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‘We Cannot Be Afraid’: Rhiya Ahir in Conversation with Teesta Setalvad

What does it mean to stand beside young people when they choose to confront power?In this conversation, activist and journalist Teesta Setalvad speaks with Rhiya Ahir, whose act of...

Anirban Roy Choudhury, editor of Barak Bulletin, accused of Sedition

An FIR has been registered U/S 153 - A, 124 -A, 501 and 505 of Indian Penal Code, for an editorial published on November 28; Choudhury is expected to report to Silchar Sadar Police Station today

Vinod Dua passes away at 67

The veteran journalist passed away on Saturday after a prolonged post-Covid illness

Will the gov’t continue to restrict journalists’ access to Parliament?

A protest march was held on December 2, against the various restrictions on media’s entry into Parliament and the Press Gallery

Direct funds to guardians solves nothing: UP activists on gov’t education

Activists dismiss the rationale of transferring uniform money to households, while guardians and teachers question the meagre amount

Why are Parliament proceedings still restricted for most journalists?

Citing Covid protocol the regime grants access to only select media personnel, restricting access to others; journalists to hold a protest march

Increase in gov’t school enrolment meaningless if facilities not improved: UP teachers on ASER data

Teachers point out that there is no corresponding improvement in schools to retain the sudden increase in government school children

Rajasthan HC endorses police order to bar worship areas on gov’t premises

Bench dismisses a PIL saying police are abiding by the state’s secular laws

Editors Guild of India sends fact-finding team to Agartala

Team to investigate reports of draconian laws being used to prevent media from reporting communal violence in Tripura

Secular Muslims oppose the demand for an anti-blasphemy law

Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) strongly opposes the...

How RSS denigrated the Constitution

A peep into its archives on Constitution Day

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