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SRFTI Under Siege: ALIFA Demands VC’s Removal, Independent Inquiry into Campus Violence
13th Nov, 2026: All-India Feminist Alliance (ALIFA) expresses immense concern at the disturbing developments on the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI-Kolkata) campus since late September. We note...
MHA further extends UAPA ban against 8 Meitei extremist organisations
The Union Home Affairs Ministry notification issued Monday, November 13m said the organisations were banned for five years for their “anti-national activities, and launching fatal attacks on security forces.”
Karnataka: A sudden heart attack takes away Sheikh Jaleel, Nadaswaram player
A lived examples of generational syncretic tradition of coastal Karnataka (Udipi), Shaikh Jaleel, passed away on Monday, November 13 following a heart attack
‘Probe on,’ says CM as frantic effort to rescue 40 men from collapsed tunnel continues
The newspapers, The Hindu, Times of India, Hindustan Times and Indian Express reported Monday, November 13 morning, the day after Diwali, that the workers were reportedly trapped behind 40 metres of rubble. Scroll.in reported that they have been provided oxygen, water and food through pipes.
Manipur: two dead bodies discovered after soldier’s family kidnapped
Tension has gripped the state in a stronger hold after two teenagers from the Meitei community went missing on Sunday, November 5 from West Imphal. Following this, four people from the Kuki-Zo community were kidnapped on Tuesday, following which two bodies suspected to be of the family were found by the police.
Manipur: 10 MLAs call out the excessive use of force against the Kuki-Zo community
As a cynical union and state government continues to abdicate its fundamental constitutional duty to ensure safety of life, limb and property in Manipur, with the conflict unchecked since May 3, 2023, 10 elected MLAs have released a collective statement alleging use of excess violence against the Kuki–Zo community.
CAG reporting of GOI expenditure slows down, reports not presented to Parliament, transparency & autonomy in peril say former civil servants
Shrinking of CAG’s autonomy and its reluctance to examine government spending in all departments and table reports in parliament and make them public is undermining the office, write 86 former civil servants in an Open Letter to the President
How corruption in rural development leads to floating ‘undesirable, unsafe’ projects
Recently I was in a very remote village to...
India: Criminalisation of protests, police action against supporters of Palestine
Over the past weeks, innumerable protests – some impromptu, many by Muslim organisations and a few by rights organisations – have been organised across many big and small cities in India. These protests, largely peaceful, have raised citizen’s voices against what is seen as Israel’s siege and relentless bombing of Gaza. Indian law enforcement authorities from Mumbai to Uttar Pradesh (UP) to Delhi have however, in many cases taken “action.”
Jairam Ramesh: 175th day of violence in Manipur, government unaccountable, 5 questions for PM
Raising five crucial questions for the regime, Congress spokesperson, Jairam Ramesh raises pertinent issues on the silence of both the union and state governments –the double engine BJP Sarkar—vis a vis the festering conflict in Manipur
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