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The Deaths behind India’s Cleanliness
India has progressed technologically, legislated against manual scavenging, and constitutionally abolished untouchability. Yet, in the twenty-first century, caste still determines who enters a sewer. The persistence of manual scavenging...
Bollywood appeals against police excesses in UP
Actors request CM Yogi to not indulge in inciting speeches and call for fair trials for those arrested
AMU alumnus writes scathing letter to Vice Chancellor Tariq Mansoor
He said that had the VC not been an alumnus of the university, he would’ve filed a criminal case against him.
Anti-CAA activists arrested in UP to spend New Year in jail
Their bail pleas will only be heard starting January 3, 2020
Do Dalits & Adivasis not suffer religious persecution, asks anti-CAA meet
“The Modi government has sought to camouflage its real...
Sandeep Pandey, VP Socialist Party (India) writes to UP CM
In his open letter, he questions the assurance of the BJP towards Muslims and the arrests of peaceful protestors and activists
New Year’s resolution: Defend the Constitution
More than 60 student organizations pledge to celebrate New Year’s by protesting the CAA & NRC
Over 16 deaths so far due to CAB-NRC panic in Bengal?
Since September this year, there have been reports coming from Bengal linking suicides and other deaths to the fear and panic of CAA-NRC among the working class.
BJP’s volte face in Bengal, says NRC matter of future
The party which has been staunchly advocating NRC, has now made a virtual u-turn, indicating that NRC may not be implemented in Bengal anytime soon.
Gujarat’s Nirma Univ ‘threatens’ protesters
Activists have shared screen shots of text messages the university purportedly sent to students and their parents with the media
West Bengal comes out in large numbers against the CAA and NRC
CM Mamata Banerjee has begun an official state-wide protest against the NRC
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