-Newsclick.in The demolition of houses and displacement of about 5,000 people stem from the BJP government’s plan to start an ‘agricultural project’ in Gorukhuti. As we publish this article, there are reports that the eviction of Muslim families in Gorukhuti in Darrang District by Assam police took an ugly turn on Thursday with reports of police firing claiming at least three lives. Unconfirmed reports said the death toll could be higher. The...
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The dark underbelly of Punjab’s liquor problem -Srishti Jaswal
-Scroll.in Over 100 people died after consuming illicit liquor in 2020. The police have implicated two brothers, but the trade runs deep in the state’s political economy. On the night of June 23, 2021, the sounds of qawwali rang out from a Sufi shrine in Dhotian, a village in Punjab’s Tarn Taran district. The brutal second wave of the coronavirus pandemic hadn’t yet receded, but hundreds were in attendance at the shrine,...
More »Farmers Say No To Meeting Called By Haryana On Lifting Highway Blockade -Ashutosh Tripathi
-NDTV The highway (NH-44) has been blocked by farmers protesting against the centre's new farm laws at the Singhu and Tikri borders since November last year. New Delhi: The protesting farmers, digging in their heels, have refused to attend the meeting called by the Haryana government about opening passage to the Delhi border. The highway (NH-44) has been blocked by farmers protesting against the centre's new farm laws at the Singhu and Tikri...
More »National helpline for migrant and informal workers launched by civil society organisations
-Press statement by Working Peoples Charter (WPC) and Aajeevika Bureau dated 18th September, 2021 The Working Peoples Charter (WPC), along with Aajeevika Bureau, launched the National Helpline for workers on September 18, 2021, at the Press Club in Mumbai. The helpline, known as the India Labourline, has been operational since July 16, 2021, and has its headquarters in Mumbai. In the last two months, the helpline has received 2497 calls and provided...
More »Review: Under Cover; My Journey into the Darkness of Hindutva by Ashish Khetan -Vipul Mudgal
-Hindustan Times Ashish Khetan uncovered the shadowy world of messy local politics, of bigots and slumlords, in Gujarat and beyond. The stories which were assembled through daring undercover operations, show that it takes decades of hard work to infuse hostility and create an ecosystem of fear From journalism to judiciary and from police to Parliament, do you see a trend of partisanship getting rewarded and excellence punished? In Under Cover; My Journey...
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