Monday, March 9, 2026

Investigative journalist Sandhya Ravishankar faces threats to life

Civil society members write to Chennai Commissioner of Police Sandhya Civil Society members have expressed their shock and dismay at the “serious violation of privacy” and “threats to life” of Sandhya Ravishankar, a Chennai based investigative journalist, in a letter addressed to the Commissioner of Police, Chennai, A K Viswanathan. She has f...

MHA to probe allegations against functioning of Foreigners’ Tribunals ...

The arbitrary manner in which Foreigners’ Tribunals are declaring people ‘foreigners’ in Assam has not gone unnoticed by international human rights agencies like the UN. Also given how lakhs of Bengali Hindus who the BJP hopes to cultivate into a loyal vote bank have been excluded from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) final draft published o...

Delhi HC greenlights Cobrapost’s Sting, calls Free Speech Lifebl...

In a shot in the arm for freedom of press, the Delhi High Court has quashed the order restraining Cobrapost from publishing its sting operation against prominent media houses. Earlier on May 24, a single judge bench of Justice Valmiki Mehta had passed an interim order preventing Cobrapost, a web portal known for investigative journalism, from relea...

Gujarat MLA income

S.No. MLA Constituency Party Age Education Self-Profession Self-Annual Income (Rs.) ----------------------------- 1 Dhanjibhai Patel (Makson), WADHWAN, BJP, 70 10th Farming & Business 3,90,51,313 3 Crore+ 2 Pabubha Virambha Manek, DWARKA, BJP, 61, literate Indian Road line, Proprietor 2,69,89,503 2 Crore+ 3 Patel Arvidkumar Gandalal...

941 MLAs have not declared their income

ADR and NEW have analyzed the self-declared affidavits of 3145 out of 4086 sitting MLAs. 941 MLAs have not declared their income thus, have not been included in this report. This report primarily focuses on the annual (self) income of the sitting MLAs only. Please find the attachment for the report on Analysis of Income and Professions of Sittin...

SUCCESS: We are well on the road to seeing Sukalo and Kismatiya walk f...

We are very excited to tell you, our supporters, the outcome of today's court hearing. As you know, for three months, Adivasi women forest workers and human rights defenders Sukalo and Kismatiya Gond, have been illegally incarcerated under false charges, in what is the State's way of punishing the women who are active in their fight for the prop...

Supreme Court sets the Rainbow Free!

Decriminalises sex between consenting adults under Section 377, bestiality remains a crime In a historic judgement, the Supreme Court of India has granted adult Indian Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA) people the dignity they have always deserved… the right to love who they love and to not be punished for...

Migrated people made all-round growth of Gujarat : CM

Gujarat Chief Minister Mr. Vijaybhai Rupani today categorically stated that the people, who have migrated to Gujarat from other parts of the country for the employment and business, have made noticeable contributions in the all-round ground of Gujarat. He was speaking as a chairman of a cultural function organized by Odisha Samaj in diamond city of...

Stand up and speak-out for the oppressed against injustice of all kind...

Rohit Prajapati@ August 28, 2018 witnessed raids at the houses and arrests of prominent activists and intellectuals Advocate Sudha Bharadwaj from Faridabad, Gautam Navlakha from New Delhi, Professor Varavara Rao from Hyderabad, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves from Mumbai and house raids of Fr. Stan Swamy in Ranchi, Anand Teltumbde in Goa, daught...

CM reached to Gujarati-Indian families in the USA at a function ‘Chaal...

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani reached out to Gujarati-Indian families in the USA at a function ‘Chaalo India’ held under the aegis of Association of Indian Americans in North America (AIANA) through videoconferencing from Gandhinagar at 5.00 am (IST) today. In a powerful presentation, he enumerated how ‘Gujarat’s development leads to India’s...

Demonetisation and its impact on Tax collection and Formalisation of t...

Arun Jaitley, finance minister  India The Reserve Bank has twice released its reports stating that the demonetised Notes of `500 and `1000 have been substantially deposited in the Banks. A widely stated comment has been that just because most of the currency came back into the Banks, the object of Demonetisation has not succeeded. Was the invali...

SC orders house arrest for 5 activists, says dissent a safety valve of...

The Supreme Court today halted the Pune Police's bid for immediate custody of five activists arrested on Tuesday. The Supreme Court ordered that the five activists will be kept under house arrest till September 6. P Varavara Rao, Gautam Navlakha, Sudha Bharadwaj, Arun Ferreira and Vernon Gonsalves were arrested from multiple locations across Ind...

A vindictive state brazenly attacks dissent in India

In this special edition of our newsletter, we bring to you all the information you need on the recent arrests of our fellow activists across the country. We stand in solidarity with all those targeted, and strongly condemn the actions of the state in targeting citizens who have devoted their entire lives to upholding and defending the Constitutiona...

Clear all debris dumped by VMC

To, The Municipal Commissioner Vadodara Municipal Corporation Khanderao Market, Vadodara - 390 209 Ref: My letter to various departments regarding Construction & Demolition waste Management rules 2016’, Demanding: · To return fine of Rs 8, 69, 850/- collected from 85 taxpaying citizens of Baroda for removal of Construction ...

28 Gujarat congress MLAs support Hardik Patel’s hunger strike

28 Gujarat congress MLAs comes in support of Patidar leader Hardik Patel's hunger strike. Names 1. Veerji Thummar 2. Suresh Patel 3. Lakha Bharwad 4. Lalit Vasoya 5. Lalit Kagathra 6. Kirit Patel 7. Parshottam Sabariya 8. Brijesh Merja 9. Nausaad solanki 10. Bhikhu Joshi 11. Soma Patel 12. Babu Vaja 13. Punja Vansh 14. Mahesh Patel...