Email: sabrangind@gmail.com
Healthcare in Karnataka: Is a Health Bill the Need of the Hour?
The Karnataka Janaarogya Chaluvali (Karnataka People’s Health Movement/Struggle) has written a strong critique of the draft Karnataka Right to Health and Emergency Medical Services Bill 2025, questioning its rationale and orientation; the critique points how this draft has been mostly borrowed from the Rajasthan Right to Health Act (2022). Besides, says KJC, while some activists in Karnataka have been clamoring for a replication of the Rajasthan Right to Health Act, this demand has been made without investing too much thought into whether this is what Karnataka requires
Bom HC directs state to follow ICMR guidelines in temporary prisons; asks to adopt random testing
The bench headed by the Chief Justice dealt with many issues pertaining to health of prisoners in the light of COVID19 and issued certain directions to ensure that guidelines of COVID19 are followed in prisons as well
Lalbaugcha Raja Ganeshotsav cancelled in wake of Covid-19 pandemic
Though some organizations have shown dismay over the decision, the Mandal has said that the decision has been taken for the safety of the people
Aligarh labourer allegedly beaten to death by hospital staff over non-payment of bills
The CCTV evidence in which the “scuffle” is visible has been recovered, SP (City) Aligarh, Abhishek said
Covid-19: Schools terminate contractual services, reduce teaching staff during lockdown
Schools say that non-payment of fees and no support of government have led them to take these decisions
Migrant Diaries: The story of Atiur Rehman
CJP Team -
“Not a penny in my pocket for three months, not a grain in my belly for three days before CJP helped me,” recalls a migrant worker from West Bengal
Unlock 2: Six things you can now do, by following proper protocol
Here's a closer look at how the government is lifting lockdown restrictions in the second phase
Begin Again: Citizens see red over Mumbai Police’s 2km travel radius restriction
Whoever violates the order will have vehicles impounded the police has said
DGCA extends ban on international flights till July 15
The civil aviation ministry also said that international scheduled flights may be allowed on a case-to-case basis
Madras HC orders Judicial Magistrate to conduct inquiry into alleged custodial deaths in Tuticorin
Father-son duo Jayaraj and Bennicks who were allegedly tortured by the police for violating lockdown norms, died four days after being taken into custody
Migrant Diaries: The story of Makar Behara
CJP Team -
“I didn’t go back home because I was scared of getting Covid-19 in the village quarantine centre,” says a skilled mason from Odisha who chose to stay on in Mumbai
Trending
Related VIDEOS
ALL STORIES
ALL STORIES
Education
TISS, Mumbai: When convocation gives way to caution
The abrupt postponement of TISS' annual convocation, reportedly amid fears of protests during Chief Justice Surya Kant's visit, reflects a growing tendency to suppress anticipated dissent rather than accommodate it
Rule of Law
The Citizenship Proof Paradox: Calcutta HC holds Aadhaar, Voter ID and PAN cannot prove citizenship, burden on detainee
The Court’s refusal to treat voter IDs, PAN cards, bank records and ancestral documents as proof of nationality highlights the widening gap between documentary recognition by the State and legal recognition of citizenship
Minorities
Khargone riots case collapses: Four years after Ram Navami violence, MP court acquits 11 accused, finds prosecution failed to establish guilt
A sessions court points to hostile witnesses, unexplained delays, lack of identification procedures and forensic inconsistencies; accused, all of whom who were Muslim, spent up to 827 days in jail
India
SIR Maharashtra: CEO details schedules for publication & verification of draft and final electoral rolls
Maharashtra, with 9,78,54,049 has electors which is the base figure for the re-examination of electoral rolls under the ongoing SIR; now the CEO Maharashtra has outlined a schedule detailing deadlines for enumeration, draft publication, claims and objections, verification, final electoral roll publication and post-publication correction procedures
India
Rajya Sabha passes Vande Mataram bill as NCRB data reveals high pendency, low convictions
While Parliament broadens the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, crime records show only 60 convictions from over 1,100 arrests between 2014 and 2024
Rights
The Supreme Court’s Uneasy Middle Path on Protest Policing
The July 28 interim order preserves evidence and contemplates an SIT, but leaves unresolved who should investigate when the police themselves stand accused