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42nd Anniversary of 1984 Sikh genocide: Amnesia of the Indian state and society

For almost last 3 decades now, on every anniversary of the 1984 genocide of Sikhs in India, this author has been reminding the Nation how Indian State and judiciary...

Journalist Mandeep Punia granted bail by Delhi Court

Puniya has to furnish a bail bond of Rs.25,000, and a surety of the same amount, along with other bail conditions

Solidarity is the biggest need for Indian journalists today

Journalists targeted under serious charges; is this just a bad dream, or has the emergency been declared again?

FIR against senior journalist Siddharth Varadarajan 

A complaint against the editor of news website The Wire, was lodged at Rampur’s Civil Lines police station for his social media post

Journalist Mandeep Punia sent to jail for 14 days 

Crackdown on journalists covering the massive farmers protest continues, especially vulnerable are freelance reporters, and independent media groups

Why Gandhian message of ‘Swadeshi’ is still relevant today

In this yearning for alternative thinking, the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi have been a constant attraction and a source of thought for present day changes

The identity of assassins of Mahatma Gandhi as disclosed by Sardar Patel

Let us compare the RSS claim of innocence in Gandhiji's assassination with the views of the first Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of India, Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel on the perpetrators of this crime.

Guj HC suspends warrant against Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

A Kutch court had issued a non-bailable arrest warrant in connection with a 2017 defamation case related to an article about the Adani Group

Nine booked for illegal religious conversion in Indore

The complainant alleged that she was taken to a community hall by her parents for forcible conversion, against her will

Shashi Tharoor, Rajdeep Sardesai and other scribes charged with sedition for ‘fake news’

The FIR states that the tweets claiming that police shot a protester who died, provoked people to march to Red Fort

Tablighi Jamaat reportage: SC seeks clarity on Centre’s power under Cable TV Act

The top court has expressed its concern about broadcasts that can potentially incite violence

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