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‘Wherever You Go, We are watching’: Second threat letter to Kashmiri Pandits

After the first letter exposed employees’ phone numbers, a second communication reportedly reveals residential addresses, putting the security of returning Kashmiri Pandits under renewed scrutiny

Desire for scoring political brownie points greater than need to control Covid-19 in Delhi?

BJP and AAP busy claiming credit for sundry protocols and rollbacks even as national capital overtakes Mumbai as coronavirus capital of India

Green Nobel winner Prafulla Samantara protests against ‘undeclared emergency’ of Union government

Samantara and other activists observed ‘Black Emergency Day’ and wrote to the President to direct the release of rights activists booked under false charges

Remembering Amalendu Bandopadhyay

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NAPM demands that Centre immediately revoke the commercial auction of 41 coal blocks

Last week, PM Modi had opened up 41 coal blocks for commercial mining, with many of the coal sites being in fragile, eco-sensitive regions

Can there ever be an ulterior motive when serving a langar: D.S Bindra

The lawyer-activist who has been sent a notice and questioned in the Ratan Lal murder investigation, by the Delhi Police says he is not scared

Ahmedabad Jagannath Temple head priest upset with Guj HC decision against holding the yatra

He accused that the temple committee hadn’t received any official news of the stay order else it would have approached the court

Covid-19 cases spike in Ahmedabad’s posh West Zone, residents cry foul

Residents of Sachin Tower in the West Zone have alleged that the government put them under micro-containment based on rumours spread on social media

Covid-19 ‘cure’: Patanjali only had licence to make ‘immune booster’, not ‘medicine’

Ramdev and Balkrishna now share ‘receipt of documents' as a validation of claims, even as controversy rages on

Non-migrant Kashmiri Pandit, a pariah

Don't abandon the non-migrant KP as a pariah. Otherwise, he will pack up and leave. That would be the final migration of KPs from the Valley.

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‘Wherever You Go, We are watching’: Second threat letter to Kashmiri Pandits

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The State Wants the Delete Button: India’s new architecture of digital censorship

Nearly 1.95 lakh blocking directions in five months raise urgent questions about transparency, due process and the constitutional limits of government control over online speech

Punjab SIR draft roll published; 20 lakh electors marked ASDD, claims open till September 12

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When Faith Becomes a Licence for Control: The 2026 Kanwar yatra, violence, vigilantism and the politics of meat

From attacks on vehicles and commuters to the targeting of Muslim-owned businesses and meat shops, the 2026 pilgrimage raises urgent questions about vigilantism, selective policing and the State's accommodation of majoritarian demands