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Workers Cry for Justice!
The latest issue (dated April 25, 2026) of the popular magazine ‘Frontline’ has an incisive article entitled, ‘What Noida’s worker strikes tell us about the Labour Codes’ broken promise’....
Bombay HC bail for Hany Babu signals a critical reassessment of the Bhima Koregaon Case
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After nearly five years of incarceration under the UAPA, the High Court’s decision marks a pivotal shift in a prosecution dogged by forensic uncertainty, procedural delay and mounting constitutional concerns
Nearly 50 lakh names flagged for deletion in West Bengal, state government announces Rs. 2 Lakh relief for SIR-linked deaths, CM Mamta Banerjee launches...
The SIR flagged almost 50 lakh names in West Bengal as potentially removable from the voters’ list, triggering a wave of anxiety among the electors, 39 deaths the state links to “SIR panic,” the TMC government has announced compensation and block-level help camps from December 12 to assist affected residents
SC secures return of pregnant woman and child deported to Bangladesh, says ‘law must bend to humanity’
Union concedes to humanitarian repatriation; Supreme Court questions due process, sets next hearing on status of four remaining deportees
From Suspected Foreigner to Recognised Citizen: Aklima’s fight for dignity and Indian citizenship
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Widowed, landless, and displaced, Aklima Sarkar fought three years to reclaim her citizenship in Assam
Six Days Behind Bars After Bail: Patna High Court orders ₹2 lakh relief, flags state-wide pattern of illegal detention
Court rejects “festival holiday” defence, directs IG Prisons to fix systemic lapses and ensure jail superintendents comply with court orders
Washed Away by Floods, Targeted by the State: Hamela Khatun’s fight for citizenship
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CJP’s team helped Hamela piece together a lifetime of evidence — from 1950s land documents to contemporary electoral rolls — to establish beyond doubt that she is, and always has been, an Indian citizen
‘Designed to Exclude’: The ongoing enumeration phase of the SIR
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In a multi-state report on the hasty and ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process being conducted by the ECI, the PUCL has, echoing what opposition parties and other civil rights groups been stating, called it ‘designed to excluide’
The Deadly Deadline: “I Can’t Do This Anymore”—India’s electoral revision turns into a graveyard for BLOs/teachers
From consuming poison in Uttar Pradesh to hanging in West Bengal, the ‘Deadly Deadline’ of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) triggers a suicide wave among teachers and Anganwadi workers, employees’ unions cry 'institutional murder' while families mourn loved ones broken by state pressure
Draft Seeds Bill must be withdrawn: SKM, AIKS
SKM leaders say the draft seed Bill surrendered the seed sovereignty of India and it is aimed at predatory pricing by corporate monopolies
Civil society warns, Election Commission is “Undermining Democracy”
An interesting formation of citizens groups and people’s organisations has directly accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) as being responsible for a systemic assault on the Indian democratic framework
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