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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...
Nisith Pramanik’s citizenship questioned
First TMC, and now Congress members claim he is Bangladeshi, BJP denies charge
Pegasus spyware trotting into ministers’ phones, who is next?
In Parliament, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw dismissed surveillance of journalists, however he too is on the ‘list’ say latest reports
Why are so many people mourning Danish Siddiqui?
The photographs he took showed truth to power, and had empathy with the common man
Malad’s slum-dwellers demand immediate rehabilitation
Trapped within the danger-zone that residents call a “dump,” Ambedkar Nagar residents stage a protest, as Maharashtra CM for homes
Over 27 lakh people deprived of Aadhaar benefits in Assam due to exclusion from NRC
Their biometrics were collected during the Claims and Objections process and suspended after publication of the final NRC
Role of RSS & police in communal riots, Aligarh: Parliamentary debates
In the debate held in Lok Sabha in December 1978, former Prime Minister Mrs. Indira Gandhi, leader of the opposition Y.B. Chavan, the then Prime Minister Morarji Desai, and many other veteran parliamentarians participated. The PM, Morarji Desai conceded on the floor of the house that U.P. PAC committed excesses against Muslims during 1978 communal riots in Aligarh.
Manipur activist jailed under NSA for Facebook post criticising BJP
Erendro Leichombam and journalist Kishorechandra Wangkhem have been booked under NSA for post against BJP leaders advocating cow dung as Covid cure
Can Delhi’s demolished church, and shattered trust be repaired?
Delhi CM puts the onus of church demolition on DDA, which denies charges
Heartless government poised to evict thousands amidst Covid-19, monsoon in Assam
Nearly 50 families living near a temple in Dhalpur have already been forced out of their homes, which were then bulldozed!
No beef within 5 kms of temples: Assam’s new cow protection bill
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