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Day February 12, 2016

‪#‎ShutDownJNU‬‪ is Rubbish – Real Anti-National is RSS

    Sanjeev Bhatt   I’ve been seeing this very disturbing hashtag all day, and I don’t think it should be taken lying down. Dissent is integral to the practice of democracy, and sedition provisions have immense potential for overreach… Continue Reading →

Former Students Of JNU Condemn The Arrest Of JNUSU President, Kanhaiya Kumar

By Former Students Of JNU  We condemn in the strongest possible words the high-handed police action in JNU. This is reminiscent of the dark days of the emergency when the state had swooped down on the campusand had arrested many… Continue Reading →

Open letter to PM Modi – Adopt a transparent process while making AIIB operational’

To The Prime Minister, Government of India New Delhi Hon’ble Prime Minister Mr. Modi, We, the representatives of people’s movements and other civil society organisations, would like to bring to your notice certain pertinent issues regarding the Asian Infrastructure Investment… Continue Reading →

Pachauri Forced to go on Leave After Protest, Chargesheet in 2 Weeks

  TERI Director General RK Pachauri, accused of sexual harassment by a woman employee, in Gurgaon |File Photo: PTI NEW DELHI: Following protests by TERI University students who refused to accept degrees from Pachauri, the chancellor, in the convocation scheduled… Continue Reading →

Crackdown on JNU students movement is actually to silence critiques of RSS

Friends, this is to inform you that JNUSU President, Comrade Kanhaiya has been arrested. Police are doing rounds of the campus and mindlessly witch-hunting activists. RSS is running campaigns to shut down JNU.  We need to Protest against the free… Continue Reading →

Sedition charge on JNU leader shocking: PUCL statement

Press Statement by People’s Union For Civil Liberties (Delhi unit) PUCL,Delhi condemns the action of Delhi Police in arresting JNUSU President on charges of sedition. It is shocking that the Delhi Police has arrested the President of the Jawahar Lal… Continue Reading →

Land grabbing in the name of ‘development’

By Aakar Patel The writer is the editor and translator of Why I write: Essays by Saadat Hasan Manto, published by Westland in 2014. His book, India, Low Trust Society, will be published by Random House. He is Executive Director of… Continue Reading →

Justice eludes family of Dalit boy ‘murdered’ for ‘writing’ love letter to an upper caste girl #WTFnews

Bengaluru, Feb 12: It has been more than seven months since 17-year-old Dalit boy Anil Parasuram Metri was allegedly murdered at Mirji village of Bagalkot district in Karnataka. He was allegedly poisoned to death for ‘writing’ a love letter–a charge… Continue Reading →

Social justice minister to review implementation of amended SC/ST Act

    Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot will chair a meeting in this regard on February 17 to deliberate on the ways to ensure proper implementation of the Act so that it may act as a deterrent… Continue Reading →

Here’s why Chhattisgarh police won’t act against attackers

Local Hindi papers expose links between the Samajik Ekta Manch (which attacked the Scroll contributor’s house) and the police. DILNAZ BOGA analyses the articles and photographs Invite for the January 16 wedding of surrendered Maoists describes on the right the… Continue Reading →

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