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Manmohan Singh Posthumous Exoneration
There is an old saying that courts pronounce judgments, but history delivers the final verdict. Every now and then, however, history requires the assistance of a court to set...
Free speech “eroding”: report details 137 incidents of free speech violations in the past 4 months
A report by the Free Speech Collective has warned about losing “last remaining” space for free speech as it notes that a huge number of free speech violations have taken place between January - April 2024.
Manipur: a year on, thousands of lives disrupted but the conflict continues
As Manipur’s ethnic conflict reaches a year since it started last summer, not much has changed in the state, violence rages on as people suffer in relief camps with little medicine, food, or privacy.
April: CJP’s hate watch campaign analyses several hate incidents reported across the country in the last week
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From Sakshi Maharaj’s circumlocutory jibe at Muslims producing “40 children” to children asking those who do not chant Jai Shree Ram to leave the country, we track and analyse several such instances in this piece for our Hate Watch campaign.
How safe is my vote? A detailed look back at the EVM-VVPAT controversy in India
The Supreme Court in its latest judgement on April 26 dismissed the petition seeking 100% VVPAT paper trail verification with EVM votes; Court however introduced changes in the existing electoral process to make it more accountable
Urban Naxal to Amit Shah, AAP Bharuch candidate tops ADR Gujarat criminal cases list
Refusing to go beyond the data released by the...
From the farm to the poll booth, the BJP has lost farmer trust
Rajasthan, UP, Punjab, Haryana and Maharashtra, simmer with farmers’ anger as polling dates for other states in the northern belt come closer.
Inheritance Tax-Beyond the rhetoric
As Union Home Minister Amit Shah vehemently defends his...
RSS & BJP have already caused enough damage: In conversation with path-breaking novelist Devanur Mahadevan
A Dalit writer, he became an important figure in the Bandaya literary movement of the 1970s. This movement, led by emerging Dalit writers, employed prose and poetry to voice and confront social injustices. Amidst a growing right-wing influence in recent years, Mahadeva stands out as a steadfast critic, consistently opposing acts of oppression.
Why is Ladakh Protesting?
Elections to this carved out Union Territory (UT) are scheduled for the fifth phase on May 20 along with Baramulla, while the other seats in the Jammu & Kashmir UT vote(d) on April 19 (Udhampur), April 26 (Jammu), Anantnag (May 7) and Srinagar (May 13)
Manipur: Blast leaves 2 CRPF men dead at outpost, polls marred by allegations
The death of two CRPF men in a blast has led to a sharp exchange between Kuki, tribal and Meitei organisations revealing the depth of the ethnic divide, even as the second days’ of polling on April 26 was marred by allegations of violence, tampering and bias
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