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For many in India, and particularly in Gujarat, 26 March will always be remembered as a ‘black day!’ On that day in 2003, in keeping with an election promise,...
I am a farmer first and a police officer later: Punjab DIG Prisons quits
Lakhminder Singh Jakhar, Punjab DIG Prisons quits in solidarity with farmers’ protest
Battling Covid: New vaccines, new concerns
Several different vaccines are in varying stages of trial across the world, but their efficacy and side-effects on trial participants have raised concerns
Exclusive: An intimate look inside the farmer’s protest
Photojournalist Vijay Pandey has been visiting the various protest sites for many days, and evenings. The photo essay shows the mood on the ground, away from the glare of TV news crews.
Doctors denounce ‘MIXOPATHY’, but will the Health Minister listen?
There was another strike the govt is ignoring, thousands of doctors are protesting the plan to allow ayurveda practitioners to perform surgeries
Farmers leaders take on fake news
Leaders clarify that all official statements of farmers shall be made from Singhu border headquarters alone
Farmers stopped at Haryana border, leaders question willful use of Section 144
A large deployment of Haryana police personnel barricaded the road towards Delhi citing social distancing guidelines
Rajasthan’s farmers march towards Delhi in preparation of December 14 protests
Farmers groups from Rajasthan as well as Haryana have set out in large numbers, under the leadership of farmers leaders.
AIKSCC Working group condemns and distances from V M Singh statement
Members criticised Singh’s unauthorised comment to the media regarding the farmers’ movement against the three anti-farmer-dubbed laws.
KPSS applauds relief granted to unemployed Kashmiri Pandit youth
J&K Services Selection Board grants get more time to apply for special employment scheme
Ode to Kisan: Artists pay homage to India’s farmers
India’s cultural world has become a treasure trove of protest art over the last two months as artists convey their support to farmers through their pieces.
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For another year running, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), in its 2026 Annual Report, has in strong recommendations, urged the US government to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), “for engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious religious freedom violations, as defined by the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA)”
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Union government revokes Sonam Wangchuk’s detention under NSA after nearly six months!
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35 civil society groups oppose Maharashtra’s proposed anti-conversion law, warn of threat to women’s autonomy and constitutional freedoms
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Odisha: 18 months, 54 incidents of communal hate crimes, 7 mob lynchings
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