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Proposed Amendments to Gujarat Marriage Registration Rules Unconstitutional: NAJAR, NAPM

Members of National Alliance for Justice, Accountability and Rights (NAJAR - Gujarat) - a pan Indian collective of progressive lawyers and law professionals and the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM Gujarat), along with many civil society organisations of the state have strongly objected to the proposed amendments to the Gujarat Registration of Marriages Rules, 2006, notified on February 20, 2026

Release all Political Prisoners in J & K before Eid: Concerned Citizens

The intimidation of media personnel must also stop and the govt must extend the same bank loan deferment facilities to J&K businesses like the rest of India

Pray at home: Mosques urge citizens to offer namaaz at home on Eid

EId-Ul-Fitr is set to be celebrated in India on either May 24 or May 25, depending on the sighting of the moon

‘Maids should not touch lift buttons’: Gurgaon RWA exposes its racist, classist soul

Along with the communal virus, the caste and class viruses too have had a resurrection under the cover of the Coronavirus 2020. All three do not have a cure, or a vaccine yet.

Rumours of two additional trains to north India brings hordes of migrants to Bandra Terminus

There was only one train scheduled from Bandra to Bihar, but migrants say they had received information of two more trains going to north India

No Sudhir Zee, Covid 19 is a disease, not a war, those infected are patients, not warriors 

Zee news should also disclose how many more people their infected employees had come in contact with before they were hospitalised.

Karnataka refuses entry to migrants from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Kerala and Tamil Nadu

The state has issued orders that no migrants from these states will be accepted there till May 31

When in doubt, write a letter: MHA tells states to “run more buses, ensure their smooth transition”

It also wants states to create places for the traveller to rest en-route, but the ground reality is very different

Gujarat reopens: Have economic considerations overtaken health concerns?

The state saw 366 new cases of Covid-19 just on Monday!

Christians not being allowed burials, forced to cremate in Mumbai?

No Christian cemeteries have been listed for burial of Covid-19 victims

Mizoram churches offer their halls to be used as quarantine centers as people return home

In the green zone, Mizoram, around 90 churches have already come on board to help the government

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Proposed Amendments to Gujarat Marriage Registration Rules Unconstitutional: NAJAR, NAPM

Members of National Alliance for Justice, Accountability and Rights (NAJAR - Gujarat) - a pan Indian collective of progressive lawyers and law professionals and the National Alliance of People’s Movements (NAPM Gujarat), along with many civil society organisations of the state have strongly objected to the proposed amendments to the Gujarat Registration of Marriages Rules, 2006, notified on February 20, 2026

Withdraw the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026 NOW!

Sexual minority coalitions across the country and civil liberties groups have strongly opposed the 2026 Amendment to the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill that dilutes and nullifies the 2019 law

“RTI Was Our Lifeline”: How the 2025 amendment impacts people at the grassroots level

Through a look at the grassroot uses of the path-breaking 2005 Right to Information Act, the authors examine how recent amendments have completely diluted if not nullified its impact on transparency in governance

Data is real, true wealth: SC issues notice in yet another plea challenging DPDP Act; highlights privacy concerns

This petition, filed by journalist Geeta Seshu, along with the Software Freedom Law Centre (SFLC) that also challenges the constitutional validity of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act, 2023 will now be heard with other petitions filed in the matter by Reporter’s Collective, Nitin Sethi and Venkatesh Nayak, on March 23

Religious Freedom: How the USCIRF continues to designate India as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC)

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)”