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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

In the Absence of Aadhaar, Starvation Deaths Continue in Jharkhand

The most recent victim is 45-year-old Kaleshwar Soren, who...

Adopting a child is a revolutionary act

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Watching violence on screens makes children more emotionally distressed

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Remembering 1984 – The nightmare endures

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SC to hear M’trs plea against Bombay HC order on October 29: Bhima Koregaon

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#MeTooIndia: 54% Rise In Sexual Harassment Reported At Workplaces Between 2014-17

Mumbai: Registered cases of sexual harassment at Indian workplaces...

Goodbye Girishbhai!

(A personal tribute to GIRISH PATEL, doyen of the...

This bundle of sticks tied to an axe-ist RSS-BJP regime!

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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.

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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

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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