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Barricades and detentions fail to stop Delhi protesters marching against CEC

CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby, former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, SFI activists, lawyers, journalists and AISA leader Neha Bora were among those detained as protests targeted Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.

Vadodara’s industries continue to pollute river and groundwater with impunity

Even though environmentalists have video evidence to support their claim, the industries are allegedly given free rein to operate by the authorities

Gujarat tribals protest land grab around Statue of Unity

The villagers do not want to give up their lands saying the acquisition period has lapsed and the government’s claim should be invalidated

Senior WB Railway official dies displaying Covid-19 like symptoms

Gautam Bandyopadhyay was reportedly denied ventilator support for 8 days!

Bihar: Migrants scrounge for food and jobs; BJP announces schemes to woo them for elections

An estimated 32 lakh migrants who have returned to the state during the lockdown are still to get jobs

Kafeel Khan describes prison to be ‘a living hell’ in letter from jail

The doctor said there is absolutely no social distancing in prison and there are 1600 inmates in a barrack meant for 534

Covid-19 and a tale of two cities

Thiruvananthapuram goes into triple lockdown, while national capital Delhi may face plasma shortage

Religious institutions pave road to communal harmony; offer premises for Covid-19

Two Jain derasars, mosques and churches have offered their premises as hospitals or isolation facilities

Save country & constitution from the current govt: PB Sawant

In a call to all progressive lawyers, Justice PB Sawant says that the powers that be are inimical to the Indian Constitution that is a culturally and socially transformative document

Police not competent to file FIR under sec 188 of IPC: Madras HC

The court relied on a precedent that held that the complaint should come from a public servant and the police can only exercise preventive action

The environmental impact of the Sardar Sarovar Dam

In part two of a three-part series, we look at the widespread ecological damage upstream and downstream of the dam and the loss of flora and fauna

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Barricades and detentions fail to stop Delhi protesters marching against CEC

CPI(M) general secretary M.A. Baby, former Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan, SFI activists, lawyers, journalists and AISA leader Neha Bora were among those detained as protests targeted Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar and the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.

Protest Denied, Dissent Policed: India’s crackdown on those challenging the Election Commission

From alleged house arrests and detentions to police checks on train journeys and restrictions in Delhi, activists say authorities are trying to stop citizens from reaching the October 10 protest demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over SIR

Bihar adds 14 lakh voters after SIR, questions remain over those excluded from 2025 assembly polls

Nearly 14 lakh voters have been added to Bihar’s electoral rolls since SIR, the additions and subsequent enrolment exercise put the focus on eligible voters who have missed the 2025 Assembly election and the consequences of their exclusion

Karnataka Form 7 Row: 91,278 deletion requests and bulk filing complaints—where was the ECI’s check?

Karnataka has received 91,278 Form 7 applications seeking voter deletions, but officials say no names have been deleted so far. Complaints from Mangaluru, Kodagu and other districts allege bulk filings against eligible voters, including Muslims, as police investigate and electoral hearings continue

‘Serious Grievances’: Bombay HC backs students’ concerns, MPSC protests continue in Pune

Bombay High Court directs Maharashtra government to explain recruitment backlog and restore trust; two of three protest sites remain occupied, with Rohit Pawar-led agitation refusing to move

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

Scrap SIR, Restore Electoral Integrity: A national call to defend the right to vote

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.