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'Against freedom of speech and democracy': Opposition leaders back Lois Sofia in face-off with Tamilisai Soundararajan
Fp Staff • 7 years agoLeaders and spokespersons of regional and national parties condemned the Tamil Nadu government for the arrest of Lois Sofia for raising 'anti-BJP' slogans at the Tuticorin airport in front of state BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan.
Lois Sofia, who shouted 'fascist govt down, down' at Tuticorin airport, is a writer and a vocal RSS-BJP critic
Fp Staff • 7 years agoLouis Sophia, a Tamil Nadu student who was arrested at the Tuticorin airport on Monday for raising 'anti-government slogans' in front of Tamil Nadu BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan, has been an active left-wing voice on social media
Long before Bhima Koregaon riot, 128 organisations with ties to CPI (Maoist) were put on watch list by UPA-II
Yatishyadav • 7 years agoIn December 2012, the UPA government wrote a missive to all the states to take appropriate action against persons involved with 128 organisations it had identified
BJP's policies reflect its clear 'Hindutva' ideology, should not be confused with conservative right-wing politics
Aakar • 7 years agoThe BJP does not fall into the 'Right' category, nor do its policies conform broadly with what the world defines as 'Right'.
Days after Florida school shooting, right-wing conspiracy theorists try to discredit incident as 'false flag attack'
• 7 years agoIn the wake of the Florida school shooting, survivors like David Hogg and Emma Gonzalez have become faces of the fight for US gun control — and targets for far-right pundits and conspiracy theorists who paint the students as puppets of the political left.
Mukkabaaz: Anurag Kashyap's film pits a 'loser' protagonist against the system, but its critique is not radical
Mk Raghavendra • 7 years agoThe issue with 'loser' films like Mukkabaaz and Masaan is that they critique the state but not capitalism, and that they present villains as being invincible | #FirstCulture
Rajnath Singh says security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, Naxal-hit areas improved due to efforts of Centre, state govts
• 7 years agoThe security situation in the country, including in Jammu and Kashmir and Naxal-hit areas, has improved considerably, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said
JNU cancels Subramanian Swamy's talk on Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, allows Prakash Karat's talk on Babri Masjid
Fp Staff • 7 years agoA talk scheduled to be given by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy at JNU on the topic "Why Ram Mandir in Ayodhya?" has been cancelled.
Maoist violence drops by over 50% in six years as Left-wing extremists' grip weakens in red bastions
Indiaspend • 7 years agoThere has been a 52.6 percent drop in incidents of Maoist violence between 2010 and 2016, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of ministry of home affairs (MHA) data
CPM questions EC's decision to not announce Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls schedule simultaneously
• 7 years agoCPM on Friday questioned the Election Commission's (EC) decision to not announce the poll schedule for Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat simultaneously.