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Manipur Year 4: Guns Without Justice
Three years into the worst episode of ethnic violence, marked by grave allegations of state failure and complicity, in post-independence India, the central government is preparing to deploy around...
Uttar Pradesh: Congress politician Rita Yadav who showed ‘black flags’ to PM shot at
Rita Yadav reportedly shot in the right leg, at Sultanpur by bike-borne men, she is recovering in hospital
FCRA licenses cancelled: What happens now to the social work and institutions run by these NGOs?
Oxfam India reminds gov’t how it listened to PM seeking NGOs’ help during pandemic; around 6,000 organisations have been taken off the FCRA list, but no clarity why
Census-NPR postponed once again until Sept’22
Previously scheduled to be conducted in April 2020, delayed due to Covid-19 pandemic
Bangladesh: Police register complaints over alleged desecration of temples
Hindu community staged protests demanding that the culprits behind the alleged desecration of three temples be arrested
No respite for Nagaland, MHA extends AFSPA for six months
Even though the Centre announced the formation of a panel to examine the possibility of withdrawal of AFSPA, it has yet again extended the provisions of the draconian law in the state
Kuch ka saath aur Cronies ka Vikas
Economic gaps continue to grow as the very richest amass unprecedented levels of wealth
Poisoning people’s minds to ensure polarisation in the coming polls
With Uttar Pradesh going to poll soon, the ruling party wants to reignite its communal agenda
2021: The year of evictions
Families rendered homeless amidst a raging Covid-19 pandemic and sometimes even during the monsoon season
Alienation and apathy: Assam government’s 2021 agenda?
From a new cow protection law to eviction of minority communities, here are some of the Assam government’s most blatantly exclusionist policy decisions of 2021
22,000 inmates hit as Missionaries of Charity’s bank accounts are reportedly ‘frozen’!
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