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Policing Identity: Maharashtra’s birth certificate crackdown and the politics of belonging

What is framed as an administrative clean-up of fraudulent records in Maharashtra has unfolded into a securitised campaign in Mumbai — raising urgent constitutional questions about due process, discrimination, and the weaponisation of civil documentation

Condemn targeting of Newsclick

Statement of Delhi Union of Journalists against the targeting of Newsclick and critical media voices by the government deserves wider support

State’s affidavit reeks of communalism: Siddique Kappan’s co-accused

The counter affidavit filed by the State in the habeas corpus petition allegedly says that the accused were trying to create Islamic Rule in the Nation

Enforcement Directorate raids NewsClick.in

ED raids independent media portal NewsClick’s offices, residences of officials and senior journalists associated with it

Biden stresses a desire to defend democratic norms on call with Modi

During the call, President Biden talked about the importance of committing to democratic values to maintain the close relationship between the two countries.

Release Nodeep Kaur

23-year-old Dalit trade union activist languishing behind bars, allegedly being abused in Karnal jail

BREAKING: SC stays arrest of Shashi Tharoor, journalists over sedition FIRs

The FIRs stated that the eminent journalists and the MP mislead people by claiming that the Delhi Police shot the protester on January 26

The crux of the matter

It appears that the government of India and the ruling party are insensitive to matters that all the world find heart-rending

PPCBC condemns arrests of Indian journalists covering farmers’ movement

Canadian Punjabi Press Club members hold demonstration outside Indian consulate in Vancouver  

Modi warns against ‘andolan jivi’ community at Rajya Sabha

Prime Minister Modi talks about the urgent need for new agriculture laws to help marginal farmers, and warns against new “emerging dangers” such as the Foreign Destructive Ideology.

Mahapanchayats getting bigger, bolder

Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait calls on the youth to channel their energies to fuel the farmer’s struggle for justice

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Policing Identity: Maharashtra’s birth certificate crackdown and the politics of belonging

What is framed as an administrative clean-up of fraudulent records in Maharashtra has unfolded into a securitised campaign in Mumbai — raising urgent constitutional questions about due process, discrimination, and the weaponisation of civil documentation

A Republic Must Tolerate Art — But Not Denigration: Supreme Court reasserts fraternity as a constitutional boundary

While closing the challenge to a withdrawn film title, the Supreme Court reaffirmed that vilifying any community is constitutionally impermissible — even as it robustly defended artistic freedom under Article 19(1)(a), striking a careful balance between dignity and dissent in a 75-year-old Republic

Hegemony: Kerala’s Bharatapuzha as a political stage

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JNU: Former JNUSU President complains against Vice Chancellor’s casteist & racist remarks

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From Permanent Refuge to Perpetual Limbo: Why Sri Lankan Tamil refugees remain without citizenship even as electoral assurances reshape belonging in Bengal

Four decades after the 1983 exodus, thousands of Sri Lankan Tamil refugees remain classified as foreigners despite generations of residence in India — even as citizenship becomes a visible electoral assurance in Bengal through CAA-linked mobilisation