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India’s freedom struggle @ 2026

It is August 2026! The anniversary of India’s freedom from colonial rule in 1947! The sad reality is that the struggle for freedom in India continues today!First: Let us...

Assam: CAG report points out ‘large scale anomalies’ in NRC updation software

Does the CAG report pave the way for reconsideration of the final NRC, which has been a long standing demand of the Assam government as well as the current NRC coordinator ?

KP Sasi, a Tribute: The Loss of a dear, brave friend

KP SasiToday (25 December 2022) I came to know...

Assam: A 78 year old widow rendered stateless is declared Indian in Bongaigaon with the help of CJP

CJP Impact: A 78 year old widow rendered stateless is declared Indian, Bongaigaon, Assam

IMSD condemns the Taliban’s shutting of university gates to Muslim women

IMSD unequivocally condemns the blatantly misogynist decree of Taliban...

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

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