Cyber Police Question 2 Accused Over Manipulated Video Targeting CM Devendra Fadnavis  https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-cyber-police-question-2-accused-over-manipulated-video-targeting-cm-devendra-fadnavis .. Maharashtra Cyber Department is actively working to identify the remaining accused and scrutinise their social media activity. Those found responsible for propagating this misleading and defamatory content will be summoned and held accountable. 

The department reiterates its commitment to uncovering the identities behind these acts and ensuring that justice is served. It also emphasizes the importance of responsible digital behavior, warning against the misuse of social media platforms to spread misinformation or inflammatory content. Further updates will follow as the investigation progresses. an FIR was registered under Sections 353(1)(B), 356(2), 192, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), along with Section 67 of the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000.

Worli man detained for distributing doctored video on CM Jan 1, https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/worli-man-detained-for-distributing-doctored-video-on-cm/articleshow/116862084.cms   A cyber police officer said, "Kanki was brought in for questioning concerning his involvement in circulating the objectionable content. His mobile device was seized, and upon examination, it was found to contain the manipulated video that has been widely circulated."

Urban Naxals and Red Book: The BJP's efforts to Undermine Rahul Gandhi's  championing of the Marginalised  https://thewire.in/politics/urban-naxals-and-red-book-the-bjps-efforts-to-undermine-rahul-gandhis-championing-of-the-marginalised Anand Teltumbde 10/Nov/2024 Gandhi’s transformation, especially evident through his Bharat Jodo and Nyaya Yatras, has shifted him from being seen as a “me too Hindu” simpleton to a champion of marginalised groups. This rebranding has positioned him as a significant challenge to the BJP with his unorthodox approach to leadership.

the references to leftist influences in urban areas and their link to Naxalism can be found in security and policy analyses from as early as the 1990s and 2000s.

The police projected to the gullible people that they had uncovered the Maoists’ plot to build urban network and busted it by arresting these activists. 

https://thewire.in/caste/in-maharashtra-fadnaviss-foray-to-capture-bhima-koregaon

The BJP’s approach to Dalit cultural and historical spaces ...... involves a systematic encroachment into significant Dalit spaces such as Deeksha Bhumi, Chaitya Bhumi, and the Bhima-Koregaon obelisk, with the ultimate aim of embedding Hindutva narratives and neutralising radical Dalit assertion. 

The BJP has infiltrated these spaces, appointing its loyalists to managing committees, and using state funding to exert influence and state machinery to control the narrative and logistics of these events.

Still another aspect of the stratagem is dilution of radical Dalit assertion. .. State control reduces the space for independent Dalit leaders to emerge and organise autonomously.

 18th AIPSC 2024 

Inaugural https://youtu.be/D_XyDzdduXM?t=322

Inaugural Sessions  https://youtu.be/D_XyDzdduXM?t=1578

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-g6c2Yqes4  4 hours plus

 2nd Day All India People's Science Congress Cultural Programs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuMWfIO_zM0 AIPSN Medi Oriya songs 

 3rd Day All India People's Science Congress Cultural Programs
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 The Rise of Gautam Adani | 21 July 2024  https://youtu.be/eiO12AQfsjM?t=419  

 Adani’s role in various harmful projects in conjunction with Narendra Modi’s Hindu supremacist government, and with global imperialist powers. These include the coal mining of Adivasi lands, weapons sales to Israel including through shipping and ports (Adani acquired the lease for Israel’s second largest port, Haifa, even as Indian dock workers have been refusing to load Israeli weapons) and the creation of residential schools for Adivasi children. Crucially, we will also be focusing on ongoing resistance to Adani’s destructive policies, particularly among Adivasi communities.

In this session, we have a discussion between Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Ravi Nair on how Adani acquired his immense wealth, will feature a discussion.

How George Soros became ‘Enemy Number 1’ for India’s Modi https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/12/26/how-george-soros-became-enemy-number-1-for-indias-modi

n a series of posts on December 5, the BJP posted on X that the Congress leaders, including Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, used the work of a group of investigative journalists — funded in part by Soros’s foundation and the State Department — to target the Modi government on questions related to the economy, security, and democracy.

But some experts have suggested that the move is about domestic political posturing, aimed also at aligning the Modi government with the incoming Trump administration’s insistence on how the “deep state” conspires to undermine democracy.

“The instrumentalisation of Western criticism into a domestic political platform represents a rather new phenomenon in Modi’s India,” said Asim Ali, a political researcher. It represents an effort, he said, to build the narrative of a “face-off between a ‘Western-backed coalition’ and a ‘popularly backed nationalist coalition’.”

A Road To Nowhere  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM0ypDSp81I INTACH Pune Chapter Apr 15, 2016
With increasing urbanization, often short term solutions are provided without thought to long term effects. The Pune Municipal Corporation planned and constructed a road on Mutha river bed under the garb of providing alternative to already congested Sinhgad road. This is a story of the river, the road and the struggle to ensure safety of citizens.

Not many people would know this: in 2004 when Manipur plunged into a deep crisis, then PM Dr MMS went to Imphal and handed over the Kangla Fort, the most revered symbol of power to the public. After independence, this was kept captive to the Assam Rifles. Here is his speech there on Nov 20, 2004. https://archivepmo.nic.in/drmanmohansingh/speech-details.php?nodeid=45 Extracts: he ancient heritage of Manipur and its tradition of bravery continue to echo throughout the length and breadth of the State and inspires the rest of the country. The Kangla Fort exemplified the bravery of Manipuris and witnessed many a fierce battle against British authorities who wanted to capture it and conquer its people. ...it was Indira Gandhi who positively responded to the yearnings of the Manipuris to have a separate State so that they could fashion their destiny and develop and consonance with their own genius. It is important and instructive to recall that Indira Gandhi while studying in Shantiniketan belonged to the Manipur Group and learnt Manipuri dance. In fact during his visit to the State in 1952, Panditji saw a number of dances in Manipur and wrote, show at Manipur

Saving Young Adults In Consensual Relationships From Prosecution Under Child Sex Abuse Law Has Become A Matter Of Luck  https://article-14.com/post/saving-young-adults-in-consensual-relationships-from-prosecution-under-child-sex-abuse-law-has-become-a-matter-of-luck--67623c70a081b?s=08 Raksha Kumar Wednesday, 18 Dec, 2024  India’s law on child abuse requires mandatory criminal procedure to be initiated against anyone who has sex with those below the age of 18. Most police personnel and judges across the country follow the letter of the law. However, given the magnitude of such cases, police and judiciary of some states have refrained from criminalising young adults and teenagers in consensual relationships.

For decades, child rights activists fought hard for a separate law against child abuse. 

In 2012, the POCSO Act was enacted, which widened the definition of sexual violence and incorporated child-friendly procedures for reporting, investigation, recording of evidence, and trial. Many termed it “pathbreaking” but noted that punishment for failure to report the crime, even among consensual partners, came with its own complications.