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Books Under Siege: Bengal’s Left bookstalls, the Calcutta High Court’s intervention and the warning from Hitler’s Germany

The bulldozer retreated, and the court offered temporary relief. But who gets to decide which ideas can occupy Bengal’s public spaces?

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Fed up with govt promises, villagers build their own road in Odisha

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Lok Sabha 2019: EC seizes Rs. 3274 crores till fourth phase of polling

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Fact- finding visit to Niyamgiri – Lanjigada area by CDRO and GASS

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NHRC directs UP DGP to submit report on illegal detention of Dalit activists

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Why Goti Bai’s LPG Cylinder Lies In A Cowshed, Unused

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PUCL demands NHRC’s immediate intervention in Muslim man’s custodial death

The civil rights organisation has demanded a free and...

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Books Under Siege: Bengal’s Left bookstalls, the Calcutta High Court’s intervention and the warning from Hitler’s Germany

The bulldozer retreated, and the court offered temporary relief. But who gets to decide which ideas can occupy Bengal’s public spaces?

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Calcutta High Court says political dissent must not be stifled, directs police to protect CPI(M) bookstall near Durga Puja Pandal

Justice Saugata Bhattacharya stresses that democracy requires space for competing political ideologies, directing West Bengal Police to ensure the Left party can set up its traditional bookstall amid allegations of preferential treatment for the Hindu Jagran Manch.

Seeking justice for Ankita Bhandari, parents detained in pre-dawn crackdown at India Gate

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Mumbai Police detain Ambedkarite leaders demanding justice for Sahil Wakode; IIT Bombay refuses to hear delegation

As Sahil Wakode’s parents continue their hunger strike over his death and allegations of caste discrimination, Mumbai Police barricaded access to IIT Bombay and detained civil society leaders