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“Pradhan Helped BJP Win Odisha, Gyanesh Is Helping It Win India” | Aishe Ghosh | Teesta Setalvad

Aishe Ghosh speaks with Teesta Setalvad about student protests, political crackdowns and the fight for democracy in India.From the 2020 crackdown on student activists to today’s protests, they discuss...

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Wider “WE” is Witness!

A significant section of society has now become ‘Us and Them’; the tendency is to exclude the other

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The people were protesting eviction from their homes; police opened fire targeting upper bodies of protesters in contravention of set procedure

CJP Impact: Gangadhar Pramanik’s Indian citizenship confirmed by WB gov’t

CJP had helped secure his release from an Assam detention centre, after the migrant labourer was declared “foreigner” by an Assam FT

Over 200 Ahmedabad schools served closure notice for violating fire safety norms

Municipal Corporation takes measure after enforcing similarly strict norms for hospitals

Not fringe, but main elements of the Hindutva brigade: Assaduddin Owaisi on attack

Owaisi says this Ashoka Road residence was targeted in 2015 as well, and wants the PM to “please tell who radicalised these goons?” 

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Decrying repressive governments for hindering peaceful protests, SKM leaders say people are already mobilising in various states

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