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Apology and Accountability: CJP files complaint with six news channels for airing misleading war clips, false terror claims in ‘Operation Sindoor’ coverage
CJP files complaints with six major news channels — Aaj Tak, India TV, News18, Times Now Navbharat, ABP News and NDTV — for airing misleading Israeli defence footage from 2021 and 2023 as Indian strikes, and falsely presenting archived combat visuals as real-time action during 'Operation Sindoor; ' News18 also misrepresented Indian educator Maulana Mohammad Iqbal as a terrorist; Poonch police refuted the claim, his family demands accountability
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Complaint filed by CJP against Kailash Vijayvargiya to ECI gets forwarded to concerned officer; response awaited
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On October 6, CJP had moved the Election Commission of India against the BJP leader for offering a reward of Rs 51,000 to the polling booth chairman for no votes given to the opposition Congress party
Article 370, permanent or temporary? Part II of arguments in Supreme Court
This is Part II of a series summarising arguments presented in the Article 370 hearings before the Supreme Court
India: Human Rights Defender Babloo Loitongbam’s house vandalised in Manipur
Frontline Defenders has condemned the attack on the home of human rights defender Babloo Loitongbam on October 5, 2023, in Manipur. The human rights defender’s residence was vandalised by unidentified perpetrators. Hours prior to the attack Babloo Loitonbam was threatened by a militant group named ‘Meitei Leepun’ who called for the human rights defender to be boycotted.
Is Article 367 a tool for understanding or amending the Constitution? Abrogation of Article 370, Part 1
Four years after a sudden and non-deliberated abrogation of Article 370 (August 5, 2019), the Modi 2.0 regime faced a challenge to what was arguably an arbitrary and unconstitutional act
Manipur: Horrifying video of tribal man being burnt alive surfaces
As the violence and internet ban in Manipur continues, a brutal video has emerged of a tribal man being burnt alive in a trench. Police claims crime happened in May
SKM: Farmers to protest against union government’s attempt to undermine farmers’ protest through Newsclick FIR
In the FIR against Newsclick, it has been alleged that the Farmers’ Movement created a law and order situated and was foreign funded; SKM rejects all accusations, terms it to be an attempt of the BJP-RSS led government to take revenge
US commission highlights decline in religious freedom in India, recommends policy action
USCIRF calls for action as witnesses' testimonies cite grave concerns over religious violations
Mob fury: Manipur HRD, Babloo Loitongbam’s home attacked in Imphal
The police said that the assailants were “angered” by the statement he made against the Meitei Leepun, a radical Meitei organisation allegedly responsible for targeted violence; a former IPS officer compelled to retract her criticism as well
Manipur under shutdown as tribal organisations assert bias
Certain districts in Manipur witness complete shutdown as CBI arrested over 5 accused and allegations of arbitrary and "hasty" arrests flare
Hiding the Poor but letting poverty reign- skewed policy on urban poor needs change
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