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Caged in Police Vans, Beaten in Custody, Journalists Attacked: Delhi’s crackdown on anti-CEC protests draws UN condemnation

Protesters allege custodial violence, journalists are detained despite press credentials, and lawyers face obstruction as thousands are rounded up across Delhi. The United Nations and Amnesty International condemn restrictions on peaceful assembly

Working without payment since lockdown, resident doctors threaten to resign en masse

Kasturba Hospital, started in 1905, is now one of the largest of its kind in the country, it  is under the Bharatiya Janata Party-led North Delhi Municipal Corporation 

Ex-civil servants decry vilification of Harsh Mander for speech during anti-CAA protests

The former government officials allege that Mander’s speech was misconstrued for being hate speech and inciting violence

‘Convenient racism’, says Irfan Pathan, pointing to discrimination based on faith and colour

One of the biggest names in contemporary Indian cricket bravely called this ‘convenient racism’, perhaps the only celebrity to do so in recent times

AIKS congratulates farmers on protests against anti-farmer ordinances issued by Centre

Protests held across the country saw farmers burning copies of the ordinances

NGT imposes 25 crore interim penalty in Dahej chemical factory blast incident: Gujarat

The Tribunal has held the company strictly and absolutely liable for the damage caused to life and environment

Rural stay-safe campaign curbs spread of coronavirus cases, fosters communal harmony

The campaign was started by Maulana Adam Shafiullah and Abdur Rauf who went door to door to give correct knowledge of precautions to be taken in Dinhata, West Bengal

Dalit men assaulted, paraded with footwear around their neck in Uttar Pradesh

There has been no media outrage on the incident and no culprits have been caught yet

Covid-19 is a political Pandemic in Delhi

Passive aggressive political mood swings continue even as number of cases double every fortnight 

Madhya Pradesh hospital sealed over reports of tying elderly man to bed with ropes

The man was allegedly tied to the bed over non-payment of bills, the hospital registration has been suspended and an FIR has been registered against the administration

Migrant Diaries – The story of Hurdanand Behera

“I am haunted by the images of the thousands I saw walking home to escape the big city,” says a migrant worker from Odisha still bleeding from the emotional scars of a forced exodus

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Caged in Police Vans, Beaten in Custody, Journalists Attacked: Delhi’s crackdown on anti-CEC protests draws UN condemnation

Protesters allege custodial violence, journalists are detained despite press credentials, and lawyers face obstruction as thousands are rounded up across Delhi. The United Nations and Amnesty International condemn restrictions on peaceful assembly

Vote for Democracy seeks answers from ECI and TCS on ECI’s electoral database access and security

In a 16-question statement, VFD seeks transparency on database access controls, changes to electoral registration procedures, security audits and the Election Commission’s oversight of its digital infrastructure

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