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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...
Punjab: Tensions rise, clashes break out between farmers and SAD leader
Farmers' leaders claim one protester suffered serious injuries after a SAD event
Will Haryana Chief Minister listen to Padma Shri wrestler’s silent demand?
Hearing impared international level wrestler Virender Singh is sitting on protest with his Padma award, asking the Manohar Lal Khattar led Haryana gov't to give deaf athletes their due
Hundreds mourn Srinagar resident Mohammad Ibrahim Khan
Khan was a salesperson at a shop owned by a Kashmir Pandit and was shot dead, allegedly by militants, on Monday evening, the second such killing in 24 hours
Why is Chhath Puja 2021 crucial for the Kejriwal-led Delhi government?
Delhi is due to have Municipal body elections in 2022, which the BJP has won for decades, AAP needs to make its mark, before next state elections, and ahead of UP elections 2022
More skeletons tumble out of the Rafale closet
French portal Mediapart reveals how Dassault paid huge bribes but the CBI failed to investigate the alleged kickbacks despite having documentary evidence!
Will the US tag India a ‘country of particular concern’?
Recommendation by USCIRF timed in anticipation of the State Department’s announcement about the CPC and Special Watch List (SWL) designations
Assam: Day 1 of eviction in Hojai passes peacefully
Families had already vacated the area in the Lumding Reserve Forest after verbal assurance of rehabilitation, though there is no commitment on paper yet
Assam: CBI arrests Opposition leader’s brother
Ashok Saikia furnishes proof of loan repayment, was there an ulterior motive behind arrest?
Afghanistan: Bullet riddled bodies of women activists found in Mazar-e-Sharif
Frozan Safi (30), who had taught at a private university in Balkh the northern Afghan province, was one of the victims identified
Evicted families will be rehabilitated only if name appears in NRC: Assam Gov’t to Gauhati HC
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State claims 1,000 bhigas of land set aside for rehabilitation, but it is not for “encroachers”
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