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Protest decision of Union Government to Scrap 11% Import Duty on Raw Cotton: AIKS

The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) has called upon all farmers to launch an intense agitation against the Modi government

Mob Violence in Manipur: An Aberration or an Erosion of Syncretism?

Cover Image Credits : E-PAOThe brutal mob lynching of...

Slashes in Education due to Iniquitous WTO-GATS Regime? No, says Modi Government

Among the debates in education --and given the slashes...

Bastar Black Out: Human Rights Defenders Under Threat

Freedom of expression is being throttled in Chhattisgarh as...

80 Years and Fighting: All India Kisan Sabha in Today’s Moments of Agrarian Distress

  Godavari Parulekar was elected the first woman president of...

Dongria Tribals Gherao Police Station over Leader’s arrest

Image: orissapost.com Over two hundred Dongria Kandhs belonging to 12...

Attempts to Kidnap Tribal Rights Leader Prafulla Samantara Foiled, Allegations of Corporate Crime

  Human Rights Defender, Prafulla Samantara, President, of the  Lok...

No POSCO Plant in Odisha, Boon or Loss?

UPDATE: March 9, 2016POSCO’s Submission in the National Green...

Saffronisation Thrust in ICHR Continues Undeterred

  Undeterred and unabashed, premier institutes of historical learning and...

ALERT Anti Mining Activist Beaten and Tortured n Custody in Goa

Human Rights Groups across the country have issued an...

Film Makers, Writers, Cultural Personalities and Activists Demand Release of Deba Ranjan Sarangi

UPDATE:More than 500 Renowned film makers, writers ,artistes  and...

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In the case of Wikimedia v. ANI Media Private Limited & Ors. the apex court reaffirmed free speech and restrained a Delhi High Court order that was held, on examination to be disproportionate