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7,000 farmers and workers rally in Maharashtra as drought deepens agrarian crisis
With 265 of Maharashtra’s 358 talukas declared drought-affected, protesters in Akole demand immediate crop-loss compensation, insurance payouts and loan waivers
UP Congress minority cell launches campaign for Dr. Kafeel Khan’s release
The door-to-door campaign will run till August 12 and see massive mobilisation of the minority community
San Francisco passes resolution opposing discriminatory CAA, NRC and NPR
The resolution was passed unanimously and stated that the CAA, NRC and NPR would create a massive refugee and health crisis
Another explosion at Baghjan oil well injures three foreign experts
The explosion reportedly took place while the Baghjan oil well capping operations were underway
54 of 229 sitting Rajya Sabha MPs have criminal cases against them: ADR
A financial background analysis of the sitting RS MPs also showed that the average assets MPs analysed are Rs. 62.67 crores
Is this the “Ram Rajya” promised by the BJP: Congress attacks UP govt
Politics, attempts of communalising journalist’s Vikram Joshi’s murder, expose the state yet again
What’s going to happen to CAA now?
Deadline to fix rules for implementation of the act lapses at it has been over 6-months since the passage of the act and issue of notification
GN Saibaba should be shifted to hospital before it’s too late: NPRD
National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled seeks National Human Rights Commission’s urgent intervention
HRDA India exposes UP Police’s tactics to muzzle voice of human rights defender Raja Bhaiyya
The HRD had allegedly worked with an Aaj Tak journalist to expose how women were being sexually exploited in the Karwi mines in UP
Odisha villagers burn couple after accusing them of practicing ‘black magic’
In another incident in the state, a woman was forcibly fed pig excreta by a sorcerer who tried to exorcise her
Stunned, speechless and ashamed: Lalita Ramdas reacts to NIA comments on Varavara Rao
NIA told Bombay High Court that Rao is trying to take undue advantage of Covid-19 and his old age to seek bail
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India
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