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Rights group files complaint over electoral roll purges in North 24 Parganas

A formal complaint has been lodged with the Election Commission of India over what rights activists describe as arbitrary and unconstitutional deletions of bona fide citizens from the electoral...

Shehla Rashid gets interim protection from arrest in sedition case

In some relief for feisty youth leader Shehla Rashid,...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights flags crises in Assam and Kashmir

On September 9, 2019, UN High Commissioner for Human...

Death and Despair: Reflecting on Assam’s Tea Gardens and Its Workers

Co-Written by Prithiraj Borah and PoojaKalitaPerhaps the void that...

TN woman’s No Caste, No Religion struggle ‘follows’ ideals of Marx, Ambedkar, Periyar

In these days of rising communal tensions, a courageous...

Open Letter to Bangalore International Centre: Don’t Host Apartheid

Bangalore Palestine Solidarity Forum and InCACBIImage courtesy: Malta TodayWe...

MP gov’t acknowledges historical injustice on tribal communities in rejecting land claims

In a compliance affidavit filed before the Supreme Court...

Madhya Pradesh using ‘false’ Narmada dam oustee figures of previous govt: Medha Patkar

In her strongly-worded letter to Gopal S Reddy, additional...

73.2% Of Rural Women Workers Are Farmers, But Own 12.8% Land Holdings

Nashik, Maharashtra: Pushpa Kadale was nine months pregnant and...

Health and Hygiene conditions in Hyderabad in an abysmal state Urgent need to declare a state of Health Emergency

Several organisations have collectively submitted a representation to the...

Remembering Kiran Nagarkar

It is always a shock when someone younger than...

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