Dr Kafeel detained by UP cops again!
Maniupur University
Manipur University under siege
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Rape of a Nun: Bishop Franco Mulakkal Arrested
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Dr.Ambedkar’s views on minority rights, democracy and Hindu majoritarianism
NRC Assam
UN again raises concerns about 'statelessness' and 'exclusion' of minorities in Assam

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Dr Kafeel detained by UP cops again!
22 Sep 2018
Gorakhpur's famous 'hero' doctor Kafeel Khan, who was victimised and thrown in jail despite saving the lives of many children during the oxygen shortage at the BRD Medical College, is in the state's crosshairs once again. Dr Kafeel who was all set...
Maniupur University
Manipur University under siege
22 Sep 2018
Police fire tear gas, mock bombs; Students, faculty arrested   A huge number of state forces entered the Manipur University campus on the night of September 20 and allegedly terrorised students especially the students in boys’ hostels. As...
NRC Assam
UN again raises concerns about 'statelessness' and 'exclusion' of minorities in Assam
22 Sep 2018
The UN Special Rapporteur has once again raised the issue of possible statelessness of millions of people in Assam in wake of the exclusion of their names from the National Register of Citizens (NRC). This is part of a report titled Contemporary...
Franco mulakkal
Rape of a Nun: Bishop Franco Mulakkal Arrested
22 Sep 2018
In a historic development in Catholic Church in India, Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal has been arrested allegedly for raping a nun. He was arrested after a three day long drilling by Kerala police in Kochi. In an unprecedented protest nuns came...
Ambedkar
Dr.Ambedkar’s views on minority rights, democracy and Hindu majoritarianism
22 Sep 2018
Professor Christophe Jaffrelot (King’s India Institute, London) and Prof. Narender Kumar (JNU, New Delhi) brought out a new volume on Dr Ambedkar and Democracy: An Anthology (2018). The book underlines the limitations of Hindu nationalist politics...