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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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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How the brain’s clock speeds up around middle age can determine future health and dementia
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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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: Footballers give their jackets to young player escorts amidst heavy rain in New York City
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Caught on camera: Supermarket floor collapses, shopper falls through it
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‘Look at my wonderful costume’: Actor Anne Hathaway reacts to scenes from some of her popular movies
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Watch: Chef makes life-sized pencil and sharpener entirely from chocolate
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Watch: Musicians from Kerala perform their version of the iconic 1985 song ‘We Are The World’
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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