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Workers Cry for Justice!

The latest issue (dated April 25, 2026) of the popular magazine ‘Frontline’ has an incisive article entitled, ‘What Noida’s worker strikes tell us about the Labour Codes’ broken promise’....

CAA is fundamentally discriminatory: UN

International body raises concerns over new law undermining commitment to equality before law

JNU violence must be investigated by a judicial commission

 Image Courtesy: moneycontrol.com Delhi Police's press conference on the JNU...

Raghuram Rajan condemns JNU violence, praises student protests

  Raghuram Rajan, former head of the Reserve Bank of...

The “CAA”t is out of the bag

CAA has been made effective from January 10 and now non-Muslim communities from 3 countries can start applying for citizenship in India

SC bats for freedom of speech, trade in Kashmir

Landmark judgment on internet shutdown delves into intricacies of degree and scope of reasonable restrictions vis a vis rights and freedoms

BJP’s Overdrive on CAA, 2019 Busted

Point by Point Rebuttal of BJP’s CAA Booklet

Census 2021 asks what cereal do you eat, whether you own a smartphone

The house-listing phase of Census 2021 shall begin in April 2020 along with the National Population Register (NPR)

Sadaf Jafar’s phone hacked; importance evidence deleted

She alleges that the UP administration carried out the hacking of her phone

Mandi House Protests in support of JNU

The Delhi Police quelled the protest which was then shifted to Rashtrapati Bhavan

Delhi Police names Left-wing students as suspects in JNU violence

Also names JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh as suspect; says notices will be served

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As lynchings “normalise” in ‘New India, a Bihar imam is ‘thrashed, pushed’ from train to die in Bareilly

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