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12th Mumbai Pride March in limbo as Mumbai Police withholds permission, citing safety issues over 'possible CAA-NRC protests'

Three days before this year's edition of the Queer Azaadi Mumbai Pride Parade, the Mumbai Police has denied permission for the event to be held at the historic August Kranti Maidan, which has traditionally served as the starting point of the march.

Madhya Pradesh BJP's minority cell sees departure of 173 leaders, 500 workers over CAA, NRC; party denies claim

Latest news reports suggests that BJP has been losing Muslim workers and leaders of its minority cell in large numbers in Madhya Pradesh, since the passage of the citizenship act.

Immorality of protesting lawyers: Role of advocates in hampering judicial productivity should be recognised and remedied

It is a very normal practice to blame the judiciary and the judges for the inordinate delay in the disposal of cases and for the mounting pendency in courts. However, without a professional and responsible Bar, the wheels of justice will always roll slowly. Any serious enquiry into judicial delay should include the role of lawyers in hampering the judicial process.

What it means to be queer under a regime bent on remaking India on its own ideological terms

Recently one of my pictures was trolled by right-wing people on social media. These responses display that their frameworks to look at the world is disrupted by a visibly queer body. An important lens to look at the world for them is through marriage, which becomes the foundational principle of assigning gendered personhood. The comments were brutally transphobic and queerphobic. Throughout, one thread of reference remained the same, 'Who will marry this and how?'

At Mumbai's anti-CAA protests, a peaceful display of solidarity, unity, and civil engagement

Thousands of Mumbaikars came together extending their support to the students protesting against the CAA across the country.