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Rejected as Voter, also denied a Passport? Here is how ‘New India’ deals with exclusion complaints under SIR: Former editor, Telegraph, R Rajagopal
The pithy, non-indulgant factual ‘note’ by the former editor of Telehraph, Kolkatta who is revered for his unique headlines for the newspaper, generated heat and waves over the week-end even as an utterly compromised and non-responsive administration watched on. R. Rajagopal penned this even as he informed the Prem Bhatia Journalism award that he was resigning from the Jury due to his acute disenchantment with the media profession.
Pegasus Snoopgate: RS MP, Journalists move SC for court monitored probe
Reports of alleged snooping of human rights activists, politicians and journalists, using Israeli spyware Pegasus, surfaced one day before the monsoon session
Centre justifies withholding names of UAPA detainees citing “national interest”
MHA admits that Delhi Police arrested 9 people under UAPA last year, but refuses to disclose names
Nearly 50,000 atrocity cases registered under SC/ST Act in 2019: Centre
The conviction rate meanwhile howers at a mere 10 percent as per submission by the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment before the Rajya Sabha
Bhima Koregaon case: Anand Teltumbde, Gautam Navalakha, Vernon Gonsalves seek interim bail
The three accused have moved the Special Court praying for temporary release citing age and susceptibility to Covid-19
Indian children grossly underweight or stunted across Indian states
41 percent children underweight in Bihar, 46 percent stunted in Manipur between 2019 to 2020 as per Centre's submission during the ongoing monsoon session; Centre could provide data only for 22 States and Union Territories
Kisan Sansad: Farmers reject APMC Bypass Act
Dismissing the law as one that caters to big corporations, farmers demanded that the Indian Parliament do the same
Justice for Stan Swamy! Drenched supporters carry on his legacy
Ranchi citizens denounce custodial death of Father Stan, demand scrapping of draconian laws
No evidence of conspiracy against me: Ishrat Jahan to Delhi court
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High Court is parents patriae, father of deceased Fr Stan Swamy: Mihir Desai
The senior counsel was urging the court to ensure a just enquiry into the death of the activist Jesuit priest
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Rejected as Voter, also denied a Passport? Here is how ‘New India’ deals with exclusion complaints under SIR: Former editor, Telegraph, R Rajagopal
The pithy, non-indulgant factual ‘note’ by the former editor of Telehraph, Kolkatta who is revered for his unique headlines for the newspaper, generated heat and waves over the week-end even as an utterly compromised and non-responsive administration watched on. R. Rajagopal penned this even as he informed the Prem Bhatia Journalism award that he was resigning from the Jury due to his acute disenchantment with the media profession.
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