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May Day Dramatised
When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.
Canada’s shame: Remains of 215 indigenous children unearthed at former residential school
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau orders flags on all federal buildings be flown at half mast, Kevin Annett’s memorandum details gritly details of torture
Untenable, unprecedented and unconstitutional: Mamata Banerji on WB Chief Secy’s transfer order
The Centre had passed an order on May 28 asking Alapan Bandyopadhyay to report to Delhi on May 31 by 10 A.M
Lakshadweep: Praful Khoda Patel’s proposals will destroy life of the people, warn experts
Mohini Giri, Wajahat Habibullah, Syeda Hameed, write to Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, to halt implementation of LDAR 2021
Did Marx’s grandson endorse Savarkar’s Hindutva ideology?
A look at RSS's attempts to legitimise problematic stands taken by their favourite leaders by claiming they were endorsed by world-renowned thinkers
US Government lambasts India on Freedom of Religion
India is one of the very few democracies in the world today which pays scant attention to the religious freedom of her people – almost on par with dictatorial regimes
Give online applications for Indian citizenship under CAA: MHA
The Ministry issued notification inviting refugees belonging to non-Muslim communities from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh to apply for citizenship under the amended Citizenship Act.
Cooption with denial of dignity & rights is the Dalit reality under BJP-RSS
Hindutva’s rise snatches Dalit socio-economic rights even as it culturally gives ‘space’ to deprived millions
Covid-19: Which Indian states failed miserably in tackling the pandemic?
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With a huge spike in Covid-19 cases and a high death rate during the 2021, second wave of the pandemic, states with poorer infrastructure and public health spending, fared the worst
How did the Kumbh Mela attendance record drop to 21 Lakh from 49 Lakh?
The numbers from the crowded events, called a ‘super spreader’ seem to be dipping faster than other figures of the pandemic.
Seven Years of Narendra Modi in power
This month marks seven years, what does this mean for India and the rest of the world?
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On World Press Freedom Day 2026, the Free Speech Collective (FSC) assembles a powerful, deeply layered account of repression, incarceration, and systemic silencing—centring the stories of jailed journalists Rupesh Kumar Singh and Irfan Mehraj to expose the widening fault lines in India’s democratic promise
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Systematic Exclusion: Caste-based atrocities across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, MP, and UP
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Minorities
Delhi: Ayaan Saifi, a 16-year old, stabbed to death in nation’s capital on April 30
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UP: Women protest installation of prepaid smart electricity metres in several districts
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Minorities
As lynchings “normalise” in ‘New India, a Bihar imam is ‘thrashed, pushed’ from train to die in Bareilly
While the incident reportedly took place on April 26, it took sectional media and social media coverage for the Bareilly police to finally admit that the beating to death of Maulana Tausif Raza Manzari was a targeted attack, not an accident on May 1; his wife provided details of a call to her from the dead cleric where he narrated he was under attack