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Cries for Justice in India grow louder!
Come February 20, and the world will once again observe the ‘World Day of Social Justice’. It is an annual feature during which many all over (particularly politicians) will wax eloquent on...
Uttar Pradesh: Kairana back in the spotlight in the run up to Assembly Elections
Home Minister Amit Shah follows Adityanath, invokes alleged ‘exodus’ from Kairana, it was last spoken about in run up to 2017 elections, BJP had claimed that Hindu families had left town after threats
Temple, gaushala on the list of Assam CM’s plans for Gorukhuti
Himanta Biswa Sarma visited the village in Dhalpur region, where large scale eviction had been carried out and also where Assam Police had in September opened fire on evicted families
Hate Watch: UP Dy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya adding fuel to the communal embers?
Keshav Prasad Maurya seems to have made a bid to share the limelight with his political bosses and perhaps outdo them in some ways by making controversial statements
Disturbing trend in direction of country’s governance has become discernible: Constitutional Conduct Group
An open letter by retired senior bureaucrats puts on record that “foundational values of our republic” have been under “relentless assault of an arrogant, majoritarian state”
It is mayhem there… Supreme Court orders not being followed, Kapil Sibal tells SC
All India Trinamool Congress alleged that Supreme Court orders for free and fair municipal elections in Tripura were violated and people were not allowed to vote
To tomato or not to tomato? That is no longer the question
The massive surge in vegetable prices is being blamed on crop damage caused by the recent rains and high fuel prices
Aadhaar linking to Voter ID: Empowering voters or enabling surveillance?
On November 25, a standing committee will meet to discuss key electoral reforms, including the contentious proposal for linking of Aadhaar to Voter IDs
Postponing Tripura municipal elections is last recourse: SC
The Supreme Court has asked the Tripura state government to give details of security arrangements in place from polling till counting of votes
Kashmir based human rights activist Khurram Parvez arrested
NIA arrested him after hours of searches at his residence and the office of his NGO; he was charged under various sections of IPC and UAPA
UAE Princess pushes for Sudheer Chaudhary’s name to be dropped from Abu Dhabi event
He is all set to speak at an even by ICAI, but pressure is mounting to drop his name from the list of speakers
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