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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...
What do right wing trolls earn by insulting India’s farmers?
Right Wing affiliated actor Kangana Ranaut, BJP’s Amit Malviya, etc lead troll army in amplifying fake news, and anti farmer propaganda
All it took was a WhatsApp ‘threat’ for UP police to take a 15-year-old away
The class 10 student is accused of allegedly threatening to 'blow up' CM Adityanath, family says he meant no harm
AIFRTE condemns arrest of Save Education Committee members over NEP 2020
New Education Policy has come into force in 2020 at a time when the Parliament is not in session and sans consultation which has led to dissent
On 72nd anniversary of the Indian Constitution
RSS mourned when Indian Constituent Assembly passed the democratic Constitution
Right Wing media working overtime to discredit farmers?
They are trying to make it appear as if the farmers marching towards Delhi are doing so to make things difficult for the general public
Tribal Christian families attacked in Chhattisgarh!
The alleged violence broke out at around 2 AM in the village Sindhwaram, in the Sukma district
Use of ‘Gomatha’ as a synonym for meat can hurt Hindu sentiments: Kerala HC
The accused allegedly used the term ‘Gomatha’ repeatedly in a cooking video preparing beef roast uploaded on social media
Kissing in temple, not suitable: MP police
Cops act on BJP leader Gaurav Tiwari's complaint; register FIR against Netflix over scene showing a Hindu girl kissing a uslim boy in a temple in an adaptation of A Suitable Boy
Closure of schools, a threat to Odisha’s tribal education
While the state government goes over the merger policy, a civil organisation questions the drafting of such a policy without interacting with villagers at the local level.
Finally, Editors Guild of India speaks up for Patricia Mukhim!
Mukhim had resigned from the EGI, citing its silence on her case, accusing it of defending 'celebrity editors/anchors'
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India
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While the national leadership of the party, leads and articulates the national campaign for the scrapping of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process, the state leadership of Karnataka, a state governed by the party, gives conflicting statements almost endorsing a process that has disenfranchised close to 10 million there
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India
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