Suppressing Dissent
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The BJP’s increasing authoritarianism may be eroding the support it enjoyed in 2014
In politics as in sports, a team that engages in blatant bullying is eventually exposed as one that lacks both good practice and skill.
Meenakshi Ganguly
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Bihar: Professor assaulted in Motihari for Facebook comment critical of Atal Bihari Vajpayee
The police have reportedly booked 12 people, including the local bureau chief of a Hindi daily.
Scroll Staff
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Anti-defection conundrum: Can voluntary resignation from a party be effected involuntarily?
JD(U) MP Sharad Yadav’s disqualification from the Rajya Sabha raises questions about how much dissent is allowed in our political system.
Shoaib Daniyal
Trending
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Expelled BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani arrested in Rajasthan
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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Instant ‘gate-cane’ weddings in parched Marathwada supply desperate labour to sugar industry
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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Hyderabad’s ‘Dharna Chowk’ has become the subject of a heated agitation in the city
The Telangana chief minister is being accused of stifling dissent and fuelling clashes at the agitation spot earlier this week.
GS Radhakrishna
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Greenpeace says Indian government has cancelled its registration
The NGO said it was yet another 'clumsy tactic' by the Ministry of Home Affairs to curb free speech.
Scroll Staff
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Why Greenpeace is first on the Indian government’s chopping block
The NGO has been at the forefront of a global campaign against coal mining and coal is at the heart of the Modi government’s plan to ramp up industrial production.
Sajai Jose, IndiaSpend.com
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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What happened to the legal action against 'Gas Wars', the book that took on the Ambanis?
The writer of the book, which is still available easily, details the events of the year gone by since legal processes were initiated.
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
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Turkey moves closer to becoming a police state
A new security law working its way through Turkey's parliament could radically reduce police impunity.
Cengiz Gunes, The Conversation