-TheWire.in On October 11-12, the Supreme Court-appointed commission posed 160 questions to V.C. Sajjanar, the police official under whose jurisdiction the 'encounter' took place, and recorded 'chilling lies'. On December 6, 2019, in the aftermath of the death of four accused in the rape and murder of a veterinarian in Hyderabad, media across the country splashed the face of V.C. Sajjanar, the then commissioner of police, Cyberabad, across broadcasts. Citizens watched his...
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Kerala teacher pitches for education on Constitution
-Hindustan Times Last year, Binu PG had even written a letter to Kerala governor Arif Mohammad Khan regarding Consititution clubs, who in turn, lauded his initiative and recommended the letter to President Ram Nath Kovind. A decision on the letter is still pending. Thiruvananthapuram: A Kottayam teacher’s movement to set up clubs teaching articles from the Constitution of India in schools to create awareness among the youth about their rights and duties...
More »Hurry! Applications for the 3rd round of NFI Fellowships for Independent Journalists reporting in Hindi language are now open till September 28th, 2021
India faced a second and worse wave of COVID-19 pandemic a few months back. The unemployment problem is looming large in the country. At this juncture, the country requires journalism to tell the stories of courage, of loss and grief and also of resilience, of the state of preparedness and about the efforts being made by communities, individuals, civil society and government. For better media coverage of critical issues like human...
More »'Totalitarian Govts Rely on Falsehoods to Establish Dominance': Justice D.Y. Chandrachud
-PTI/ TheWire.in "Democracy and truth go hand in hand. Democracy needs truth to survive," the Supreme Court judge said at a lecture. New Delhi: Totalitarian governments constantly rely on falsehoods in order to establish dominance and the citizen’s right to speak truth to power is integral to the functioning of a democracy, Supreme Court judge Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said on Saturday, August 28. LiveLaw, which covered the online lecture, reported on it with...
More »Sedition for CAA School Play: Karnataka HC Says Police Violated JJ Act, Child Rights
-TheWire.in "Why children are subjected to all this? This has to be corrected, this can't go on like this," the court said. New Delhi: The Karnataka high court on Monday, August 17, observed that the presence of policemen in uniform, carrying firearms, while interrogating children in connection with a sedition case for an anti-CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) theatre play staged at Shaheen Education Society in Bidar last year is in violation of...
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