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

(This piece authored by Fr Stan Swamy was originally published on Aug 01, 2018. It was then re-published on July 5, 2021 the day of his martyrdom and is...

More Delhi border roads shut down as farmers from UP-Haryana join protest

Farmers are protesting at the Delhi-Noida border, wanting to join those from farmers of Punjab and Haryana protesting against the Centre's agriculture reform laws.

Siddique Kappan’s arrest matter of ‘personal liberty’: Kapil Sibal to SC

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Dahanu locals reject JNPT survey that pushes for a new port at Vadhavan

Women, children, workers, adivasis, farmers, all gathered at the shores of Shankhodar beach to oppose the biodiversity survey by the JNPT

Farmers Protest: Bad journalism is doing more damage than water cannons!

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Punjab CM did not stop farm bills when he could: Arvind Kejriwal

Launching attack on Amrinder Singh, Kejriwal says he’s pro farmer; asks Central govt to accept farmers’ demands, and provide a legal guarantee of MSP

We will gherao Delhi if laws are not withdrawn: Farmers’ leaders

Rejecting the central government’s suggestion of a farmers’ committee to oversee the three agriculture laws, farmers’ leaders warned that protesters would not hesitate to surround the national capital.

Govt must repeal the new farm laws: Civil society

Scores of civil society groups have demanded that government promulgate an ordinance to stop the implementation of these laws and withdraw cases imposed on farmers

CPI (M) leader moves SC against order allowing non-locals to buy J&K land  

The plea has sought the top court’s intervention and a stay on Centre's order until the petitions challenging changes to Article 370 are heard  

SC issues directions to implement video-conferencing for trafficked children to testify    

The top court noted that the pilot project to provide video conferencing facilities will commence in stages keeping the vulnerability of children in mind

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