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Delimitation: A false solution driven by centralised power
Before asking what dangers delimitation poses, we must first examine a more fundamental issue: what are the existing problems, and will delimitation actually solve them? The real crisis in Indian governance today is not a shortage of representatives; it is the over-centralisation of power.
Day 3 of Farmers’ Protest: More than 100 farmers injured by rubber bullets, solidarity protests by BKU and SKM in Punjab
Punjab government to bear cost of treatment of those injured, Delhi police order 30,000 tear gas shells; Economist MS Swaminathan asserts that law on MSP is fiscally doable, debunks falsity of Indian economy falling into bankruptcy due to guaranteed MSP
Protesting farmers spend Basant Panchami facing government’s water cannons and tear gases’ government withholds social media accounts of farm leaders, journalists
Haryana police uses drones to throw tear gas at farmers, Daughter of Professor MS Swaminathan requests government to not treat farmers like criminals while celebrating the Bharat Ratna awarded to her father
Two journalists seriously injured amid Farmers’ Protests, DUJ condemns police action, ask for farmers demands to be settled
The Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) is deeply concerned that journalists are among those injured by police action during the farmers’ protests. Two journalists, Satender Chauhan and Niel Bhalinder Singh, suffered injuries while covering the protests at the Shambhu border yesterday.
Farmers Protest: Braving tear gas, blockades, state obstructions, farmers journey towards Delhi to demand law on MSP
Solidarity for the protesting farers facing unjustified and unproportional state action pours in from Tamil Nadu, farm leaders stand firm by the protest being a protest by all farmers
Farmer leaders detained in Madhya Pradesh, made to sit at police stations, saw police raids at night- attempts to stop farmers from joining protest...
A petition against "obstructive actions" of the Union and State governments have been filed in the Punjab and Haryana HC, another rural and industrial strike by farmers announced for Feb 16
Farmers’ Protest: Physical repression, prohibitory orders, Delhi entry blocked – Déjà Vu?
Repressive tactics employed by state and union government await farmers as they gear up for protest in Delhi on Feb 13 to demand law on MSP, pensions for farmers and farm labourers, farm debt waiver, withdrawal of police cases and “justice” for victims of the Lakhimpur Kheri
Media fraternity stands with Nikhil Wagle after attack, EGI, PCI, NWMI release statements in support
Support from the media fraternity trickles in for Nikhil Wagle as another FIR is filed against him after his car was violently attacked by alleged workers of the BJP
Farmers in Noida, Greater Noida are protesting, which are the farmer unions are leading them
Noida farmers protest: Higher compensation for land acquisition is just one of the demands raised by the farmers marching to Parliament
The Reign of Unfreedom: IIT-Bombay & the cancellation of the Dr Ganesh Devy lecture
Rabindranath Tagore, the poet and philosopher, dreamed of a decolonised India to be a country where “the mind” would be “without fear” and “knowledge” would be “free”.
Who is afraid of the writings of Babasaheb Ambedkar?
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