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MoEFCC subverting the Forest Rights Act, 2006: 150 Citizens groups

Over 150 countrywide organisations have in a communication to Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined how the Forest Rights Act, 2006 is being consistently undermined, threatening not just Adivasis but forests and the environment

Two Years of Neglect: Indian Farmers and Agriculture

Image Courtesy: commons.wikimedia.orgAgriculture plays a vital role in India’s economy.Over...

Need of the Hour, Credible Platform, Not Just Anti-Platforms: 2016 State Elections

Courtesy:Newsclick.in Image Courtesy: Commons.Wikimedia.orgThe Assembly elections to the four states...

The Most Honest Politician in Latin America was removed by the Most Corrupt

Historical Speech of Brazilian President Dilma Roussef (with English...

Blacklist Areva Corp in India: Former Sec alleges Massive Scam in Letter to DAE

Image Credit: LivemintMassive Scam in French Nuclear Industry alleges...

JNUTA Relay Fast in Support of JNU Students, In Pictures

JNUTA Relay Fast in Support of JNU Students, In...

Diary of a JNU Student on Hunger Strike: Pankhuri Zaheer

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The Allahabad High Court Judgement in the Sandeep Pandey case

April 22, 2016Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court/sites/default/files/files/WRIA(A)_5323_2016.pdf

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Juma Masjid, Kerala to be opened for Women Worshippers

Image Credit: Heykerala.comStarting April 24, the historic Juma Masjid...

Bangladesh: 81-year-old Magazine Editor Arrested for Sedition

Shafik Rehman arrested Arifur Rahman RabbiNoted journalist, opinionmaker and former...

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Brinda Karat, former Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from the Communist Party of India (Marxist-CPIM), has in a letter to the union home minister, Amit Shah highlighted the blatant violation of human rights, harassment and extortion, in the ongoing process of "identification of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants" by the Delhi police and other agencies.

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Court poses six pointed questions on detention of Sainur Islam and demands answers from Odisha over detention of youth during ‘identification drive’; Court directs West Bengal to appoint nodal officer

Thane School Horror: Principal, attendant arrested for forcing girls to strip in menstruation check, case registered under POCSO

Girls as young as 10 were allegedly stripped and subjected to invasive checks by school staff in Thane’s Shahapur after bloodstains were found in a washroom, prompting arrests, protests, and charges under POCSO and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita

Bihar:  SC signals that ECI should consider Aadhaar, EPIC (Voter ID card) & Ration card for electoral roll revision 

Hearing a batch of petitions challenging the sudden “special intensive revision” being conducted in Bihar by the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Supreme Court (SC) pressed ECI to include Aadhaar, Voter ID Card, and Ration cards in Bihar's electoral roll revision process, since the only concern for the constitutional body was establishing accurate identity not citizenship

Mumbai’s Second Lifeline in ICU: Mumbaikars respond to call of “Save BEST”

By deliberately running Mumbai’s unique and stellar public transport system to ‘die’, the BMC backed by a land-grabbing state government is set to make transport even more unafordable for working Mumbaikars

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One of Urdu’s Greatest Scholars, C.M. Naim, Passes Away

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