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A deserted APMC yard with empty containers in Navi Mumbai during the nationwide general strike called by farmers on December 8.

Maharashtra's failed marketing experiment

Maharashtra is the perfect example of reforms in agricultural marketing gone awry.

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Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.

Maharashtra to review and redraft the Shakti Bill that proposes fast-tracking of trials for rape and other crimes against women and severe punishment for sexual offenders

The Maharashtra government has sent the Shakti Bill, which was tabled in the State Assembly on December 14, to a joint select committee of the House f

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Nikhil Dey: ‘RTI helped change the culture of governance’

Interview with Nikhil Dey, rights activist and founder of the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan, on 15 years of the Right to Information Act.

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A Face Mask vendor in Ahmedabad on December 02.

In Gujarat, people caught without face mask in public spaces will have to do community service as punishment, rules High Court

The Gujarat High Court has issued a directive that people not wearing a mask in public would be sent to do community service at non-medical COVID cent

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Noam Chomsky, a 2018 photograph.

Tata Lit Fest cancels a discussion between Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad, raising concerns of censorship

A discussion between Noam Chomsky, a political activist and celebrated linguist, and Vijay Prashad, writer and Frontline columnist, organised by the T

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Bharatiya Janata Party supporters celebrating the party’s victory, in Gandhinagar on November 10.

Gujarat byelections: Ruling BJP makes a sweep

It comes as no surprise that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won all the eight seats in the byelections to the Assembly held on November 3. The rulin

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Members of the Society of Jesus and faculty of Andhra Loyola College protesting against Father Swamy’s arrest, on the college campus in Vijayawada on October 20.

The NIA and Father Stan Swamy: Hunting down a Samaritan

The NIA arrests Father Stan Swamy for alleged involvement in the Bhima Koregaon incident, but the actual reason for the state’s witch-hunt is his stri

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Arnab Goswami sitting inside a police van outside the court in Alibaugh after he was arrested on November 4.

Arnab Goswami, Republic TV owner-editor, arrested by Mumbai Police on charge of abetment to suicide

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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.

Maharashtra government withdraws general consent to the CBI to probe cases

In a move meant to curtail the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) powers in the State, the Maharashtra government withdrew its general consent ag

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Members of the Society of Jesuits and faculty of Andhra Loyola College stage a demonstration seeking the release of Father Stan Swamy and other rights activists arrested in the Bhima Koregaon case, in Vijayawada on October 20.

PUCL and opposition political parties demand release of Father Stan Swamy and repeal of UAPA

A multi-party press conference organised by the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) condemned the arrest of Father Stan Swamy, a tribal rights a

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Outside the Nampur APMC market in Nashik on September 15 to protest against the Union government’s decision banning the export of all onion varieties.

Maharashtra: Political hot potato

The ruling coalition is up in arms against the Central farm laws, but the Shiv Sena will find it difficult to defend its support for the ordinance iss

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Ashok Dhawale: 'Freedom to be exploited"

Interview with Dr Ashok Dhawale, national president, All India Kisan Sabha.

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