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One Death Every Few Days, Zero Accountability: Sanitation workers protest at Jantar Mantar

From disputed death figures to continuing caste-based labour, the Safai Karmachari Andolan says India's sewer deaths are not accidents but preventable killings enabled by state inaction

I did my duty as an Indian: Shyam Meera Singh on his removal from Aaj Tak

Despite the sudden termination notice due to Twitter comments against PM Modi, the journalist does not blame the India Today Group, but the government that forced ITG to take such a step

Why are so many people mourning Danish Siddiqui?

The photographs he took showed truth to power, and had empathy with the common man

Why was Dr. Anand Teltumbde denied bail by the NIA court?

The Special NIA court held that there was prima facie evidence against the Bhima Koregaon accused

Danish Siddiqui’s photojournalism captured the soul of the news

The Reuters photojournalist was killed while covering clashes between Afghan forces and Taliban in Kandahar

Deccan Herald apologises for Stan Swamy gaffe

A quiz that appeared in the paper’s July 15 edition had defamed Fr. Stan Swamy and labour rights activist Sudha Bharadwaj

Deccan Herald caught in sly attempt to malign Fr. Stan Swamy

Quiz published on July 15 attempts to defame him by insinuating he was linked to banned Maoist group

SKM people’s whip on MPs for repeal of three anti-farmer laws during the monsoon session!

Asserting the whip as a constitutional right, farmers said it is the duty of MPs to voice the concerns of their constituents.

Manipur activist jailed under NSA for Facebook post criticising BJP

Erendro Leichombam and journalist Kishorechandra Wangkhem have been booked under NSA for post against BJP leaders advocating cow dung as Covid cure

Why are Indians denied ex gratia compensation for Covid-19?

The Supreme Court considered this issue while dealing with two petitions seeking ex gratia compensation for families of those who succumbed to Covid-19 and other related relief

Thank you, dear Fr. Stan, you will live forever!

Human rights defender and brother priest of Fr. Stan Swamy, Fr. Cedric Prakash writes this letter thanking the departed Adivasi rights activist for the rich legacy he left behind

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One Death Every Few Days, Zero Accountability: Sanitation workers protest at Jantar Mantar

From disputed death figures to continuing caste-based labour, the Safai Karmachari Andolan says India's sewer deaths are not accidents but preventable killings enabled by state inaction

From Civil Registration to Identity Control: Parliament tightens India’s birth certificate regime without debate

A quiet amendment shifts delayed birth and death registrations from executive officers to judicial magistrates, further hardening India's identity regime while offering little evidence that the new barriers are necessary

‘Deportation Cannot Begin without Nationality Verification’: Union’s Rajubala affidavit clarifies legal limits on executive power

In an affidavit filed in the Rajubala Das case, the Union reaffirms that deportation requires nationality verification, travel documents and acceptance by the receiving State, while setting out the legal framework governing detention pending deportation

Brij Bhushan Acquittal: The system vs the wrestlers

Three years after their protest shook Indian sport, Vinesh Phogat and other wrestlers prepare for another legal battle over a verdict they reject