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Books Under Siege: Bengal’s Left bookstalls, the Calcutta High Court’s intervention and the warning from Hitler’s Germany
The bulldozer retreated, and the court offered temporary relief. But who gets to decide which ideas can occupy Bengal’s public spaces?
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WB Chief Secy retires, becomes Mamata Banerjee’s Chief Adviser
Another power move by the Bengal CM who recently crushed the BJP’s dreams of ruling Bengal by retaining power in her state via a landslide victory in the assembly elections
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Wayanad citizens demand immediate end to draconian changes in Lakshadweep
In a letter to Prime Minister Modi, environmental group members remind him how the time-tested ways of the islanders that stand to be destroyed by new laws
First coconut trees painted saffron, now livelihood, culture threatened: Pinarayi Vijayan on Lakshadweep Admin
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Canada’s shame: Remains of 215 indigenous children unearthed at former residential school
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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
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Books Under Siege: Bengal’s Left bookstalls, the Calcutta High Court’s intervention and the warning from Hitler’s Germany
The bulldozer retreated, and the court offered temporary relief. But who gets to decide which ideas can occupy Bengal’s public spaces?
Minorities
After 772 Days in Detention, Ajabha Khatun Returns Home: CJP helps secure her release
Ajabha Khatun’s conditional release brings relief to her family, while her pending legal case and her plea for another detainee underline the fight that remains
Rule of Law
Calcutta High Court says political dissent must not be stifled, directs police to protect CPI(M) bookstall near Durga Puja Pandal
Justice Saugata Bhattacharya stresses that democracy requires space for competing political ideologies, directing West Bengal Police to ensure the Left party can set up its traditional bookstall amid allegations of preferential treatment for the Hindu Jagran Manch.
Rights
Seeking justice for Ankita Bhandari, parents detained in pre-dawn crackdown at India Gate
The pre-dawn police action came as the family demanded that Dushyant Kumar Gautam’s appointment as Sikkim Governor be put on hold until the CBI completes its probe into the alleged VIP angle
Rights
Mumbai Police detain Ambedkarite leaders demanding justice for Sahil Wakode; IIT Bombay refuses to hear delegation
As Sahil Wakode’s parents continue their hunger strike over his death and allegations of caste discrimination, Mumbai Police barricaded access to IIT Bombay and detained civil society leaders
India
Jantar Mantar shut to protest, CJP leaders sent to jail, Delhi police invoke ‘breach of peace’
Denotification of the protest site precedes preventive action against Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, who attempted to enter the barricaded area and unfurl the Tricolour