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Parental consent for marriage? Gujarat’s curious political consensus

The other day, a discussion broke out among ten friends on love marriages—a contentious issue in Gujarat following moves in the corridors of power to regulate them by making...

More activists named in riots case: Delhi Police getting desperate?

In a supplementary chargesheet, police have named a fresh set of activists, academics and politicians

Umar Khalid arrested by Delhi Police Special Cell

Likely to be charged under UAPA, was summoned for questioning on Saturday, asked to join the investigation on Sunday, and later arrested

Police need to stop criminalising the anti CAA protests: Prof. Apoorvanand

The well known activist, has once again been named by the Delhi Police, along with other eminent citizens

India loses a true guiding light under these dark times

Swami Agnivesh leaves behind a void that will be hard to fill

Kochi special court grants bail to 2 students under UAPA

The court observed that merely possessing literature relating to Maoism cannot make prima facie case  

Citizens speak up against flawed investigation into the February 2020 Delhi riots

Over 400 signatories endorse an open statement on the loopholes in the investigation into the Delhi riots of February 2020

UP just got its first detention camp

Construction at Nandgram site completed, could be inaugurated in October

20,000 and counting; cancelled FRA claims re-examined and approved in MP

The state government, with the help of a software, began the process of re-examining forest rights claims

Shrey Hospital Fire: The curious case of the missing phones

It is bad enough that eight people died in the fire that broke out in the ICU, but now it turns out their phones may have been taken away before the fire

Covid-19 vaccine hits road bump, as India speeds towards 100,000 daily cases

As Oxford Covid vaccine trials paused in UK, Serum Institute of India gets show cause notice

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