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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.

Father Stan Swamy passes away waiting for bail

The ailing human rights defender was put on ventilator support on Saturday, and suffered a cardiac arrest early morning on Monday

4,000 Adivasis, Charged as ‘Naxals in Jails of Jharkand

“4000 Adivasis, charged as ‘naxals’, are in the jails...

Let Us Act to Save Common Village Lands of Jharkand: A Constitutional Plea

Can Govt Give Away ‘Common Village Land’ to Industrialists...

Who is responsible for Extremism or Naxalism?

Supreme Court says: ‘Indian State, with its blinkered vision...

I raise my voice for Adivasis, am I a Traitor?

(This piece authored by Fr Stan Swamy was originally...

The institutional murder of Father Stan Swamy

It was just minutes past 1 P.M today (1.14 P.M), Monday July 5, that Father Stan Swamy, 84-year-old fiery Jesuit priest, suffering not just from Parkinson’s Disease but also Covid-19 virus, breathed his last

Conspicuous silence of political parties on OBC reservation issues in the North

How it is important to remember leaders like VP Singh for their commitment to creating a more equal India

How do casteism, bigotry continue to thrive in IITs?

A death allegedly by suicide, a resignation that exposes caste-based discrimination; happenings at IIT Madras are a sign of a deeper problem

SKM files FIR against BJP goons for disrupting Ghazipur protest site

After seven months of protest, farmers face harassment in the form of censorship and even physical violence

MLA, HRD Akhil Gogoi to walk free, NIA court discharges him in last UAPA case

Gogoi, who has been in jail since December 2019, is likely to walk free, clear of all terror charges

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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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