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Brute Violence in Bengal sparks citizens’ urgent warning

A joint statement signed by more than 140 activists, academics, former ministers, artists and scientists has warned of “all out fratricide” in India following violent attacks on opposition leaders in West Bengal.

Journo Prabhat Singh Denied Bail Remanded to Judicial Custody: Bastar, Jagdalpur

  Despite the illegal arrest, without appropriate warrant on March...

The Rule of the Mob: Now Delhi, Earlier Jharkand and Uttar Pradesh

  Mob rule has well and truly been unleashed. Two...

Caste systems violate human rights and dignity of millions worldwide: UN report

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Saudi Funding of Intolerance: The Other Face of the Indian Sufi’s Angst

Image Courtesy: Quora.comThe issues arising from the decision...

Proud to be ‘anti-national’: Gurpreet Singh

Gurpreet Singh / Image: Charlie Smith   “You are a lion,...

‘Not a single journalist working without fear or pressure’: Editors Guild on Bastar

 A team of editors visited Chhattisgarh and was told...

Religion-based Nationalism is back in Full Force: Romila Thapar

Image: The Hindu   In the 1960s we were confident that...

A State Attempts to Muzzle Dissent, the Brutal Attack on Uday Bhanu: HCU

Personal Account: Uday Bhanu, Dalit Scholar to a WitnessUday...

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