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Jagdeep Chhokar: A relentless pursuer of electoral and democratic reforms passes away
Since his retirement from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, he was co-founder of the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR); besides, he had also been associated with ‘Aajeevika’ Bureau for over a decade, working on internal migration related issues
Assam: When six ordinary Indian women were forcibly pushed out from India–No Man’s land– Bangladesh & then back
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The sum total of what cruelties can be suffered when state authorities become unaccountable and function above the law, slurring ordinary Indians as “Bangladeshi”; the first person exclusive accounts are from six hapless women from various locales in Assam, fortunate to be dumped back within Assam on a highway far from home after first being unlawfully pushed into to Bangladesh!
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Amid growing attacks on marginalised sections and freedom of speech, the packed convention called for a united front against communalism and fascism.
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Does God exist or am I screaming into an empty sky?
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Vanished Without a Trace: CJP writes to NHRC detailing Assam’s secret detentions and illegal pushbacks
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CJP’s memorandum to NHRC reveals mass night-time raids, disappearances of Bengali-speaking Muslims, and extra-legal deportations—signalling a grave constitutional and humanitarian crisis in India’s northeast
Assam: Slamming Sarma’s actions as discriminatory & unlawful, LOP, Assam Assembly Debabrata Saikia calls for an urgent stop to “pushback” of citizens
Since May 23, hundreds of marginalised persons, many of whose cases are pending adjudication, have been unlawfully detained in Assam, and worse, pushed out, without due process across the international border, to Bangladesh; many have also returned
President or Governor, People Have Right to Governance!
The Centre itself wanted a time limit for assent to Bills in 2016. So, is a fresh SC hearing on Presidential Reference even necessary?
Save the honour and self-respect of India’s Armed forces: Former army naval personnel & citizens
Almost a hundred citizens have written to President Draupadi Murmu in her capacity as Supreme Commander of India's Armed Forces to “safeguard their honour and self-respect in the wake of controversial statements made by leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
An Open Letter: ‘I Have Small Eyes, Mr Prime Minister’
It doesn’t behove the stature of an Indian prime minister to deploy such racist language about any community, whether Indian or not. Why you could consider a course correction
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