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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

Victory! CJP helps three more detention camp inmates come back home in Assam

All three Bengali Hindu detainees hail from extremely impoverished backgrounds, one of them is homeless

“We must all plan for the new world reality”: PM to address the nation at 8pm today

According to the government’s own data in the last 24 hours,  3,604 new  COVID19 cases  have been confirmed and 87 people have died of the disease.

ST buses pick up 21,714 stranded migrants from highways: M’tra

​​​​​​​Even as horror stories, photos and videos, of disillusioned migrants taking to the highways and clambering on hired trucks and lorries to escape the big city’ were being circulated, between 9 and 11 May, 1,169 buses of the Maharashtra State Transport (ST)ferried 21,714 migrants, of which, 11,866 were ferried by 530 buses on Monday alone

Eight political parties condemn arrests of students and activists in letter to the President

The letter questions the timing of these arrests and condemns the use of UAPA against scholars; Representatives of the Congress (INC), Samajwadi Party (SP), Aam Admi Party (AAP) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Trinamool Congress (TMC) and DMK are absent from the communication, though

Will the coronavirus be put on fast track when the special passenger trains start running?

If taking a rail journey was this simple even in the times of Covid-19, why are the state border sealed, public commute banned, and migrant workers still walking home?

Free Safoora: Indians hold car rally in Canada in solidarity with student activist

Safoora Zargar was arrested by the police under the UAPA for being part of anti-CAA protests

No order on 4G restoration in J&K: SC

MHA Secy led committee to examine issues

Cops want to question the messenger, not answer questions raised?

Delhi Police summons Indian Express journalist for reporting on allegedly doctored audio clip of Tablighi Jamaat chief Saad

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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)”