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After the entire world said “Never Again!” post-World War II, and signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 – can the world’s people afford World War III?
Ex-CBI Chief Ashwini Kumar found dead in Shimla
He was found hanging by his family in what is being perceived as death by suicide
Contemporary artists raise key questions about freedom of speech and expression
Artists Poojan Sahil and Vijay Pandey talk about protest culture, current government and dissent in India.
UP government gives in, decides against privatising electricity sector
Government relents to the pressure from electricity employees and engineers who opposed privatisation of electricity distribution.
Bihar elections: No ticket for ‘dabang’ Ex-DGP ‘Robinhood’ Pandeyji
Epic snub to Gupteshwar Pandey who took voluntary retirement from the Indian Police Service, to join politics, hopefully as Janata Dal (United) candidate
Rajasthan PUCL defends free speech of local journalists
The people’s organisation demanded that the state stay complaints against two journalists arrested recently on trumped up charges of spreading 'fake news'
Countrywide protest in support of socially backward sections on October 13!
CITU, AIKS and AIAWU call for nationwide strike in light of growing violence against marginalised sections.
Muslim journalist, 3 others arrested near Hathras, booked under sedition law
The four were arrested on Monday when they were driving down from Delhi to Hathras
Are Brahmins and Thakurs of Uttar Pradesh above the law now?
Threats were issued on camera, and community meetings called 'Rashtriya Savarn Parishad' or national ‘upper caste’ council also held
Art and activism are complementary endeavours: Bhawana and Smish
Women digital artists talk about the inspiration for their political artwork and discuss how artists can do their bit in expressing dissent.
Indian Civil Society is being Murdered!
CIVICUS report slams India for judicial harassment of activists, journalists, and protesters
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World
STOP the War, NOW!
After the entire world said “Never Again!” post-World War II, and signed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 – can the world’s people afford World War III?
Minorities
Sambhal, UP: ASI has no records to prove that Shahi Jama Masjid was built after demolishing earlier structure
Belying the majoritarian hysteria and attacks on Sambhal’s Mosque and the Muslim minority living in the western UP town, the Archaeological Survey of India has told the Central Information Commission that it does not have any records indicating whether the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal was constructed after demolishing any earlier structure or on vacant land, nor does it have documents identifying the landowner at the time of its construction. Previously, a “commission” appointed by the Sambhal district court has reportedly said in its 2024 report that symbols associated with Hinduism had been found at Sambhal’s Shahi Jama Masjid, protected by the ASI since 1920!
Communalism
Bidar, Karnataka: Two school teachers assaulted in Karnataka’s Bidar, triggering communal tensions
Two accused, unnamed by the police attacked two Muslim teachers at Basavakalyan in Karnataka’s Bidar district leading to widespread protests by the community
India
India: Left at the forefront, opposition & people protests US-Israel attacks on Iran
Widespread demonstrations and protests broke out all over India at the US and Israel’s strikes against Iran, actions that clearly violated international law; Iran and the US were in the midst of negotiations and dialogue when the US-led by President Donald Trump launched strikes on Saturday February 28
Rights
Censorship Broken: Naseeruddin Shah speaks on the Urdu language at Kalina, Mumbai & recites from its rich poetry
Mumbai for Peace organised its first event, Preet Nagar, under the series ‘Lectures That Needed to Happen’ on February 28, 2026
Communalism
The Erosion of Equal Protection: Constitutional attrition and State apathy in targeted attacks on Kashmiri vendors across the states
Systemic 2025 and early 2026 vigilantism and attacks against Kashmiri sellers, fuelled by religious profiling and hateful propaganda, dismantles the constitutional "bedrock" of Articles 19(1)(d) and (g), by substituting "reasonable restrictions" with mob-enforced exoduses, these acts subvert state authority and corrode public morality
Politics
Temple Leases, Food Morality: Rajasthan’s new Panchayat order
The recent decision by the BJP-led government in Rajasthan of granting land parcels to temples, moreover those controlled by Brahmins and Banias, and further making it “mandatory” for meat shops to obtain NOCs from the local Panchayat, privileges caste elites and food choices while also being fundamentally exclusionary