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Citizens and Civil Society Groups Issue Urgent Appeal to Halt Escalating Violence in Manipur
On June 26, 2026, coinciding with the 51st commemoration of India’s Political Emergency, 112 prominent citizens and civil society representatives issued an urgent appeal demanding an immediate end to...
ECI issues notice to BJP party, and not the star campaigner himself, over alleged hate speech delivered by PM Modi, seeks response by 11...
The constitutional authority has forwarded complaints sent by Congress, CPI and CPI (ML), all of which had criticised the communal and inflammatory words used by PM MODI during election speech in Rajasthan in contravention to the election laws
Hindutva slogans soar in Leicester, has communal hatred been exported overseas?
England’s Leicester once again witnesses shades of Hindutva during a Ram Navami rally where slogans of Jai Sri Ram were heard with loud support for a ‘Hindu Rashtra’.
India: Has the issue of poverty & deprivation been eliminated or side-lined from the discourse?
The Modi government has found the most remarkable achievement...
When your past comes back to haunt you: Hindu Mahasabha & Muslim League
How Hindutva Parivar's 'ideological ancestors' supported the British & Muslim League against Indians
Karnataka: Thirumavalavan’s VCK, state unit, declares support for Congress in three crucial seats
The fiery and militant Tamil Nadu based party formed originally in 1989, following the path of the Dalit Panthers in the state, is contesting three seats in Karnataka with a heavy Tamil population: Bengaluru Rural, Bengaluru South and Kolar; with this announcement, the chances for the Indian National Congress in these seats improve
Defeat BJP, bring in a secular democratic government: AIKS
Ensure victory of left and democratic Forces, ensure pro-farmer, pro-worker policies urges a press note by the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS)
Uttarakhand: Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rajni Rawat accused of attacking trans woman Nisha Chauhan, second instance of abuse reported in one year
Nisha, who had been granted police protection by the Uttarakhand High Court and had previously registered an FIR against Rajni, states that the assault and attempt to murder was over begging territory issues, accused state authorities to be in cahoots with the BJP leader
Maharashtra: Save Constitution & Democracy, Dalit Ambedkarites unite, declare support to MVA
In a significant move announced to the media on Monday, over four dozen Dalit Ambedkarite organisations have declared their open support to the Maha Vikas Aghadi in the state, eschewing vote division and isolating Prakash Ambedkar’s Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi. The newly formed Progressive Republican Party (PRP) has also called to other Dalit organisations to step down from independent poll battles, giving priority to the survival of the Constitution and Democracy itself. This is the Call given through this press conference.
Manipur, Arunachal repoll, April 22: High voter turnout in Manipur, 73.05 % till 3 p.m.
Hours after the Congress demanding repolling in 47 booths in the conflict-ridden state on April 20, alleging that booths were captured and Elections were rigged, the ECI had ordered a repoll in 11 booths of the state; Incidents of firing, intimidation, destruction of EVMs at some polling stations and allegations of booth capturing were reported from conflict-hit Manipur on the scheduled day of the first round of poll on April 19
Bringing together fact-finding reports on Manipur, a commitment to conflict-ridden Manipur
An edited compendium of five varied fact-finding reports is released in Mumbai and Delhi on April 18: with the bitter Manipur ethnic conflict almost a year old and the complicity of the state and union governments clear, the effort is to draw attention, again to the fall out and consequence and renew cries for substantive justice
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This clarification from the Maharashtra State Council of Examination (MSCE) came days after the council’s directive for the June 28 examination; the initial instructions stated that candidates will not be allowed to wear items such as dupattas, burqas, masks and caps inside examination centres which triggered a debate among teachers and various social groups
Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
Lucknow: Caste hierarchies & contract labour exploitation among sanitation workers
Sanitation accused their supervisor of coercion, wage manipulation and caste-based abuse, alleging that workers are being pressured to surrender a recently approved ₹2,000 wage increase while being denied entitled leave. The allegations reflect the broader vulnerabilities faced by sanitation workers in Uttar Pradesh, which has recorded the highest number of sewer and septic tank deaths in India since 2017
Rights
From Protest to Petition: Maharashtra’s Public Safety Act in the dock
After months of state-wide protests, thousands of objections and sustained civil society opposition, Maharashtra's controversial security law now faces a constitutional challenge before the Bombay High Court
Communal Organisations
51st Anniversary of Emergency in India: While the RSS supported the Emergency, it now ruthlessly presides over an ‘undeclared Emergency’
The RSS shakha, well documented for its recounting of a manipulated history has, over past decades laid claims to being part of the wider democratic struggle against the Emergency; archival documents from independent sources, civil servants and writers, as also its own archive clearly document otherwise.
Minorities
When the State Valued a Desecrated Grave at Rs 100: The Mathura cemetery controversy
The reported desecration of graves in a century-old Muslim cemetery in Mathura raises troubling questions about dignity, religious freedom and state accountability
India
To Karnataka’s Anti-SIR Movement: A note of caution and concern
While efforts have been afoot in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh by civil rights groups and people’s movements to ensure inclusion of the maximum number of eligible voters under the ongoing, expanded, SIR process. The author argues how these efforts may come to naught, given the structural issues involved: a compromised ECI, rushed timelines and the unlawful and rigid document-test for citizenship. In fact, robust efforts in Kerala, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu where similar efforts were made also came to naught.
Minorities
After Akbar Ali Mondal’s Killing, Pani Sol’s Hawkers Ask: How Will We Survive?
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