Arrest of activists

arrest of activists

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28-09-201828-09-201836 STORIES

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Widening network

The length of national highways has been growing steadily in recent years, with 10 States accounting for more than 60 per cent of the network.

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Activists' arrest

Offensive strategy

The arrests of five social activists by the Pune Police show that the Sangh Parivar is aggressively pushing ahead with the “nationalism versus seditio

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Politics of history

The Sangh Parivar is at war with India’s history, which is in no small measure aided by the British rulers’ interpretations and interventions. The Som

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One more failure

After one year of GST, the numbers suggest that the new tax is not just disappointing but fiscally damaging and its implementation is riddled with an

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Jignesh Mevani: ‘It is part of a Brahmanical agenda’

Interview with Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani.

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Sitting targets

With its political compulsion to woo Dalits, contain the growing Maratha resentment and protect its upper-caste base, the BJP government goes after th

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Bhagavan interview

‘Why should I feel scared?’

Interview with Prof. K.S. Bhagavan.

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Activists' arrest

Fighters for rights

The five prominent persons targeted recently by the Maharashtra police come from various walks of life but have a common thread connecting them: they

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In pursuit of justice

The petition filed by five eminent persons against the arrests of the activists aims to highlight the gross abuse of police power intended at stifling

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‘The BJP seems to be a national calamity’

Interview with Justice P.B. Sawant. By T.K. Rajalakshmi

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Dalit dissent

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From the Bara culture: R.S. Bisht

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Double standards

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Protests in Delhi

Growing discontent

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Royal burial in Sanauli

The recent ASI excavation at Sanauli village in western Uttar Pradesh leads to the discovery of several burials, including that of a royal with chari

T.S. Subramanian

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Chennai-Salem Expressway

Cloud over compensation

Confusion prevails over fixing compensation for acquisition of land for development, leaving scores of farmers in the lurch.

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Natural Disaster

Mountain of a task

With thousands of flood refugees finding it hard to return to their homes in view of waterlogging, lack of sanitation and clean drinking water and the

Caste equations

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Dark clouds

With the murders of Gauri Lankesh and M.M. Kalburgi, many people feel that there is an oppressive climate in Karnataka that is stifling of freedom of

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Making of a ‘green’ highway

Nearly 70 per cent of the land required for the expressway is fertile farmland.

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Trading blows

Even as bilateral tensions seem to be building up between Turkey and the U.S., many observers of the region are of the view that the standoff is “a st

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Diary from Trumpland

New equations

As Trump, with an eye on the next presidential election, tries to renegotiate trade treaties with neighbours and tinker with the WTO, it is in the in

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Anti-Trafficking Bill

Drafted in a vacuum

There are serious concerns over the efficacy of the Anti-Trafficking Bill, which neither addresses the root causes of trafficking nor provides for pro

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Assam immigration issues

Migrants and beyond

Against Assam’s chequered history of illegal immigrants, the recent campaigns against the updating of the National Register of Citizens are seen as at

Harekrishna Deka

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West Bengal bridge collapse

Flyover collapse and many questions

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Tough test

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s promise of a “naya Pakistan” will have to be put on hold in view of a paucity of funds coupled with the United States’ thr

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West Bengal violence

Prolonged violence

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Dams in distress

Amid accusations that the Kerala floods were a man-made disaster, it is important to take a close look at the structural limitations of the State’s r

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Chennai-Salem Expressway

Road and ruin

A greenfield expressway corridor passing through five northern districts of Tamil Nadu threatens to affect 159 villages, dispossessing farmers of the

Ilangovan Rajasekaran

End of an unjust law

The Supreme Court finally decriminalises Section 377 of the IPC, granting the LGBTQI community the right to equality and dignity guaranteed by the Co

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Letters to the Editor

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Wood-metal material blend

Wood foam with metal muscle

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Ocean wave energy

Harvesting ocean wave energy

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'Pink noise' and climate change

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Monju reactor decommissioning begins

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