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Month April 2017

With Boss Yogi As CM, Hindu Yuva Vahini Is Hawking A Savvier Shade Of Hindutva

“Hindutva no longer has to be on the offense. But we will be reactive if Hinduism is under attack.” Betwa SharmaPolitics Editor, HuffPost India BETWA SHARMA/HUFFPOST MEERUT/HAPUR/BULANDSHAHR — There was a time when Yogi Adityanath made brazenly communal speeches. “If… Continue Reading →

SC #AadhaarHearing – The Constitution is not a Charter of Servitude , argues Advocate Shyam Divan

“How can you engraft a provision into the Income Tax Act making Aadhaar mandatory when the Aadhaar Act itself makes Aadhaar purely voluntary,” argued Mr Shyam Divan, lawyer for petitioners Two writ petitions challenging the latest amendment to the Income… Continue Reading →

Shadow Armies: Reporting on the fringe organisations and foot soldiers of Hindutva #Book

Dhirendra K Jha spent a substantial part of 2015 and 2016 studying eight Hindu rightwing organisations across India for their connections with the BJP, and wrote about it in his new book Shadow Armies: Fringe Organisations and Foot Soldiers of… Continue Reading →

#Aadhaar Hearing: Number tagging used to happen in Nazi concentration camps- Day 2

Updates from Supreme Court – Day 2 After an eventful Day 1, Senior Advocate Shyam Divan commenced his arguments on Day 2 on making #Aadhaar mandatory for filing Income Tax Returns. Shyam Divan rattling off statistics on identity theft in #Aadhaar… Continue Reading →

Gau Wapsi: Pehlu Khan A Muslim Cattle Trader and the Cows He Loved

Farah Naqvi   The attack that killed Pehlu Khan and injured other Muslim cattle traders has left a community angry, helpless and wanting to give up the trade. Farah Naqi’s report from Jaisingpur, Haryana: The article was first published on… Continue Reading →

UP Police Planning `Ghar Wapasi’ For IS-Influenced Youth

Aman Sharma Lucknow: 12-point programme involves counselling, opportunities for education and state’s help in finding a job Six youngsters detained by the Uttar Pradesh Police last week for alleged links with ISIS have now been made part of what the… Continue Reading →

India – Censor Board is a regressive, illogical and patriarchal organisation

Director Alankrita Shrivastava is having the last laugh. Her film, Lipstick Under My Burkha, denied certification by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) on the grounds that the film was `lady oriented’, has been cleared by the Film Certification… Continue Reading →

#AadhaarHearing in SC linking Aadhaar and Income Tax Returns -Day 1

April 26, 2016 -On an otherwise uneventful day at the Supreme Court, Court room 7 garnered the limelight, thanks to the two petitions challenging the Constitutional validity of Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act (IT Act). The said Section… Continue Reading →

Harbhajan Singh slams Jet Airways pilot being racist and abusive to disabled passenger

Harbhajan Singh said that the incident happened to his friends earlier this month NEW DELHI: In a series of angry tweets posted today, cricketer Harbhajan Singh brought attention to an alleged incident of racism and assault by an expat pilot… Continue Reading →

SC describes incarceration of Kashmiri man for over 16 years as ‘shame’

What A Shame, No Evidence In 10 Of 11 Cases: CJI Gulzar Ahmed Wani of Srinagar has been in jail for nearly 16 years since his arrest in July 2001 on charges of involvement in a series of terror attacks…. Continue Reading →

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