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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

Lakhimpur Kheri case: SC questions HC order granting bail to Ashish Mishra, reserves order on challenge

The apex court also questioned the examination of evidence while granting bail to Union Minister’s son Ashish Mishra

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

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From an octagenarian…still young at heart

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