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Odisha: Chaos in Cuttack During Durga Puja, as Procession Clashes Spiral Into Violence

A historic city known for centuries of communal harmony faces a 36-hour curfew and internet shutdown after clashes during Durga idol immersion; authorities vow arrests as VHP rally escalates tensions, leaving 31 injured.

8 Oct 2025 12:53 pm
ICDS@50: Anganwadi Workers Struggle & Govt Apathy

To mark the completion of 50 years of Integrated Child Development Services, the All-India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers organised a national conclave in Delhi.

8 Oct 2025 12:44 pm
TikTok, Oracle, And Israel: the New Geopolitics of Algorithms

The pending purchase of TikTok, blessed by the Trump-Netanyahu duo, once again sets off alarm bells regarding the marriage of economic, geopolitical, and military interests.

8 Oct 2025 12:30 pm
Blatant Casteist Attack: Lawyers Assault on CJI Gavai on Last Months Remarks Explained

While there have been past instances of Supreme Court judges facing physical attacks by disgruntled litigants, this one seems to be inspired by hatred towards CJI Gavai, who hails from a Dalit, Buddhist background.

7 Oct 2025 1:03 pm
Did RSS Sacrifice for Indias Freedom?

Narendra Modis assertions on the organisations role in the freedom movement have nothing to do with the truth.

7 Oct 2025 12:47 pm
Ominous October in Odisha: How Nature Gets Run Down, and Hits Back

Rising coastal erosion and rapid depletion of green cover is a huge worry for humans, livestock and wildlife.

6 Oct 2025 12:55 pm
Protests Across India Against Gaza Genocide!

Delhis Jantar Mantar on Sunday saw youth, artists, citizens holding a solidarity protest in support of Palestine and against Israels genocide.

6 Oct 2025 11:46 am
ECI Alters Counting Protocol, Orders Postal Tally Completion Before Final EVM Rounds

The Election Commission of India has issued a binding directive requiring postal ballots to be fully counted before the final EVM rounds, a move that comes in the wake of significant allegations of procedural irregularities during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

4 Oct 2025 12:51 pm
REPLUG: Largest Democracy is Different From Best Democracy

In this conversation with writer Githa Hariharan in 2022, TJS George, who passed away on October 3, 2025, talks about his book and more.

4 Oct 2025 12:38 pm
-Ladakh is Only Seeking Security Within Constitutional Framework

Recent violence in the tribal majority border region has so far seen four deaths and over seventy injuries.

3 Oct 2025 12:46 pm
Reaffirming Gandhi: Anti-imperialism, Political & Economic Democracy

The authentic reaffirmation of Gandhi is to resist neo-fascism and reclaim the Constitution and the republic, before those who once pulled the trigger on him succeed in pulling the trigger on India itself.

3 Oct 2025 12:24 pm
Delhi: Anti-Malaria Workers on Indefinite Strike!

The Anti-Malaria Ekta Employees Union, representing 12 zones of MCD, began an indefinite strike from September 29, for demands pending for 30 years.

2 Oct 2025 11:40 am
New Pretext for Orchestrating Communal Violence

The episode of I love Muhammad is worsening the intimidation and marginalisation of Muslims, as display of affection for ones Prophet falls well within the democratic expression of speech.

2 Oct 2025 11:33 am
Locked Out of My Own Money: Banking on Charges, Not Trust

A citizens case against procedural indifference in the age of digital banking.

1 Oct 2025 1:02 pm
One Nation, One Election: Last Gasp of a Neo-Fascist Dispensation

Indias democratic movement needs to comprehensively unite and resist ONOE and ensure that it is not allowed to become law.

1 Oct 2025 12:16 pm
How Shortage of Trained Hands has Emerged as the Weakest Link in UPs Solar Story

In Uttar Pradesh, solar trainees called Surya Mitras are left with few jobs, while villages rely on untrained workers to keep solar pumps and grids running.

30 Sep 2025 1:31 pm
Ladakh Speaks up Against Environment Destruction!

The People for Himalaya campaign protested violence against protesters in Ladakh, arrest of environmental activist Sonam Wangchuk and increasing disasters in the Himalayan regions.

