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Workers Cry for Justice!

The latest issue (dated April 25, 2026) of the popular magazine ‘Frontline’ has an incisive article entitled, ‘What Noida’s worker strikes tell us about the Labour Codes’ broken promise’....

Professor G N Saibaba tests Covid-19 positive in Nagpur jail

His wife, human rights activist AS Vasantha Kumari has demanded his release and treatment at a private hospital equipped to handle his comorbidities 

Spent nearly 8 crores on busting “farm law myths”: Centre informs Rajya Sabha

The Agriculture Minister said that the Government has incurred a huge amount to create awareness related to the new farm laws

SC rejects Shaheen Bagh review plea, rules Right to Protest cannot happen ‘anytime’

 The top court held that the Shaheen Bagh judgment is not erroneous, hence needs no reconsideration

Karnataka villagers detained for protesting quarrying project

Residents said that the local administration had failed to ensure protection of villagers' property and well-being. They demanded due compensation from the company and authorities.

SKM condemns Centre’s insensitivity towards farmers deaths

Farmer leaders denounced the Centre’s comment stating that it does not intend to compensate martyred farmers

Inter-caste couples can now choose their children’s caste

Tamil Nadu Government stops issuing class-based community certificates to such children of ‘Inter-caste’ couples

Multiple FIRs being used to intimidate Sohrabuddin case witnesses?

Five FIRs registered against Raman Patel since August last year

We won’t back down until Centre repeals laws: North Indian farmers

As protests outside Punjab and Delhi intensify, farmers clarify that they are prepared to agitate indefinitely until the three farm laws are repealed.

Bihar Covid data fudged: Opposition demands inquiry

Indian Express investigation reveals authorities recorded fake names and mobile numbers entered for test subjects, in purported bid to meet deadlines

Karnal Jail cites Covid-protocol, prevents Nodeep from meeting family 

Lawyers to move Punjab and Haryana High Court for bail next week for the Dalit labour rights activist

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Acting on suo-moto proceedings triggered by media reports, the Court condemns “degrading” bail conditions imposed on Dalit and Adivasi accused, warns against judicial overreach, and reinforces that liberty cannot be conditioned on humiliation or caste-based labour

Caged Voices, Silenced Truths: FSC’s expansive indictment of India’s press freedom crisis

On World Press Freedom Day 2026, the Free Speech Collective (FSC) assembles a powerful, deeply layered account of repression, incarceration, and systemic silencing—centring the stories of jailed journalists Rupesh Kumar Singh and Irfan Mehraj to expose the widening fault lines in India’s democratic promise

Systematic Exclusion: Caste-based atrocities across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, MP, and UP

A spate of anti-Dalit incidents—from a youth killed over leftover food in Amreli to a suspicious death after an inter-caste relationship in Tamil Nadu, and social boycotts in Khargone—also includes temple bans and clashes over Dalit wedding processions

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Delhi: Ayaan Saifi, a 16-year old, stabbed to death in nation’s capital on April 30

Man stabbed in Trilokpuri: While media focusses on the just concluded state polls, and television channels turn the other way, two media outlets, The Tribune and Observer Post report the stabbing of 19 year old Ayaan Saifi on April 30

UP: Women protest installation of prepaid smart electricity metres in several districts

At least ten districts of Uttar Pradesh have witnessed widespread women led protests against the hasty, untested installation of pre-paid smart metres that women claim have been programmed to run fast to “inflate” electricity bills

As lynchings “normalise” in ‘New India, a Bihar imam is ‘thrashed, pushed’ from train to die in Bareilly

While the incident reportedly took place on April 26, it took sectional media and social media coverage for the Bareilly police to finally admit that the beating to death of Maulana Tausif Raza Manzari was a targeted attack, not an accident on May 1; his wife provided details of a call to her from the dead cleric where he narrated he was under attack