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Pahalgam Tragedy and Rising Spiral of Hatred

The worst outcome of this has been the rise in incidents of hate against Muslims, the latest being a BJP minister in MP who made controversial remarks about Col. Sofiya Qureshi.

Assam Police Firing: Support for victims grows

12-hour Bandh in Assam, and protest by the Congress party even as nearly 3,000 police and paramilitary personnel are deployed to “maintain peace”

India and the Myanmar crisis: Death of Justice, Death of Morality

After alienating the people of India’s north east, the BJP regime’s violative policy Myanmaar refugees threatens to alienate the country from neighbours to our east, apart from violating our time-tested, human rights and humanitarian driven  approach towards asylum-seekers

Mitti satyagraha begins on the same day as the historic salt satyagraha!

The march will be carried out in two phases and will conclude at Delhi protest sites where the soil will be used to build memorials for martyrs

Eminent Hindi poet and journalist Manglesh Dabral passes away 

He had returned his Sahitya Akademi Award National award in 2015 to protest against "communal" atmosphere and "rising intolerance" 

Delhi Court dismisses plea of Gulfisha Fatima and 2 others booked under UAPA seeking statutory bail

The Karkardooma Court dismissed the applications of 3 student activists arrested in the Delhi riots case in April and June on grounds that the charge sheet was filed within the extended time period and that the applications had no merit.

Freedom Fighter’s daughter being dragged before Assam FT!

70-year-old Seje Bala Ghosh is ailing, has a broken arm and living in abject poverty

Jayaraj-Benniks custodial death: Madras HC refuses bail of SHO accused of instigating torture

The court said that there was prima facie material to establish the crime and the petitioner could tamper with witnesses

Allahabad HC to rule on Dr. Kafeel Khan’s habeas corpus petition on Aug 24

The case was last heard on August 19 after an SC order directing the court to decide the case preferably within 15 days

Jharkhand man allegedly thrashed by mob on suspicion of theft, dies in jail

Bablu Sah’s wife claimed that the police didn’t treat him for his injuries, police denies negligence saying victim died of cardiac arrest

Covid-19 impact: Child Labour likely to increase

A joint report by the ILO and UNICEF finds that millions of children are at risk of being pulled out of school and forced to work for a living

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President or Governor, People Have Right to Governance!

The Centre itself wanted a time limit for assent to Bills in 2016. So, is a fresh SC hearing on Presidential Reference even necessary?

NDA’s 11 years of betrayal: MSP of Kharif crop way below promised C2+50%

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‘Seeking peace, calling out hate crimes not a crime’: Former Civil Servants Group on Mahmudabad

A group of former civil servants, the Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG) has released a statement of solidarity with Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad who was arrested for a social media post and then released on interim bail by the Supreme Court of India.

Save the honour and self-respect of India’s Armed forces: Former army naval personnel & citizens

Almost a hundred citizens have written to President Draupadi Murmu in her capacity as Supreme Commander of India's Armed Forces to “safeguard their honour and self-respect in the wake of controversial statements made by leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

An Open Letter: ‘I Have Small Eyes, Mr Prime Minister’

It doesn’t behove the stature of an Indian prime minister to deploy such racist language about any community, whether Indian or not. Why you could consider a course correction

Living on Edge: Farmers in This Bihar District Battle River and Red Tape

Decades of erosion and ongoing border disputes have left Bhojpur’s farmers without land and struggling for state support, as the Ganga continues to ‘swallow’ villages.

Assam Border Police cracks down on residents battling citizenship rights without due process, pushes 145 locals over the border?

Between the night of Friday, May 23, and Monday, May 26, Assam police launched a sweeping crackdown across all 33 districts—including Barak Valley, Central, Lower, and North Assam—detaining nearly 300 men and women without notice or legal justification. Families and advocates were given no information about their whereabouts, in clear violation of constitutional and legal norms. While about 150 were reportedly released within days, unconfirmed reports to CJP’s ground team suggest that 145 individuals—still fighting for their citizenship rights—were forcibly pushed across the border, left stranded and vulnerable in the no man’s land between the two countries