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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

Why and How the Homes of Tughlaqabad’s Workers Should be Protected from Demolition

Thousands of people in Tughlaqabad, Delhi, will become homeless...

SRK’s ‘Pathaan’ survives the RW hate wave with massive box office opening

Pathaan is known to have surpassed ‘KGF 2’ in its advance booking numbers and the movie has gotten rave reviews for its action-packed content and impressive dialogue

Undesirable but prevalent inequalities in India

Indian society is ridden with inequality, while the Constitution explicitly warns against such a concentration of wealth

Celebrating the Republic @ 74!

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‘ASI Protects None, Neither Monuments Nor People in Tughlaqabad’

“The ASI is hiding some key facts. We found that the 100-metre radius contains a government school and dispensary as well as houses of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Ramesh Bidhuri. None of those buildings seems to have been earmarked for demolition,” said Sucheta De.

Rule of Law means Certainty that establishes Supremacy of the Constitution

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20,000 residents of Delhi near Tughlaqabad fort face eviction

Image: Nikita Jain / The CitizenResidents of a slum in...

Karnataka: 17th All India CITU Conference Starts in Bengaluru

Tapan Sen, CITU general secretary underlines importance of trade union movements in the backdrop of mounting attacks on working people.

Moral policing: Mob assaults a young man for talking to a girl in MP

FIR has been filed by the victim, reportedly a Muslim, claiming he was beaten for talking to a girl

Adieu to a man who worked among the marginalized: Father Paul Vaz

Mumbai lost a man of the people who headed many institutions of Mumbai

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