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The Guardians of the Ballot: Supreme Court hearing the legality of executive primacy in ECI appointments

Across two days of intense legal arguments, the Supreme Court scrutinising the 2023 Act governing the appointment of Election Commissioners, as petitioners argued that replacing the Chief Justice of India with a Union Minister creates a "Home Umpire" system, while the Bench questioned the limits of parliamentary power, counsel warned that executive dominance over the "referee" of democracy threatens the basic structure of free and fair elections

Political ideology of BJP: Pragya Singh Thakur

It is likely that she may be pressured once again to withdraw these utterances of hers’, but it is not just incidental that what she says is the part of deeper understanding of sectarian nationalists

Facebook yet to take action against Bajrang Dal due to safety concerns: WSJ

Months after its first report on the giant tech company, the WSJ now states that the company is worried about safety and financial issues if it takes on right-wing organisations.

Peasants have put the government on the backfoot: AIUFWP

Impressed by the unified struggle of India’s peasants, AIUFWP promised to continue protests on Tuesday.

I am a farmer first and a police officer later: Punjab DIG Prisons quits

Lakhminder Singh Jakhar, Punjab DIG Prisons quits in solidarity with farmers’ protest

Doctors denounce ‘MIXOPATHY’, but will the Health Minister listen?

There was another strike the govt is ignoring, thousands of doctors are protesting the plan to allow ayurveda practitioners to perform surgeries 

BJP convoy attack: Bengal officials to ignore MHA summons?

Chief secretary and DGP were asked to be present in New Delhi on December 14 in connection with the attack on BJP president JP Nadda’s motorcade last week

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Will Obama’s memoir help break global silence over Hindutva extremism?

AIKSCC Working group condemns and distances from V M Singh statement

Members criticised Singh’s unauthorised comment to the media regarding the farmers’ movement against the three anti-farmer-dubbed laws.

KPSS applauds relief granted to unemployed Kashmiri Pandit youth

J&K Services Selection Board grants get more time to apply for special employment scheme

Ode to Kisan: Artists pay homage to India’s farmers

India’s cultural world has become a treasure trove of protest art over the last two months as artists convey their support to farmers through their pieces.

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The Guardians of the Ballot: Supreme Court hearing the legality of executive primacy in ECI appointments

Across two days of intense legal arguments, the Supreme Court scrutinising the 2023 Act governing the appointment of Election Commissioners, as petitioners argued that replacing the Chief Justice of India with a Union Minister creates a "Home Umpire" system, while the Bench questioned the limits of parliamentary power, counsel warned that executive dominance over the "referee" of democracy threatens the basic structure of free and fair elections

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While emphasising gravity and custodial interrogation, Sessions Court order leans heavily on narrative of “organised influence”—raising concerns over evidentiary thresholds, criminalisation of religious interaction, and expansion of bail-stage reasoning

“Reasonable Apprehension of Bias Is Enough”: Telangana High Court orders CBCID probe into SI’s death, reasserts constitutional demand for investigative neutrality

In a sharply reasoned ruling, the Court holds that when police investigate their own, fairness cannot merely exist—it must be demonstrable, credible, and constitutionally defensible

“Obnoxious and Caste-Coloured”: Supreme Court strikes down Odisha bail orders mandating cleaning work, declares them void

Acting on suo-moto proceedings triggered by media reports, the Court condemns “degrading” bail conditions imposed on Dalit and Adivasi accused, warns against judicial overreach, and reinforces that liberty cannot be conditioned on humiliation or caste-based labour

Caged Voices, Silenced Truths: FSC’s expansive indictment of India’s press freedom crisis

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

Systematic Exclusion: Caste-based atrocities across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, MP, and UP

A spate of anti-Dalit incidents—from a youth killed over leftover food in Amreli to a suspicious death after an inter-caste relationship in Tamil Nadu, and social boycotts in Khargone—also includes temple bans and clashes over Dalit wedding processions

May Day Dramatised

When Safdar Hashmi wrote a play on the centenary of May Day, 1986.