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Assam court remands Jignesh Mevani to three days police custody

Mevani had been arrested on Wednesday night and was taken to Assam on Thursday morning; his bail plea rejected at night time proceedings in court

Covid numbers rise again: Don’t panic, wear your masks!

India’s effective reproduction number (R-value) for Covid-19, has increased to over 1 for the first time since mid-January

Jignesh Mevani arrested over tweet against PM Modi

The Vadgam MLA was arrested from Banaskantha in Gujarat and will be taken to Assam

Hindi Imposition and Hindu Nation

Though English is a foreign language, Hindi is equally foreign to people in South Indian states

Sweden: Three injured as protests continue against right-wing group’s plan to burn copies of the Quran

Quran burning plan by same hardliner who had floated a similar idea in 2020 and was deported from France because of it

Turning Ambedkar into an icon bereft of his principles

Image Courtesy:.thehansindia.comThis 14 April (2022) we will again witness different...

Remove loudspeakers from mosques before Eid: Raj Thackeray

Relying on communal diatribe to remain politically relevant, the MNS chief issues a blatantly communal ultimatum to mosques to prevent "division and riots"

Emergence of ‘Super States’ in India

What happens when we allow our elected representatives to violate human rights in the name of “national security”?

Are Karnataka’s BJP leaders already playing good cop – bad cop ahead of election year? 

Bharatiya Janata Party is all set for Elections 2022, two senior leaders speak up against anti-Muslim violence; CM yet to condemn it strongly

Activists claim Karnataka police under tremendous political pressure

Tired of appealing to various police officials, activists openly call out the political pressure preventing the executive from performing its duties

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