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‘We will challenge notices in Court’: IFF’s statement on legal notice over ‘defaming’ RSS
The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) details a legal notice issued on behalf of the RSS over its documentation of censorship in India, and the police action that followed, raising concerns over freedom of expression
India Heading Toward Uncontrolled Privatisation of Health Sector: Dr Fuad Halim
Dr Halim spoke to NewsClick in Kolkata about a range of issues including the history of the People’s Relief Committee, the state of the health sector, and the role of the government in regulating it.
How Hate has laced the Gujarat 2022 Election Campaign
From the Assam chief minister, Himanta Biswas Sarma to his UP counterpart, Ajay Bisht a la Adityanath and actor Paresh Rawal, the actor, hate speech is clearly the BJP’s preferred campaign weapon; speeches are likely to worsen after the first phase
J&K: Kashmiri Pandit Staff Reiterate ‘Relocation’ Demand Amid Clamour Over Film at IFFI
Post targeted killings in the valley, KP employees have been protesting in Jammu for over 204 days now, but in vain.
I feel ashamed of this reaction of an Israeli diplomat on Kashmir Files: Nadav Lapid, IFFI head of jury
Not taking anything back, I stand totally behind every word I said; it was my duty, my obligation to speak: Nadav Lapid to Karan Thapar for The Wire on his comments on the Kashmir Files and the furore they've created.
Kashmir Files is an attempt to sell Pandit pain for commercial & political gain: KPSS
Pain loses its meaning and becomes valueless when it is sold for commercial and political beliefs and benefits, says Kashmir Pandit Sangarsh Samiti, Srinagar
The Curtain falls on a 27 year old Saga as over a Million Viewers don’t allow the Last Bow: Ravish Kumar
In his flagship Ravish style, with panache and grace, iconic television anchor Ravish Kumar confirmed his withdrawal from NDTV, the channel that had made him, arguably, the most loved television anchor in this part of the world
MCD Election: Purnima Sethi Multi-Speciality Hospital in Sorry State, Only OPD Available
The basement is submerged and the stink of the huge garbage dump next to the first gate is unbearable.
Exploited by Management, Training Staff at Pvt ITIs Waiting for Grants-in-aid for Over 15 Years
The Junior Training Officers at private ITIs have endured a long wait for a living wage in Karnataka.
‘Not so serious’, says Karnataka education minister on teacher referring a student ‘Kasab’
None less than Karnataka’s Minister of School Education and Literacy B C Nagesh has shrugged off objectionable remarks by a teacher in Manipal while reacting to the recent controversy following an assistant professor allegedly referring to a student as "Kasab", felt that it is "not so serious".
Iranian Filmmaker barred from coming to Indian Film Festival, passport seized in Iran
Reza Dormishian, who was set to travel to Goa to represent Darius Mehrjui's film 'A Minor', was barred from boarding his flight over what is believed to be his anti-regime views.
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‘We will challenge notices in Court’: IFF’s statement on legal notice over ‘defaming’ RSS
The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) details a legal notice issued on behalf of the RSS over its documentation of censorship in India, and the police action that followed, raising concerns over freedom of expression
Rights
SC: Article 142, Mass Amnesties, and the Panchayatisation of the Rule of Law
Within a month of youth-led protests in Delhi and at least half a dozen other locations, the Supreme Court’s September 1 Order invoked its extraordinary powers under Article 142 to quash criminal cases registered across at least five states. This examines the limitations of this ad hoc jurisprudence, arguing that while protection from abusive state prosecution is welcome, linking it to the cancellation of the September 5 march sets a troubling precedent. Constitutional scrutiny demanded a rigorous examination of alleged executive and police overreach, including blanket prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the BNSS and the shutdown of metro stations and internet services. Instead, the alleged excesses of Delhi and other police forces remain unadjudicated.
India
Need for Clarity on the SIR: An Open Letter to the Congress Leaders of Karnataka
While the national leadership of the party, leads and articulates the national campaign for the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, the state leadership of Karnataka, a state governed by the party, gives conflicting statements almost endorsing a process that has disenfranchised close to 10 million there
Environment
From Arunachal to Delhi, anti-dam protesters face state crackdown; detained allege sexual assault
Around 40 protesters from Arunachal Pradesh were detained during a solidarity demonstration, as the crackdown on indigenous resistance to the proposed mega dam intensifies
India
Beyond Appropriation: Vidya Bhushan Rawat’s recovery of Bose’s inclusive nationalism
Rawat’s book emerges from a unique perspective that argues –among other things – that Bose and Nehru must be understood through their competing strategies, and historical circumstances— not recruited retrospectively into opposing political camps; neither does the book place Bose beyond criticism, affirming however his intrinsic secular outlook while stressing on diverse networks that helped sustain the struggle for independence’ not a biography of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose but a chronicle of Indian National Army as well as India’s freedom Movement.
Minorities
After 22 years under suspicion, Assam’s Kashem Ali declared Indian by Foreigners Tribunal
With 18 years passing between the registration of the case and service of notice, and nearly a year spent fighting to prove his citizenship, Kashem Ali finally wins legal relief with CJP’s assistance