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India: Left at the forefront, opposition & people protests US-Israel attacks on Iran
Widespread demonstrations and protests broke out all over India at the US and Israel’s strikes against Iran, actions that clearly violated international law; Iran and the US were in the midst of negotiations and dialogue when the US-led by President Donald Trump launched strikes on Saturday February 28
Manufactured Realities: Assam BJP’s AI video and the politics of fear
A dystopian campaign film weaponises misinformation, vilifies Muslims, and rewrites Assam’s history — exposing the dangerous nexus of technology, politics, and communal polarisation
Protection of Democracy and Socialism Is The Way to Remember Yechury
This is the full text of the first Sitaram...
“Vote Chori Factory”: Rahul Gandhi accuses ECI of protecting electoral fraud, demands action in 7 days
Rahul Gandhi alleges a centralised voter fraud using fake logins, automated deletions, and identity theft; accuses CEC of shielding culprits; demands ECI release data to Karnataka CID within 7 days or face institutional accountability
Periyar the icon of social justice and humanism
Periyar's interaction with Ambedkarites in the Hindi belt are extremely crucial to understand his philosophy on Untouchability and caste discrimination
ECI’s nationwide SIR plan: a ‘unified’ push, applied differentially across states
The Election Commission is stepping into a nationwide rollout of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) with a unified goal — but state-level realities remain fractured, as Bengal revisits 2002 data, Assam ties voter rolls to citizenship, and Bihar faces Supreme Court scrutiny
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
PUCL slams recently passed Rajasthan anti-conversion bill as “draconian and unconstitutional”
Civil liberties body says bill criminalises faith, dialogue, and choice; demands Governor/President intervention
Memories of ‘Nine Eleven’ today
On a day remembered and vilified, the author recalls moments of despair, brute violence and historical significance. All on the ninth of September….
From news to real estate: P Sainath on how corporate power is undermining media freedom
The other day, P. Sainath was in Ahmedabad to...
Labour rights, health of workers hit in the name of “reform”: PUCL Maharashtra
A detailed statement by the Maharashtra unit of the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has, with reasoned arguments, critiqued the recent decision of the MahaYuti government in Maharashtra to curtail labour rights in the name of “reform”; Maharashtra government’s decision is in line with other states like Telangana, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Tripura (two of these are Congress ruled states) which have also enacted similar legislations.
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India: Left at the forefront, opposition & people protests US-Israel attacks on Iran
Widespread demonstrations and protests broke out all over India at the US and Israel’s strikes against Iran, actions that clearly violated international law; Iran and the US were in the midst of negotiations and dialogue when the US-led by President Donald Trump launched strikes on Saturday February 28
Rights
Censorship Broken: Naseeruddin Shah speaks on the Urdu language at Kalina, Mumbai & recites from its rich poetry
Mumbai for Peace organised its first event, Preet Nagar, under the series ‘Lectures That Needed to Happen’ on February 28, 2026
Communalism
The Erosion of Equal Protection: Constitutional attrition and State apathy in targeted attacks on Kashmiri vendors across the states
Systemic 2025 and early 2026 vigilantism and attacks against Kashmiri sellers, fuelled by religious profiling and hateful propaganda, dismantles the constitutional "bedrock" of Articles 19(1)(d) and (g), by substituting "reasonable restrictions" with mob-enforced exoduses, these acts subvert state authority and corrode public morality
Politics
Temple Leases, Food Morality: Rajasthan’s new Panchayat order
The recent decision by the BJP-led government in Rajasthan of granting land parcels to temples, moreover those controlled by Brahmins and Banias, and further making it “mandatory” for meat shops to obtain NOCs from the local Panchayat, privileges caste elites and food choices while also being fundamentally exclusionary
Rights
66 Deaths in 13 Months: Uproar in Chhattisgarh Assembly by opposition over prison conditions and custodial accountability
Government confirms inmate deaths; Opposition alleges overcrowding, medical neglect, and governance failure — demands legislative probe into tribal leader’s custodial death
Rule of Law
Bail Granted, Freedom Denied: Madhya Pradesh High Court upholds detention of Bangladeshi woman citing “international scenario”
Despite six years in custody and a prior bail order, the Madhya Pradesh High Court refuses release, directing the State to conclude the long-pending trial within six months while holding her continued stay in a detention centre justified for safety and trial purposes
Hate Speech
Alleged Pattern of Denigration: High Court seeks response from Himanta Biswa Sarma on PIL against his alleged hate speeches
Petitioners allege a “pattern of incendiary rhetoric” targeting minorities; Court issues notice to Union, State, DGP and Chief Minister, defers interim relief till after Bihu holidays