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CIVIL LIBERTIES IN INDIA
Bank reduced interest on Rs 5.89 crore FD from 7.75% to 3.5% citing non-renewal; Delhi HC rejects arbitrary rate cut on this groundBank reduced FD rate from 7.75% to 3.5% citing non-renewal of court order FD upon maturity; Delhi HC rules banks cannot reduce such FD inte...- One Delhi day of 'police state'GoI displayed administrative strength while revealing political weakness in handling citizen dissent. Restrictions in Delhi included turnin...
- Activist Tasleema Akhter questions Pakistan's Kashmir narrative, raises PoJK rights concernsTasleema Akhter highlighted the human rights situation in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir after attending the UNHRC. She criticized Pak...
- Death by breath: How mining dust in Aravallis is killing residentsUnregulated Aravalli mining in Rajasthan has triggered a fatal silicosis crisis, claiming dozens of lives in villages like Syalodra. Affect...
- California bans addictive social media features for under-16s, AI chatbot toysCalifornia Governor Gavin Newsom signed technology laws protecting children online. These measures restrict social media features designed ...
- Luxury litigation, poor pay the priceThe Supreme Court has issued a warning against what it terms 'luxury litigation', leading to the dismissal of a persistent case. With over ...
- 1,292 Chakma voters objected to SIR in Arunachal Pradesh; CDFI seeks ECI observersThe Chakma Development Foundation of India has urged the Election Commission of India to intervene. They allege systematic targeting of ove...
- Nagaland Baptist Church Council opposes compulsory Vande Mataram singingThe Nagaland Baptist Church Council opposes making Vande Mataram singing compulsory. Students' federation also asked institutions to avoid ...
- India drives Bitchat’s growth despite government takedownBitchat, the internet-free messaging app founded by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, is gaining popularity in India despite a government ord...
- Emergency among darkest chapters of Indian history: Vice President RadhakrishnanVice President C P Radhakrishnan has labelled the Emergency period as a dark chapter in India's history, honouring those who defended democ...
- Raids a brazen attack on democratic rights, reminiscent of infamous Emergency: Left partiesThe Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation said the arrests and raids are an attempt to brand all dissenting voices as "ant...
- View: Indian freedom declines from ‘free’ to ‘partly free’. But it remains resilientBJP clams it will improve the lot of Kashmiris through closer integration with India. But its credibility in the Valley is negligible. Free...
- India falls to 51st position in EIU's Democracy IndexIndia's overall score fell from 7.23 in 2018 to 6.90 on the Index that provides a snapshot of the current state of democracy worldwide for ...
- Global community largely silent on India’s J&K moveThe international community is conspicuously not challenging or objecting to India’s legislative and constitutional moves regarding the sta...
- Accused were trying to destabilise government and incite the youth: Pune Joint CPIn June, the Pune police had arrested lawyer and suspected members of the banned CPI (M), Surendra Gadling and activist Rona Wilson, on cha...
- Veteran journalist Kuldip Nayyar no moreNayyar died at around 12.30 AM at a private hospital, his elder son Sudhir Nayyar said. He was suffering from pneumonia and was admitted to...
- Hindutva outfits stayed away from freedom struggle: HistorianHistorian Mridula Mukherjee has said the idea of nationalism in India, as in all third world countries, is essentially rooted in 'anti-impe...
- Supreme Court extends interim bail to Teesta Setalvad and husband Javed AnandSC summed up the allegations levelled by one Ferozkhan Saeedkhan Pathan against the couple and wondered if they were enough to render their...
- Implement solemn assurances given in Constitution: PresidentMukherjee asked the fresh officers to implement these "solemn assurances" given in the preamble of the Constitution during their service of...
- US's John Kerry promises to blunt impact of immigration curbs on technology companiesWhile the two sides discussed a range of issues, there was little to inject new vigour in a relationship that has suffered a gradual accumu...
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