পাকিস্তান-বিরোধী হবার অপরাধে যে কবিকে তাঁর জীবনের দীর্ঘ সময় নির্বাসনে কাটাতে হয়েছিল, মুক্তি যুদ্ধের সময় যিনি ছিলেন স্বাধীন বাংলাদেশের পক্ষে, তাঁকেই আবার কাঠগড়ায় তোলা হয় ভারত-বিরোধী বলে! তাঁর কবিতা ‘হাম দেখেঙ্গে’ গাওয়ার অভিযোগে রাষ্ট্রদ্রোহের মামলা দায়ের করেছে মহারাষ্ট্র পুলিশ। রিপোর্ট: ঊর্মিমালা মহারাষ্ট্রের নাগপুরে গত ১৩ মে ভিরা সাথিদারের স্মরণসভায় ফয়েজ আহমেদ ফয়েজ-এর বিখ্যাত কবিতা […]
The signatories to the APPEAL FOR CEASEFIRE AND DIALOGUE urged the government not to view the situation as though “it is a ‘war’ with an external adversary but as an internal conflict involving our own citizens which requires to be brought to an amicable settlement at the earliest. Groundxero | April 4, 2025 More than two […]
All the major opposition parties opposed the ‘One Nation One Election’ Bill as being “anti-federal”. Samyukt Kisan Morch (SKM), the joint platform of farmer unions, called the move as part of the corporate agenda to create ‘one nation one market’ for facilitating corporate exploitation of the working people by eroding the autonomy and the federal rights of the State […]
The debates surrounding the tragic suicides of Atul Subhash and police constable, Tippanna Alagur in Karnataka has given space for irrational and dangerous fears being unleashed by men’s rights organisations and a sensational media about “greedy and exploitative” women, and betray an ignorance of the processes of law in addition to a denial of violent […]
A group of prominent Indian Muslims, in an open letter to Muhammad Yunus, has strongly condemned the mistreatment of the minorities and urged the Bangladesh authorities to take immediate and corrective actions. Groundxero | Dec. 5, 2024 The “harsh treatment and victimisation” of religious minorities in Bangladesh is appalling and of immense concern, said a group […]
The growing media narratives and propaganda of LAND JIHAD, WAQF TERROR is just a propaganda said prominent lawyers at Kolkata Press Club. Kolkata, Press Club December 5, 2024 A coalition of Indian lawyers convened a press conference at the Kolkata Press Club to counter the growing media narratives and propaganda against Waqf. The […]
A national conference cum meeting was held today at Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi, on the conclusion of the first phase of Rozgar Adhikar Abhiyan being run across the country for the last three months, on the question of imposing proper tax on the property of super rich, guaranteeing education, health and employment, immediately filling […]
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), while welcoming the Supreme Court decision to put a stay on the order by UP and Uttarakhand Governments to display names of owners of all eateries along the Kanwar Yatra routes, strongly demanded apology of the Chief Ministers and Governors of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand and stringent action against bureaucrats […]
PUCL said that the conviction of Medha Patkar for defamation is a timely reminder of the serious danger that the criminal law on defamation poses for human rights activists, environmental activists, anti-corruption activists and whistleblowers. Groundxero | July 05, 2024 A Delhi Court has convicted Medha Patkar, one of India’s most renowned social activists, […]
PUCL urges union government to amend the new criminal law for clarification on duration of police custody beyond 15 days. PUCL said that “Any extension of police custody beyond 15 days is a serious incursion in the rule of law and the criminal justice system.” Groundxero | July 05, 2024 After the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha […]
Perhaps, nowhere in the country during the last two months of electioneering did any people’s gathering has manifested mass democratic consciousness and determination to transform the current repressive socio-economic order in such clear political terms. By Harsh Thakor On 26 May, over 20,000 people of Punjab converged at the Barnala grain market for […]
Even before his death, Mukhtar’s family has been alleging that he was being fed with “slow poison”. The deceased had also petitioned in a trial court in Barabanki through his counsel, alleging the same. Groundxero | April 5, 2024 By Anwar ST Ghazipur (Uttar Pradesh): Former MLA Mukhtar Ansari, who represented eastern Uttar Pradesh’s Mau […]
It is no coincidence that 95% of the political leaders targeted by the ED under the Modi government are from the opposition. Groundxero | March 22, 2024 People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) has condemned the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) calling it an example of […]
The incarceration of Prof Saibaba and the other co-accused and their acquittal by the High Court after a decade shows – the dictum of ‘natural justice’ that not a single innocent should be punished – is vanishing into thin air in the gathering gales of fascism. Groundxero| March 5, 2024 The Nagpur bench […]
The Uttarakhand women’s groups and representatives reject the UCC Bill passed by the State Assembly in toto, saying that the Bill criminalises constitutional behaviour, and introduces moral policing. Groundxero | 7th February, 2024 The Uttarakhand State Legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed the Uniform Civil Code, Uttarakhand, 2024 Bill, becoming the first State in the […]