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Lives in the Margins: Reading India’s suicide data beyond the numbers
India’s rising suicides tell a national story the state refuses to hear: of farmers abandoned, students crushed, and women erased from data
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No Freedom or Civil Liberty in Kashmir, says PAGD; Concerns Rise Over ‘New’ Voter List
The PAGD’s concerns come on a day when the Lt. Governor-led administration sacked five employees under Article 311 of the Constitution of India for alleged involvement in “anti-national” activities.
Distress of Kashmiri Pandits (KPs) in Valley continues, KPSS alleges govt unconcern
For the past two weeks, even as visits by high political functionaries continued, Kashmiri Pandit (KP) families in the Kashmiri valley have alleged callous neglect
At 107 in Glob Hunger Index, India now ranks in ‘serious’ category
As concerning is that India, at 107 of 121 countries measured, is even below Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal
Two women killed in ‘human sacrifice’ in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta district, arrests made
The gory and elaborate plot took months for the police to uncover
Why is the Centre stalling Justice Muralidhar’s transfer to Madras HC?
The Orissa High Court Chief Justice has served a long tenure at Delhi High Court from where he was hurriedly transferred after he pulled up the Delhi Police for not doing their job during the 2020 Delhi riots
US advises American tourists to exercise caution due to cases of sexual assault and terrorism in India
US also advises against travel to Jammu and Kashmir, and places close to the India-Pakistan border
Arundhati Roy: Things that Can and Cannot Be Said; The Dismantling of the World as We Know It
As the rapist-mass murderers return to take their place as respected members of society, Teesta Setalvad, the activist whose organisation, Citizens for Justice and Peace, has meticulously compiled a tower of documentary evidence that points to the complicity of the Gujarat government in general and Narendra Modi in particular with the 2002 massacre, was arrested, accused of forgery, tutoring witnesses and attempting to keep ‘the pot boiling’.
A Funeral and a Death: Kumar Shiralkar (1948 – 2022)
Image: https://www.facebook.com/cpimccIt was a moment hard to define. Kumar's inert...
Mohammed Manik jumps into turbulent Mal river, saves 9 lives
28-year-old, Mohammad Manik becomes the hero of the Durga Dashami immersions saving lives caught in a sudden swell in the river
ECI U-Turn on ‘freebies’, does the watchdog itself need a code of conduct now?
In a recent letter to all recognised national and state parties, the Election Commission (EC) said 'empty poll promises have far-reaching ramifications.'
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