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The Feared: A wake-up call to the gross human rights violations inflicted on thousands of undertrials
The Feared is a collection of interviews conducted by Neeta Kolhatkar with 11 political prisoners and, in some cases, their loved ones. Through these conversations, she vividly portrays their...
Kanwar Yatra episode: Pasmanda Muslims, ‘wooed’ by BJP, perhaps biggest losers
The recent order requiring eateries in Uttar Pradesh and...
Central Government silent over the number of YouTube channels blocked in last 5 years; dismisses concern about press freedom and internet shutdowns
Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha requested the data on number of Youtube channels blocked by the government in last 5 years, but the figures were not disclosed
Union Minister says no report of manual scavenging in last 5 years
Safai Karmachari Andolan demands that the Prime Minister come out with a White Paper on work done by govt for manual scavengers in last 10 years and seeks special package for liberation and rehabilitation of manual scavengers
UP passes draconian amendments to its anti-conversion law with stringent bail provision and maximum sentence of life imprisonment
On Tuesday, the UP legislative assembly passed the amendments to the controversial anti-conversion law that has been challenged as unconstitutional in the apex court
In Delhi, 122,729 applications sent to DDA for ownership rights under PM UDAY, only 23,811 conferred ownership rights: Lok Sabha
With a stark ratio of 1:5, only 1 in 5 applicants have received ownership rights under flagship PM Uday scheme
Bombay HC issues summons to Shiv Sena’s Ravindra Waikar on the petition filed by Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Amol Kirtikar challenging the former’s victory from...
Amol Kirtikar, who lost to Waikar by a narrow margin of 48 votes, has alleged several violations of RPA, election rules, and Election Handbook guidelines by the RO as well as discrepancies in 333 Tendered votes
Should Government Employees be allowed to Join RSS?
RSS is the biggest organization in the World. It...
Urdu signboard reinstated at Varanasi City Railway Station after intervention from the civil society members
In the memorandum submitted to the superintendent of the Varanasi City Railway Station, the civil society group had questioned the railways for failing to reinstate Urdu board and demanded its reinstallation
Amidst Budget Session din, parliamentary responses reveal huge vacancies pending in the Central Government offices
As many as 84,106 vacancies are pending to be filled in the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Assam Rifles (AR) alone, with more than 16,000 and 5000 non-teaching and teaching jobs respectively lying unfilled in the Central Universities
Assam CM makes misleading statement regarding Muslim population in Assam, attracts criticism from opposition leaders
In his speech, Sarma said that the Muslim population in Assam has skyrocketed from 12% in 1951 to 40% even as no population census has been conducted post 2011
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