30 Sep 2025 1:10 pm
Massive Protest Against Paper Leak Forces U-Turn by CM Dhami

Uttarakhand SSSC recruitment exam paper leak sparked off a huge movement by job seekers.

30 Sep 2025 12:46 pm
GST Relief Wont Offset Effect of Trumps Tariff Assault

The adjustment in the Goods and Services Tax rates does not as such inject any purchasing power into the economy.

29 Sep 2025 1:41 pm
Vymada Patent Struck Down! Another Blow to Novartis Patent Monopolies

This reflects the success of the relentless struggle by health activists backed by the Left in Parliament that led to the major changes in the Draft Indian Patent Act in 2005.

27 Sep 2025 12:52 pm
Delhi: Protest Demands Release of Sonam Wangchuk

Aam Aadmi Party activists and civil society organisations held a protest at Jantar Mantar against Wangchuks detention, the curfew in the UT., and demanded statehood for Ladakh.

27 Sep 2025 11:23 am
Free Speech, Even in Bad Taste, Protected if no Incitement to Violence: HP HC

Himachal Pradesh HC grants bail in Farooq Ahmad v. State, reaffirming that free speech, though in bad taste, is protected if it doesn't incite violence or disturb public peace.

26 Sep 2025 12:23 pm
From Ladakh to Uttarakhand, Gen Z on the Boil!

In this episode of #India Ki Baat, senior journalists discuss Ladakh and Uttarakhand, and why the youth there were forced to take to the streets.

26 Sep 2025 11:53 am
SC Questions Delay in Gadlings Trial in 2016 Surjagarh Case

Why is the trial not going on, and for how many years can a person be kept in custody without trial? the bench asked.

25 Sep 2025 1:11 pm
Uttarakhand: Dhami Coins Nakal Jehad to Deflect Attention From Paper Leak Scam

As protests rise, alleged corruption scams in recruitment for various jobs in the hill state have been tumbling out of the cupboard since its formation in 2001.

25 Sep 2025 12:35 pm
Manipur: PMs Visit Yields Little Substance

Kuki-Zo stance is hardening, BJP helplessness seems quite obvious.

24 Sep 2025 1:23 pm
Nation, COVID-19 and Migrant Workers

Migrant workers are not just labourthey are the invisible pillars of Indias economy. Yet, they are left without identity or protection.

24 Sep 2025 12:47 pm
Delhi Riot Victims Once Again Raise Demand for Justice!

The North East Riot Victim Solidarity Group recently organised an event in Mustafabad, North-East Delhi, demanding justice once again.

24 Sep 2025 12:23 pm
Odisha: BJD in Turmoil as Patnaik Battles Health Issues, Pandian Holds Decree

Patnaiks aides hold over everything appears to have become the common reason for angst among almost all the senior BJD leaders.

23 Sep 2025 12:55 pm
Rising Hate: Who Pays the Price?

Discrimination is not only unjust; it is also economically self-defeating, and undermines the very foundations of growth and prosperity.

23 Sep 2025 12:39 pm
Is India Heading for Foreign Ownership of Banks?

If true, marginal borrowers will be further cut out from direct access to bank credit; big business will be further; and bank credit will flow toward foreign assets and speculative activities.

23 Sep 2025 12:20 pm
The Lefts Story is a Living, Breathing Fight for Fairness: Saira Shah Halim

The political activists book Comrades and Comebacks traces the history of Left politics from Indias freedom struggle to 21st century electoral dynamics.

22 Sep 2025 1:40 pm
What Saudi-Pak Pact Means For India & World!

In this episode of Padtaal Duniya Bhar Ki Newsclicks Chief Prabir Purkayastha talks about the impact of Pakistan's agreement with Saudi Arabia on the world and India. They also discuss Israel's ongoing massacre in Gaza.

22 Sep 2025 12:18 pm
ECI Refutes Rahuls Claim on Voter Deletion But Refusal to Share Data Raises Doubts

In response to Rahul Gandhis explosive claims of mass voter deletions in Karnatakas Aland, the Election Commission called the allegations baseless and insisted votes cant be deleted onlineyet its refusal to share critical data and silence on repeated CID requests makes ECIs defence increasingly indefensible.

