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Mohd. Imran Khan
As ECI Announced Poll Dates, Farmers Protest Against Farm Bills Across Bihar
25 Sep 2020
According to government data, nearly two-thirds of Bihar’s total population of about 11 crore is dependent on agriculture for livelihood, with the sector employing nearly 81% of its workforce.
Sumedha Pal
Rajasthan REET Protests: Brutal Crackdown by Police on Tribal Students
25 Sep 2020
The protesting aspirants, who have been struggling to get the state government to conduct the exams since 2018, took to the National Highway-8 after the Chief Minister went back on his promise to…
Sumedha Pal
Jobless Tribal Youth Continue Protest In Rajasthan against Delay in REET Exam
23 Sep 2020
Despite protests for over eight months, the schedule and pattern of the state’s teacher recruitment exams are still awaited.
Newsclick Team
'Where Will Opposition MPs Speak if Not Parliament'
22 Sep 2020
NewsClick speaks with Rajya Sabha MPs of opposition parties and with an expert on the issue.
Sumedha Pal
Bihar Assembly Polls: Kaimur Adivasis Fired Upon and Charged with Rioting for Protesting Against Eviction from Forests
22 Sep 2020
The adivasis were resisting forced evictions by the forest department over the last few months and had gheraoed the department’s premises on September 10-11.
Sagrika Kissu
Schools in Jammu Open to Empty Classrooms, Parents Miffed with Admin Decision
21 Sep 2020
‘Not a single student showed up today. However we are positive that in the coming days parents will send their children to school,’ a school principal said.
PTI/NewsClick Report
12 Opp Parties Give Notice of No-confidence Against RS Deputy Chairman as Farm Bills Passed
20 Sep 2020
The parties that have submitted the notice include the Congress, All India Trinamool Congress, Samajwadi Party, Telangana Rashtra Samithi, CPI, CPI-M, Nationalist Congress Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal…
Mohd. Imran Khan
Bihar Elections: With Thriving Unemployment, Ruling NDA Faces Public Ire
17 Sep 2020
As per the latest survey conducted by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) in April this year, Bihar's unemployment rate increased by 31.2%, and had risen to 46.6%.
Sumedha Pal
Chhattisgarh Tribals Say Security Forces Beat Them, Detained Several on Adivasi Adhikar Diwas
15 Sep 2020
Security forces cracked down on adivasis who were protesting against the government and demanding the release of tribals who are languishing in jails under ‘false charges’.
Amey Tirodkar
Maharashtra Govt Ponders SIT in Bhima Koregaon Case: What Message Is It Sending?
13 Sep 2020
JV Pawar, senior author, activist and one of the founders of the Dalit Panthers movement, however, questioned the timing of this move.