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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?

Why are 30 villages in Jharkhand not voting?

As many as 30 villages in Jharkhand’s Khunti district...

Drought-Hit Gujarat Has Water For Factories, But Not For Farmers

Ahmedabad and Kutch: Bhavanbhai Patel stood facing his farm,...

How the Narmada is dying a pollution-induced, slow death: Gujarat

The depletion and pollution in the Narmada river, associated...

Epic war against caste system is the constitutional responsibility of an elected government

Edited by well-known Gujarat Dalit rights leader Martin Macwan,...

Khooni Vaisakhi: A Poem from the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919

April 13, 2019, marks the centenary of the Jallianwala...

Kerala High Court acquits 5 convicted under the SIMI camp case, 2006

Five persons in Kerala were arrested and convicted of...

Ambedkar Statue Vandalised In Hyderabad

In a shocking incident on the eve of the...

Party Manifestos Differ On Dealing With Farm Crisis, National Security, Jobs

Mumbai: The crisis in the agriculture sector, unemployment and...

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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.

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

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