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Assam: Bill on Uniform Civil Code (UCC), a partisan act?
The Assam Government will introduce the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill in the State Legislative Assembly on May 26, 2026
Karnataka’s Brahmins can get caste and income certificates, avail 10 percent EWS benefits
Karnataka State Brahmin Development Board had been set up before 2018 Assembly elections, by JD(S)-Congress govt
Release Varavara Rao, 146 scholars tell Indian Govt
Well known academics from all over the world have written to the Modi Govt to release Poet Varavara Rao, a political prisoner since 2018 who is precariously ill
Zakir Naik Showcases the Rot within Islamic Theology
Image Courtesy:economictimes.indiatimes.comFor the Rwala Bedouins of Northern Arabia, heaven...
Covid 19 and furthering of sectarian agenda in education
Chapters on human rights and secularism deleted from curriculum
They abused us, asked us to worship their idols: Christians attacked in UP
Vikash a young Christian preacher recalls how he recently escaped from a right wing mob in Azamgarh
Three suspected Bangladeshi cattle-smugglers lynched in Assam
Second such incident in Karimganj, near the Bangladesh border, since June 1 this year
Man accused of killing Bulandshahr cop, gets plum role to run PM’s welfare campaign
Insp Subodh Kumar Singh was killed in mob violence, on December 3, 2018. Key accused Shikar Agarwal now appointed campaign ‘Mahamantri”
Why is the Ashok Gehlot Govt invoking Sedition law in Rajasthan?
MLAs are public servants, and they can be prosecuted for such offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act, says PUCL
Did Labour Ministry delete its paper on Gov’t ban on asbestos mining and use?
Paper was presented at India-EU Seminar 2011, but asbestos still used for for making Amphan, Covid-19 shelters, says Toxics Watch Alliance
Only political vendetta can explain Varavara Rao’s incarceration
The revolutionary poet contracted Covid-19 while in jail facing trumped up charges like 'waging war against the nation'
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