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Assam: Bill on Uniform Civil Code (UCC), a partisan act?
The Assam Government will introduce the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) Bill in the State Legislative Assembly on May 26, 2026
No country for Dalits: brutal incidents of violence against Dalits in the last week of August
Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra see four Dalits assaulted, 2 murdered in the last week itself.
Tripta Tyagi and Puru, my son
Reflections from a Hindu Indian parent bringing up his son in a white neighbourhood school in north America where joy and sharing not prejudice and hate greeted kids’ return from a long summer break; a shameful comparison with what is happening in parts of India read Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh
Delhi: SKM, Central TUs Call for end to ‘Corporate-Communal Nexus’, ‘Oust BJP’
National convention held in Talkatora Stadium decides to launch joint struggles against privatisation, labour codes and for legal guarantee for MSP, among others.
Outrageous, hate corrodes UP classrooms
The video of a Muslim boy being beaten up, slapped and humiliated in front of the entire class in a school in Uttar Pradesh, has only shown how much the hate propaganda against the Muslims in India has reached inside our hearts and minds.
The ‘Fascist BJP, Down’ slogan not an offence: Madras HC quashes FIR against academic
Five years ago, in 2018, research scholar Lois Sofia had raised the slogan at the Thoothukudi airport and in a flight which had Tamilisai Soundararajan, who is now governor of Telangana and Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, and was then TN BJP chief.
Attacks on farmers by Punjab & Haryana govts, censorship of Gaon Savvera part of a pattern
Repeated attacks on protesting farmers through July and August and the earlier suppression of information and news through attacks on the platforms, Lokvani and National Savera are part of a pattern that cut across party lines
Is Ashoka univ “falling short of its Declared Vision? 300 + academics stand up for Sabyasachi Das
"It is clear from this sequence of events that what was at stake was not the academic merit of his paper, but the threat it posed to the ruling party. There has been no detailed academic counter to this paper, only ad hominem attacks in the public."
We20 activists stand firm against blockade by Delhi Police trained for Modi’s G-20
Despite the police at the gates, the collective gathered within Surjeet Singh Bhavan –where delegates demanded that the rich and aspirational countries should put people above profits – was one of a community of intellectuals and a cultural gathering.
Odisha Government removes “deemed forest” provision
Concerns arise over the potential ecological impact by the move to remove the deemed forests and worse, its detrimental effect on tribal communities' rights.
FIR against student Lois Sophia who shouted anti-BJP slogan on flight quashed: Madras High Court
Sofia, a research scholar from Canada, was booked in September 2018 after she shouted "fascist BJP government down, down" on board a flight to Thoothukudi.
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Dalit Bahujan Adivasi
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‘Bangla Pokkho’ founder Garga Chatterjee arrested over alleged EVM misinformation ahead of Bengal polls
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Statues of icons of the Santhal Revolt, Sidhu Murmu & Kanhu Murmu vandalised in South Dinajpur village, BJP blamed
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