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MP: Village in Ratlam gives call to ‘socially boycott’ families over love marriages
Illustrative of how a regressive rhetoric by an aggressive right wing-- read ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies-- can embolden an archaic conservatism, a village in Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh, has given a call for a ‘social boycott’ over love marriages. The call was reportedly given after eight couples from the village eloped and got married in the past six months
Interpreting the precedent in Vernon in favour of the State, Umar Khalid’s bail plea rejected by Karkardooma Sessions Court
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SC directs Centre to deport 17 foreigners detained in Assam Detention Centre
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Activist Medha Patkar convicted in defamation case filed by Delhi LG VK Saxena after 23 years
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6 victims of demolition get compensation of Rs. 30 lakhs from Assam government
Safiqul Islam was beaten to death while in custody, and houses were bulldozed by the police in May 2022. Compensation was provided by the government after Gauhati High Court intervened suo moto against the illegal actions by the police
As Delhi votes this week for the Lok Sabha 2024 election, those affected by demolitions and evictions lack trust in the parties
Housing and Law Rights Network (HLRN) report shows that close to 2.8 lakh people were forcefully evicted in NCT region in 2023 alone
8 sanitation workers die in UP in last 10 days due to hazardous cleaning, activists calls for FIR
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MP: Village in Ratlam gives call to ‘socially boycott’ families over love marriages
Illustrative of how a regressive rhetoric by an aggressive right wing-- read ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies-- can embolden an archaic conservatism, a village in Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh, has given a call for a ‘social boycott’ over love marriages. The call was reportedly given after eight couples from the village eloped and got married in the past six months
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