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Suo moto cognisance of repeated hate speech by CM Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma must: Assam’s public intellectuals to Gauhati HC

sabrangindia - February 6, 2026

Close to a dozen public intellectuals including Hiren Gohain, Harekrishna Deka, former DGP, Assam and author, Dr. