South Asia

In continuance of its assault on constitutional rights, the Constitution itself and a rights based framework in rural work, the Modi 3.0 government’s introduction of a Bill to replace the MGNREGA 2005 twenty years later negates the basic concept and approach of a robust demand driven law

A week after being brutally attacked in Nawada, Mohammad Athar Hussain succumbed to his injuries, leaving behind unanswered questions on accountability, identity-based violence, and justice

The party showcases nearly 6 crore signatures as part of its campaign against vote chori; senior leaders stated that vote theft is an attack on Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Constitution, and accuse the BJP-RSS of standing with untruth and power; INC mobilises thousands of party workers at Delhi’s Ramlila Ground on December 15

Langa has been in Sabarmati jail for over 14 months

As the horrific news of Sunday’s Bondi Beach terror attack at which two gunmen, a father-son duo killed those at a Jewish Celebration; Reuters reported that while the Police did not release the shooters' names, but said the father had held a firearms license since 2015 and had six registered weapons; they were however identified as Sajid Akram and his son Naveed Akram by state broadcaster ABC and other local media outlets. A fruit seller hero, identified by 7News as 43 year-old Ahmed al-Ahmed, a bystander fruit-seller

Ayesha or Samreen, Maharashtra’s Muslim women widows of hate crimes live abandoned by family and society, haunted by questions to which neither state nor society provides healing or answers

Complaint states that Ojing Tasing’s remarks amount to coercion of voters, distortion of democratic process, and unconstitutional use of state power