Will ‘apologists’ take a bullet for the nation?

Unnao: Journalist Who Reported on ‘Sand Mafia’ Killed, The Wire

The Wire 24 June 2020 Days before his killing, Shubham Mani Tripathi had informed authorities that he had been threatened by persons involved in illegal sand mining and land encroachment activities. New Delhi: A reporter for a Kanpur-based newspaper was killed on June 19 in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh, allegedly at the behest of a […]

Protests, outrage over Assam’s bid to convert land for industries, The Hindu

The Hindu 02 July 2020 All Assam Students’ Union symbolically burn copies of ordinance, apex tribal body demands scrapping of ‘anti-indigenous’ move. The Assam government’s approval of an ordinance to allow conversion of land without clearances for setting up micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) triggered protests across the State on July 2. The State […]

Rights group condemns Mizoram CM’s anti-Chakma statement, Northeast Now

Northeast Now07 October 2019 The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) in a press statement issued on Monday condemned the anti-Chakma statement of Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga. Zoramthanga in an interview to the news magazine, The Week, published on October 5 last, stated, “I want the NRC because Bangladeshi infiltrators are here in the form of Chakmas”. “Such a […]