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Arunachal’s anti-dam protests intensify as arrests, militarisation and threats to press freedom fail to silence resistance
Communities resisting the proposed 11,200 MW project fear the loss of ancestral land, livelihoods and cultural heritage, with activists detained under the APUAPA
NRC related panic claims another life in Bengal
Folk singer, found hanging in Jalpaiguri. Family suspects he...
Anti-CAB protests intensify in Assam
The bill to amend the Citizenship Act will be tabled in the Lok Sabha on December 9 and will be taken up for debate, the next day. The ruling government had already declared that the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) will be passed by the Parliament by December 10.
CAB meets with staunch criticism, opposition in RS determined
The Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), 2019 –though not yet tabled in Parliament—has met with a staunch opposition from parties across the spectrum. It is slated to be tabled next week
What criminals could not achieve has now been legitimised by the Court: December 6
The author visited Ayodhya one month after the demolition...
GOI relents to Parliament pressure, will consider legal provisions against lynching
Sabrang India has been reporting on the questions raised by the Members of Parliament and the answers given by the ruling government in response. It has been observed that the question about the government’s intention on introducing a law against lynching has been asked 13 times in the Parliament until now.
Protests break out against CAB, 2019
Pune to Kolkata, Delhi to Mumbai and Lucknow, protests from a variety of Citizens groups and organisations have broken out over the brazen attempt at partisan citizenship : Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019
Karnataka bye elections to determine BJP’s fate in the state
Bye polls were conducted in 15 assembly constituencies on Thursday.Counting will take place on December 9.
PM’s Mum, Ministers bluff & bluster: Chidambaram on the state of India’s economy
A dignified comeback after 106 days incarceration, former finance minister PC Chidambaram slams the Modi govt on the state of India’s economy
Foot in the door? SC agrees to hear ADR’s plea seeking stay on disputable electoral bonds scheme
A bench led by the CJI SA Bobde has agreed to hear the plea by ADR in January
Systematic crackdown on critics in India: CIVICUS Monitor
India’s global rating downgraded to ‘repressed’, in same bracket as Brunei, Nigeria and Madagascar.
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Delhi SIR: Public audit finds 416 of 1,236 deleted voters still at their registered addresses
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