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Dr Sangram Patil detained by Mumbai Crime Branch, move sharply condemned

A British citizen, doctor and consultant with the NHS, it is reported that Dr Patil was detained (arrested) with his wife as he landed at the Mumbai airport this afternoon

Climate Change Crisis: Why Fatuhi Khera In Punjab Changed From Cotton To Rice

Mount Abu: Harsimranjit Brar, 26, has an unforgettable childhood...

US opposes breastfeeding at WHO world health meeting

Infant formula milk is a $70 Billion industry based...

How India Could Cut Irrigation Water By 33%–And Reduce Anaemia, Zinc Deficiency

Mount Abu (Rajasthan): India could reduce the water it...

Plastic Pollution in India

With the government making nothing but false claims, the...

Hindi Added 100Mn Speakers In A Decade; Kashmiri 2nd Fast Growing Language

Mumbai: Hindi was the fastest growing language in India...

Remembering Praful Bidwai

  I can’t think of a more appropriate way of...

Despite a Biased UP Admin I am Free: Richa Singh

Former president of the Allahabad Students Union, Richa Singh...

Prof. Keshav Rao Jadhav: A Man of Courage, Conviction and Commitment

The Socialist Party (India) has lost its three stalwarts...

Hurricane Maria and Cyclone Ockhi: A tale of two discriminatory and ill-prepared governments

While thousands of people are still without electricity more...

The Right to Ridicule a Basic Right: Madras High Court

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Telangana: Stop forcible ‘re-location of Chenchu Adivasis from Amrabad Tiger Reserve

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Victory for Forest Rights: Allahabad HC recognises land claims of Tharu Tribes, strikes down decision of DLC

The Allahabad High Court recently struck down a 2021 decision of the District Level Committee (DLC), Lakhimpur upholding the land rights of the Tharu tribe while observing that the authorities cannot short-circuit the existing statutory rights of the forest dwellers by blindly relying on court orders issued before the enactment of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 (FRA, 2006). This law recognises the individual and community rights of Adivasis.

Amendment to Women’s Reservation Bill: BJP’s hyperbole on women

The past conduct and ideological moorings of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as that of its parent body, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) reflect not just extreme and exclusivist views on women’s participation but are arguably distinctly misogynistic

Police action in Odisha’s Rayagada district condemned, Adivasi rights paramount: CCG

The Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG) in an Open Letter to the President of India has condemned Odisha police’s wrongful dispossession of Adivasi lands in the state and violent action against protesting tribals

Bihar “Infiltrator” Hysteria: Samrat Choudhary’s claims of disenfranchising 22-lakh people corresponds to ECI’s “deceased voters” figure

Over the past weeks—even before replacing Nitish Kumar as Chief Minister of Bihar on April 15—Samrat Choudhary has, while campaigning for the Bharatiya Janata Party, claimed that 22-lakh people would be struck off Bihar’s electoral rolls, with their driving licences and other benefits cancelled. The irony, however, is this: the figure of 22-lakh—drawn from the recently conducted, controversial SIR exercise in the state—corresponds only to deceased voters