L'affaire Liaqat Shah once again shows how ministry of home affairs has emboldened agencies to pick, detain, arrest and charge people with terrorism.

Academics, writers, filmmakers write to the President protesting the execution of Afzal Guru

We urge the government to suspend work at Koodankulam and engage directly and democratically with the concerns of the people who live in the vicinity

The Supreme Court controversially lays down that postponement of publication of court hearings can be considered on a case-by-case basis, raising fears that it could be misused by influential litigants.

A group of eminent citizens gives a call to end the fast and focus on a "democratic, accountable, ethical and non-violent" movement "capable of leading an electoral revolution to democratize and decentalise power..."

'Disappearances and illegal detentions have become rampant... It is as though a new wave of counter terrorism has been launched to terrorize the youth belonging to a community'

'It is a matter of deep distress that a threat from Darul Uloom Deoband has forced Prabha Parmar , a research scholar at the Chaudhary Charan Singh University to change the topic of her post-doctoral research'

Letter to the PM protesting against the developments in West Bengal — arrest of Dr. Partho Sarothi Roy, a young molecular biologist, and the treatment meted out to Professor Ambikash Mahapatra

Eminent development economists write to the PM that National Food Security Bill tabled in the Lok Sabha has some "serious shortcomings".

Eminent citizens, concerned about nuclear safety and the government’s campaign of slander against the Koodankulam anti-nuclear plant agitation in Tamil Nadu, speak up

'The group wishes to put forward some issues which call for urgent attention and action to make reforms effective and have a positive and perceptible impact on citizens' day-to-day life'

'It is unacceptable and counterproductive to link the official poverty estimates to basic entitlements of the people, especially access to food'

'The Left in India is not the Left parties alone and therefore the defeat of the Left parties does not mean the defeat of the Left'

40 Nobel laureates urge Dr. Binayak Sen’s immediate release on bail, insisting that this time his appeal be heard without delay

'We are a small group of like-minded citizens who are concerned with the general deterioration in the overall value system of the nation, but have abiding belief and commitment in India’s potential and prospects as a successful democracy...'

Eminent personalities express reservations about the UID and demand that "the project should be halted before it goes any further and the prelude to the project be attended to, the public informed and consulted, and the wisdom of the project determined"

To: National Human Rights Commission, National Commission for the Protection of Children, Office of the Chief Justice of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Chief Minsiter of J &K, Planning Commission

Activists write to the US President: 'Whose 'ass' should the citizens of Bhopal kick if governments selectively shield their corporations and officials from legal accountability?'

Eminent persons condemn the voices emanating from Chhatisgarh Police to book Arundhati Roy for her article, Walking With The Comrades

Dr Srinivas Ramachandra Siras, 64, who had recently fought against his unlawful and unethical suspension from AMU on the grounds of “gross indecency” -- being gay-- is found dead.