, the Shinde government has rolled s out last-minute welfare measures! And its “alliance partner,” the BJP has today issued appropriate-ory advertisements, with deputy chief minister Devendra Phadnavis prostrating before a statue of Dr BR Ambedkar; this while the state regime continues to undermine constitutional values while exploiting Dr. Ambedkar's legacy to secure votes from marginalised communities

When the state turns rogue even protests dry up, Salutes & Apologies Professor Saibaba!

If there is one unique and malevolent achievement of the present Indian state in its third, albeit less armoured term, it is, how it has through its venal acts, battered down alliances and voices of protest; GN Saibaba’s death after a long and deliberately negligent incarceration is the latest of one such

Democracy, Pluralism and People’s Politics: Kulgam Shows the Way

The people of Jammu and Kashmir experienced significant relief...

NC’s Biggest Victory Is Also Its Gravest Challenge

“The new government will be met with a volley of tests – from combating the power dynamics with New Delhi and BJP to confronting the mandate that gives it majority but is split along regional lines.”

MHA says data on CAA citizenship applicants not maintained, cites lack of record -keeping provisions to RTI

In response to RTI queries, the Ministry of Home Affairs reveals that it does not maintain detailed records of Citizenship Amendment Act applicants, citing lack of legal obligations requiring data collection

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Malegaon 2006 Blast Case: Bombay High Court rejects NIA’s ‘alternate narrative’, holds prosecution built on contradictions and inadmissible evidence

Holding that “diagonally opposite” narratives by investigative agencies cannot sustain a trial, the Court finds the NIA’s case rooted in retracted statements, hearsay material, and a legally impermissible reinvestigation—bringing the prosecution to a “dead end”

Delhi court orders FIR against Abhijit Iyer Mitra for sexually abusive posts targeting women journalists

Court finds tweets “sexually coloured,” prima facie intended to outrage modesty; directs police probe into X account and devices

From Cow Slaughter to “Public Order”: Allahabad High Court’s expanding use of preventive detention

Through detailed reliance on fear, timing, intelligence inputs, and administrative response, the Court stretches “public order” to justify preventive detention—raising difficult questions about liberty, evidence, and constitutional limits

From FIRs to “Corporate Jihad”: How the TCS Nashik case was transformed from an investigation into a communal narrative

As police probe serious claims of harassment, a parallel story of conspiracy and conversion dominates public discourse