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Censorship Broken: Naseeruddin Shah speaks on the Urdu language at Kalina, Mumbai & recites from its rich poetry
Mumbai for Peace organised its first event, Preet Nagar, under the series ‘Lectures That Needed to Happen’ on February 28, 2026
Chorus grows for Hidme Markam’s release
A year after Markam’s arrest, Adivasis still haven’t seen a legitimate warrant for the activist’s imprisonment
UP Assembly Elections: Farmers dealt a mighty blow to the BJP in some constituencies
The BJP won with an overall majority, but suffered greatly in farmer-dominated areas; 'Vote ki Chot' not entirely ineffective
UP Assembly Elections: Lakhimpur Kheri witness allegedly attacked by BJP goons celebrating victory
Victim Diljot Singh said that his assailants threatened to kill all witnesses, following the BJP’s Assembly election victory
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UP: Insufficient nutrition packages cause rift between anganwadis and community
Union of Anganwadi workers urges the state government to supply adequate nutrition and resolve the conflict
UP elections: ECI data indicates enthusiastic voter turnout in the farming community
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Who is lobbying to get activist actor Chetan Kumar deported to the US?
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SKM demands justice for West Bengal and Odisha Adivasis
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Censorship Broken: Naseeruddin Shah speaks on the Urdu language at Kalina, Mumbai & recites from its rich poetry
Mumbai for Peace organised its first event, Preet Nagar, under the series ‘Lectures That Needed to Happen’ on February 28, 2026
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Temple Leases, Food Morality: Rajasthan’s new Panchayat order
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Rights
66 Deaths in 13 Months: Uproar in Chhattisgarh Assembly by opposition over prison conditions and custodial accountability
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Rule of Law
Bail Granted, Freedom Denied: Madhya Pradesh High Court upholds detention of Bangladeshi woman citing “international scenario”
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Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
JNU Students Lathi-charged, Injured, first detained during protest over V-C remarks, UGC Equity guidelines, now Jailed
Fourteen of hundreds of protesting students from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) were sent to Tihar Jail on Friday, February 27 after a late night brutal lathi charge by the Delhi police on February 26, attacking a student protest and long march aimed to march towards the Ministry of Education; protesters were demanding the resignation of Vice Chancellor (VC) JNU Ms Pandit who had made derogative remarks against Dalits and Blacks recently
