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Delhi: Between Protection & Prayer: Stories of revered sites now under the protection of ASI

In Delhi, some monuments are not just remnants of the past. They continue to function as places of prayer, remain part of neighbourhood life, and exist within an ongoing struggle over who owns them, who maintains them, and who decides how they may be used. The authors examine the layered complexities involved

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

Minor technicality allows Zee News to avoid answering for its communal “Zameen Jihad” show

CJP had moved NBDSA over the Islamophobic, inflammatory and hateful content of the show, but a minor delay of six days allowed Zee News to dodge the inquiry citing statute of limitations

Tripura: Journalists still make headlines for surviving attacks, rather than reporting them

Various journalists covering the aftermath of Tripura’s communal violence have been questioned, detained, arrested, allegedly even beaten up , for doing their jobs

NBDSA finds Zee News violated Code of Ethics in coverage of Farmers’ Protest

Use of provocative captions condemned, Zee news ordered to take down videos

UAE Princess pushes for Sudheer Chaudhary’s name to be dropped from Abu Dhabi event

He is all set to speak at an even by ICAI, but pressure is mounting to drop his name from the list of speakers

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