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ADR refutes allegation of giving false voter affidavit in SC hearing

ADR clarifies no false affidavit was filed in Supreme Court, rebuts ECI counsel’s claims with verified voter data, upholds commitment to factual accuracy and non-partisan reporting, and expresses concern over treatment of elector involved following recent court proceedings

Understanding the growth of European-style nationalism in India

The pages of Indian Express are carrying a very...

Periyar: Caste, Nation and Socialism

Periyar: Caste, Nation and Socialism published by People’s Literature...

Two decades on, hunger still haunts Gujarat: Survey exposes stark gap behind poverty claims

A Niti Aayog report, released about two years ago,...

Manipur Violence: Two years down, health rights activists demand restoration and spread of essential services all over state

Marking two years of the Manipur violence and unrest, health rights activists and movements across India have appealed to President of India, Draupadi Murmi for the immediate creation/restoration of an effective public health infrastructure, personnel, services with safety and appropriate budgetary allocation– in the valley, hills and relief camps of Manipur

Hegemony by might: Gaza, Iran and the failures of nuclear power politics

Without a transformation of global governance mechanisms, peace will not be the right of all nations and peoples, weak or powerful, but a privilege of the powerful

J&K High court orders repatriation of 63-year-old woman deported to Pakistan without due process

Court invokes humanitarian grounds and constitutional duty to direct urgent return of Long-Term Visa holder Rakshanda Rashid, citing her decades-long residence in India and deteriorating health

Hate crimes: Report documents 602 hate crimes, 345 hate speech incidents in 1st year of Modi’s third term

A staggering 947 hate-driven incidents have dotted the first year of the third term of the Modi (NDA) regime says a report jointly documented by the APCR and Quill Foundation and released recently

The Science Problem: Why India lags behind in research & development

Over the past two decades India has invested scant funds in scientific research and development, so while in absolute terms amounts spent have grown from Rs.60,000 Crore to Rs. 1,20,000 Crore between 2010-2020, as percentage of GDP this amount has stagnated at 0.64 per cent, i.e. less than 7 per cent

Bombay HC: No indication votes cast in name of dead in Dhule, 2024 Lok Sabha polls

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has dismissed an election petition filed by former MP, Subhash Rao Bhamre of the BJP who had challenged the election of Shobha Dinesh Bacchav from the Indian National Congress (INC)

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ADR refutes allegation of giving false voter affidavit in SC hearing

ADR clarifies no false affidavit was filed in Supreme Court, rebuts ECI counsel’s claims with verified voter data, upholds commitment to factual accuracy and non-partisan reporting, and expresses concern over treatment of elector involved following recent court proceedings

The Fight for Ancestral Forest Rights: Tharu tribe challenges seven-year administrative blockade

The petition seeks protection from forest officials and quashing of the order, arguing that the denial of land titles has criminalised essential community livelihood

The Mess, called ECI’s Final Voter List for Bihar

In 243 assembly constituencies, analysis shows at least 14.35 lakh suspect duplicate voters and 1.32 crore voters of different families, castes and communities bundled and registered at dubious and fictitious addresses

Bangladesh Court declares six deported Bengalis as Indian citizens, orders their repatriation

In a dramatic reversal, a Bangladesh court has ruled that two families — including a pregnant woman from West Bengal’s Birbhum district — who were forcibly deported from Delhi as “illegal Bangladeshis” are in fact Indian citizens, citing their Aadhaar and home addresses

Crimes Uncounted: When Data Becomes the State’s Defence

A delay of two years, unreliable hate-crime statistics, and discarded sedition charges, the NCRB 2023 Report offers us marginal data on crime but plentiful data on social control

Mere Presence Does Not Imply Guilt: Supreme Court defines clear test for liability under unlawful assembly

In a significant ruling on mob liability, the Court acquitted ten men convicted for a 1988 double murder in Bihar, laying down a definitive test to distinguish innocent bystanders from participants in an unlawful assembly