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Christmas reminds us of Fr Stan Swamy, other bravehearts incarcerated ‘illegally’

Christmas is for the bravehearted: those who see and...

MP Speaker Slams MLAs for Flouting Rules as 74 Bills Passed in 89 Hours

More than 36 ordinances were passed without any debate, including in two Budget Sessions, during Girish Gautam’s tenure.

Weaponised Rhetoric, Absent Evidence: ‘Urban Naxals’ are a political invention

Despite repeated political rhetoric, two separate parliamentary replies reveal that the Union Home Ministry neither defines nor maintains data on so-called "Urban Naxals

Declining trend in unemployment rates in urban and rural areas: Ministry of Labour

In the ongoing Parliament session, the Ministry put forth data to indicate that total unemployment rate for 2020-21 was at 4.2%

Free Speech or Hate Speak?

Human rights organisations pick and choose whose freedom of speech – and other human rights – they are going to defend

Savarkar’s statue now hangs among freedom fighter gallery in BJP-ruled Karnataka assembly

With the main opposition party in the state, the Indian National Congress, vocally opposing the move, the issue of installation of Savarkar's portrait is likely to result in a rocky Winter Session

Portrait as Mirror, unveiling of Vinayak Savarkar’s portrait in Parliament, then and now

This article is on the unveiling of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar’s portrait, in 2003, first in the premises of Indian Parliament and then, two months later, in the Maharashtra assembly. It was published in Communalism Combat, April 2003. By well-known historian, Anil Nauriya, it offers an insight into both the man himself and his politics.

9 Rohingyas arrested at Agartala railway station by RPF

The Rohingyas who were arrested were about to catch a train for travelling outside the Northeast, in search of shelter and jobs, according to the police version

If Journalism falters, if a Judge loses his Independence, Democracy falls: Justice B.N. Srikrishna

"Two professions have to be necessarily independent, a judge and a journalist. If they falter, democracy suffers."

Shakira spotlights Iran’s footballer Amir Nasr who faces death penalty

The 26-year-old Iranian football player Amir Nasr-Azadani is facing the threat of execution

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