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SKM calls for scrapping SIR, removal of Gyanesh Kumar and restoration of voting rights
Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) sent a memorandum to the President demanding restoration of voting rights for 13.41 crore citizens, electoral reforms and action over alleged police violence against students, women journalists and protesters
Legal Services Day: Where do we stand on free legal aid?
As November 9 is commemorated as National Legal Services Day every year, the question of access to legal aid to the marginalised and disadvantaged classes arises
Bihar farmers lose out on 2020’s maize crop boom
Despite hunger strikes and appeals to the local officials, Bihar farmers received no compensation for the lockdown-induced poor performance of the maize crop
Will the firecracker ban go up in smoke, come Diwali?
Delhi-NCR, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Odisha and Karnataka have banned selling, bursting firecrackers to curb severe air pollution
Stop raids against, police harassment of Dr. Zafarul Islam Khan: Front Line Defenders
Allegations are baseless, construed to intimidate, silence, punish human rights defenders who speak out
You will either go to hospital or crematorium: Dilip Ghosh
Bengal BJP stoops to new low as state party chief openly threatens TMC workers
Hathras arrest: Union moves SC to allow journalist to talk to family, lawyers
The plea states that the KUWJ’s request to interact with the detainee was rejected by Mathura’s CJM
Bihar Elections: Exit polls predict neck-and-neck fight
Day before counting, Tejashwi Yadav’s chances look good; high voter turnout among women
Wheelchair-bound paralysed prisoner GN Saibaba was on a hunger strike for 10 days!
Family was not informed, he called and told them after Nagpur Jail authorities convinced him to end the protest
US and India must learn from MLK and Gandhi, end the politics of hate
People of colour, indigenous people and Muslims continue to face discrimination and othering
Amit Shah’s epic faux pas in West Bengal!
First his minions misidentified a statue as that of Adivasi leader as Birsa Munda, then they placed a picture of Munda at the feet of the statue for Shah to garland!
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SKM calls for scrapping SIR, removal of Gyanesh Kumar and restoration of voting rights
Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) sent a memorandum to the President demanding restoration of voting rights for 13.41 crore citizens, electoral reforms and action over alleged police violence against students, women journalists and protesters
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
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Family had reportedly complained to school management about caste-based taunts over food choices; headmaster, teacher and two students booked
India
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CJP leaders Saurav Das, Ashutosh Ranka released on ₹50,000 bonds, undertake not to call protests at Jantar Mantar
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India
Who controls access to voter records? ECINet audit raises fresh questions
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Rule of Law
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