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Policing Identity: Maharashtra’s birth certificate crackdown and the politics of belonging
What is framed as an administrative clean-up of fraudulent records in Maharashtra has unfolded into a securitised campaign in Mumbai — raising urgent constitutional questions about due process, discrimination, and the weaponisation of civil documentation
Seers in Ayodhya raise demands to amend POCSO Act, deem that it is being “misused”
To show their support in case against BJP MP Brij Bhushan Singh, the seers will be a part of his public meeting being held in Ayodhya on June 5
Protests erupt at Delhi police violent crackdown on Women Wrestlers, FIR, and nationwide outrage
From farmers who physically joined protests to civil libertarians and erstwhile sportspersons, Sunday afternoon onwards saw protests erupt all over the country
CJP’s legal team secures another triumph for marginalised woman accused of being a Foreigner
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Misspelled names and soil erosion nearly left Anowara Khatoon stateless. However, after a challenging struggle spanning eight months, she has finally been granted Indian citizenship!
Protests mount, 12,000 women march on issues of poor ration in PDS, water scarcity, unemployment
AIDWA Organises 12,000-Strong Massive March and Gherao of Palghar District Collectorate in Maharashtra on Wednesday
CJP Victory! Mumna Bano, an 82 year-old widow, gets released from jail by Team CJP after surety amount of 7,000 is paid
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After spending 8 years in jail, despite the grant of bail, Bano gets to come home to her daughters and grandchildren
Govt teacher suspended for FB post critical of K’ka CM Siddaramaiah’s freebies
TUMAKURU: The Times of India has reported the suspension...
Victory! CJP puts up an 11 month fight to prove citizenship of Omesha bibi, a farmer’s wife
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After eleven months of hard work by the CJP legal team to disprove the false accusations of being an “illegal immigrant”, Omesha Khatun Bibi can finally breathe a sigh of relief
Punjab: Farmers Block Rail Track, say Compensation for Land Acquisition Inadequate
KMC spokesperson Gurbachan Singh Chabba said government was acquiring the land for the Bharatmal project but not paying adequate compensation.
Bearing Witness to Catastrophe and Collapse: The Indomitable Sheetla Singh
Sheetla Singh and Jan Morcha have, in so many ways, protected us from the all-pervasive scourge of revisionist and targeted hate.
Strong condemnation after ED questions researcher Navsharan Singh
Singh had been an active supporter of people’s movements and a prominent participant in the farmers' protests that shook the Union government in 2020-21.
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