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Police detain Adivasi students for second day, force them out of Mumbai

Students who marched from Nashik are denied Azad Maidan protest, prevented from leaving Tilak Bhavan and forcefully transported out of the city

Farmers’ protest: SC issues notice on plea seeking reconstitution of Committee

The top court however, slammed the submissions made by Farmers' Union for maligning and branding the committee members as biased

To be food secure, India must grow its own food grains: JNU professors

Professors Utsa and Prabhat Patnaik talk about the impact of India’s food security schemes and the insensitivity of the current government in passing the three farm laws.

An adult woman free to move “as per her own wish”: Bombay High Court

As relief to an interfaith couple, the Bombay High Court directed the Police to escort the woman to the destination of her choice after her illegal detention by parents

Shivkumar Kakka apologises for “inappropriate” comments against BKU Chaduni

Welcoming the apology, the farmers’ organisation appeals to farmers to stand united and plan for future agitations.

Committee members are not judges, they can change their views: CJI

The comment seemed to be aimed at the criticism that the farm laws committee is comprised of members who have expressed views in favour of the laws

Farmers wiser than the Prime Minister: Rahul Gandhi

The Congress leader claimed that the new farm laws will put the entire agriculture sector in the hands of three or four crony capitalists

Centre postpones farm law talks to Jan 20

The Ministry of Agriculture claims that the meeting had to be delayed due to "inevitable reasons"

Indian American groups demand justice for Sanjiv Bhatt

The former cop is scheduled for a bail hearing before the Supreme Court on January 22

FMP condemns misuse of draconian laws to target Manipur journalists

The journalists were booked under UAPA and sedition laws

Over 300 districts in India celebrate Mahila Kisan Diwas!

Women farmers across India answer the call for Mahila Kisan Diwas and call for greater engagement of women in the farmers’ agitation

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Police detain Adivasi students for second day, force them out of Mumbai

Students who marched from Nashik are denied Azad Maidan protest, prevented from leaving Tilak Bhavan and forcefully transported out of the city

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Public assembly demands the scrapping of SIR, accountability of the Election Commission and urgent safeguards against wrongful exclusion from electoral rolls

Why Majoritarianism today is the single most acute threat to democracy

Majoritarianism that plagues India and many other democracies is the perversion of Dr. Ambedkar’s idea of democracy. While Dr. Ambedkar’s definition of democracy lays stress on effective and proportionate representation and safeguarding minority rights, majoritarianism is the dominance of a particular religious community, caste group, or racial group over the rest of the population.

From Nashik to Mumbai: Adivasi students’ protest meets police detentions

Weeks of agitation over tribal hostels and schools culminate in alleged detention of protesters ahead of planned Azad Maidan march

‘Free the Temple’, ‘Protect the Faith’, ‘Take Up Weapons’: How September’s festivals became stages for anti-Muslim hate

From contested places of worship to demographic fearmongering, a series of speeches used Hindu religious identity to construct Muslims as an existential threat and recast exclusion as religious defence

Karnataka: SIR Interrogated

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‘Solidarity Is Not a Crime’: Mumbai activists protest alleged police harassment over Palestine event

Indian People in Solidarity with Palestine members gather at Azad Maidan after police search activist Harshada’s home in connection with a kite-flying programme for Palestinian children

The West as Enigma: Why Muslims Must Understand the Occident on Its Own Terms

The ideas of Shariati, Mawdudi, Qutb, and Nadwi provide important critiques of Western materialism, imperialism, and secularism, but remain largely reactive in their approach.