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Dalits claim Delhi streets over demolition of Ravidas Mandir

The roads in the national capital were in shambles on Wednesday as thousands of followers of Guru Ravi Das took to the streets and rallied from Ambedkar Bhavan to Ram Leela Maidan, protesting the recent demolition of the Ravidas Mandir in the Tughlakabad forest area.

Newslaundry · Aug 21, 2019

#RavidasTemple: Politicians queue up with opinions, but residents call it a ‘matter of faith’

The demolition of the Saint Guru Ravidas Temple in New Delhi has created a stir over the last 10 days. A bandh was held in Punjab last week and exams were postponed in the state as protests boiled against the demolition of the temple in Tughlaqabad Extension by the Delhi…

Newslaundry · Aug 20, 2019

How the Modi Government systematically made Parliament irrelevant

It was May 20, 2014. The Bharatiya Janata Party having won 282 seats in Lok Sabha, Narendra Damodardas Modi was unequivocally elected as the Prime Minister of India. He got out of a vehicle at the main entrance of Parliament and got down on his knees to touch his head…

Newslaundry · Jun 28, 2018

Court’s latest blow to Goa ore mining reflects failures of state

Goa’s iron ore mining scam may seem like an old story. It is.

Newslaundry · May 21, 2018

#KarnatakaCMRace: The season of ‘destination politics’ begins

The destination is now clear. Indian National Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) Members of Legislative Assembly will be stationed in Hyderabad to protect themselves from the onslaught of Operation Lotus 2.0.

Newslaundry · May 18, 2018

Everything there’s to know about the nataka in Karnataka

It was a bitterly fought election. A campaign full of rhetoric from all sides, a random pre-poll move to divide the Lingayat vote bank which seems to have failed miserably, a carpet-bombing advertisement spree, a premature celebration which has now turned into a dank meme, a dark horse regional party doing much better than predicted and then, finally, a…

Newslaundry · May 17, 2018

#Impeachment: Congress terms Vice-President’s order ‘ill-advised’ but what next?

Yesterday morning Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu rejected the notice to initiate the impeachment motion against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. It was expected that the Opposition parties including the Congress party will pounce on the opportunity to hit back at the governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Barely hours later, when…

Newslaundry · Apr 24, 2018

‘Litigations in #JudgeLoya case an attempt to malign judiciary’: Supreme Court

A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the public interest litigations (PILs) seeking an independent probe into the death of special CBI judge Brijgopal Harkishan Loya. Terming the petitions “frivolous and motivated”, Justice DY Chandrachud said that these litigations were an attempt by the petitioners to “malign” the judiciary.

Newslaundry · Apr 19, 2018

The Heroes In The Battle Against Section 66A

The Supreme Court struck down Section 66A of the Information and Technology (IT) Act, 2000. While Justices Jasti Chelameswar and Rohinton Fali Nariman, who passed the judgement, have emerged as today’s heroes, there have been many others who have fought against Section 66A for years now.

Newslaundry · Mar 24, 2015

Don’t Tease the Politicians

Question: You receive the following image in a chain mail.

Newslaundry · Aug 28, 2013