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2025 in Protest: Across issues, across India
In 2025, citizens nationwide mobilised across labour, environment, religious freedom, and electoral integrity
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EXCLUSIVE: How close is Chandrachur Goswami, of ‘Gandhi-as-mahishasura’ fame to BJP
The state working president of the Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha president is known for peddling fake news and making hate speeches
BJP’s Vikram Saini disqualified after 23 days of conviction, wife a candidate now; SP’s Azam Khan removed very next day
This disproportionate action was pointed out by the Supreme Court; now the bypolls will be held on December 5
Number of PM-KISAN Beneficiaries drops by two-thirds from first instalment to 11th: RTI disclosure
A response to an RTI inquiry filed by activist Kanhaiya Kumar, the Union Agriculture Ministry has admitted that while the first Rs 2,000 instalment under the scheme was disbursed to 11.84 crore farmers in 2019, only 3.87 crore farmers received the 11th instalment this year
Zakir Naik, controversial cleric to preach during FIFA World Cup?
Media reports suggest that India born Naik, booked for inciteful speech is one of the religious preachers chosen by organisers
Gujarat Elections: River Linking, 4-Lane Highway, Zinc Smelter Dominate Issues in South
Adivasis in South Gujarat, who have been protesting, claim that the government projects will displace them and destroy their livelihoods.
A surveillance regime that violates both Privacy & Right to Life: Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2002
Proscribing entirely an individual citizens’ right to privacy and control over personal data, the ‘deemed consent’ provisions along with other provisions of the Bill weaponise the state to be the ultimate arbiter
Hate Watch: Himanta Biswas Sarma on ‘Love Jihad’ during the Gujarat poll campaign
Unmindful of the fact that the state he leads, Assam, is among the five worst when it comes to domestic violence, the aggressive chief minister, uses the murder of Shraddha Walkar to stigmatise inter-faith relationships
Gujarat Elections: Farmers of 3 North Gujarat Villages Have Been Boycotting Polls for 3 Years
Over 50% farmers in Dahisana own less than two bigha land; a drop in income over the years, failing crop and government apathy has angered them.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma excludes “encroachers” from Mission Bashundhara 2.0
In another attempt to single out and discriminate against Bengali Muslims, Biswa asserts that they will only give legitimacy to those living in Assam for three generations
Hatebuster! Aaftab Poonawalla- Shraddha murder case had nothing to do with religion!
According to a social media video, 80% of Hindu women who marry Muslim men are later raped or killed
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Labour
12 Bengali migrant workers murdered in 6 states, Maharashtra tops the crime list
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Communalism
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Media
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2025 in Protest: Across issues, across India
In 2025, citizens nationwide mobilised across labour, environment, religious freedom, and electoral integrity