20 Sep 2025 1:25 pm
Delhi: How Many People Will You Jail?

JNUSU, civil society members and families of jailed activists protest, demand release of political prisoners.

20 Sep 2025 12:53 pm
A Letter to My Friend in Gaza

A research scholars expression of rage, solidarity, deep sense of empathy, and a flickering hope amid utmost despair that Palestine will ultimately be free!.

20 Sep 2025 12:50 pm
Need to Fill Legal Vacuum on Social Media Shadow Ban

Shadow banning of human rights commentators and journalists on social media infringes core tenets of our constitutional freedoms. Despite certain obligations under the IT Act and Rules, Indias regulatory regime does not yet address the opaque nature of this silent censorship.

20 Sep 2025 12:31 pm
'Vote Theft 2.0: Rahuls Second Expose on Deletion of Names

In this episode of India Ki Baat, three senior journalists discuss Rahul Gandhis new revelations on vote 'theft questioning the ECI, the power display on PM Modis 75th birthday and Bihar elections.

19 Sep 2025 12:19 pm
How Delhi Violence Conspiracy Case Ritualises Silence

After five years, the Delhi High Court was able to look the people of India in the eye and declare that the trial is progressing at a natural pace.

19 Sep 2025 11:42 am
Bihar Polls: Vote Will be on Issues, NDA Defeat Certain

CPI(M) leader Awadhesh Kumar says this time elections in Bihar will be fought on issues, NDA will face defeat and Prashant Kishor is not a factor.

17 Sep 2025 12:20 pm
We Should Propagate Socialism & Full Democracy in India Today

Eminent historian Prof Irfan Habib, 92, speaks on The Left in the National Movement and its Legacy on the occasion of the First Sitaram Yechury Memorial Lecture held to a packed house in HKS Bhawan, New Delhi, on Monday, September 14, 2025.

16 Sep 2025 12:40 pm
Justice Bulldozed! A Weapon of Exclusion of Poor

The bulldozer has been transformed into a weapon of State power, an instrument of dispossession and punishment, while shielding elite encroachers and corporate land grabs.

16 Sep 2025 12:16 pm
Eastern Indias First Green Portal Inaugurated by Newsclick Editor Prabir Purkayastha

Climate24 was launched last week during The Green Summit 2025 held in Kolkata Press Club.

15 Sep 2025 12:41 pm
Delhi Rural: Scrap Toll by Sept 20, Or Face Traffic Blockade

A recent Mahapanchayat against the Mundka-Bakarwala toll plaza, under the leadership of 360 villages of Delhi and Palam-360 Khap, threatened to intensify their stir.

15 Sep 2025 12:07 pm
Lollipop for Lawyers, Justice for None!

If Delhi is to embrace technology in the criminal justice system, it must be within the constitutional bounds, under the judicial roof, not the police.

13 Sep 2025 1:10 pm
In Odisha Courts, Bail Terms Reek of Caste Discrimination

In a string of recent orders by sessions courts and the Orissa High Court, the accused from Dalit and Adivasi communities have been directed to engage in forced labour as a condition of their grant of bail.

13 Sep 2025 11:50 am
Odisha: Double Engine Toes Line of Central Masters; Key Sectors Lie Derailed?

Take any issue related to health, education, inflation and unemployment. There is little done on the ground by the state apparatus, say critics.

12 Sep 2025 1:27 pm
Return of the Long Working Day!

A personal experience of an emotionally, physically and financially draining stint with corporate slavery in Indias finance capital.

12 Sep 2025 12:11 pm
West Bengal: In Purulia District, Elderly Are Left to Battle Climate Stress Alone

Erratic rainfall, agricultural shocks and rising migration have emptied villages in Purulia, leaving older residents to fend for themselves.

12 Sep 2025 11:43 am
Indian Left Decries BJP Govt for Hosting Israeli Minister

Bezalel Smotrich is one of the architects of Israeli genocide in Gaza and has been banned by several countries. There is a pending ICC warrant against him.

12 Sep 2025 11:34 am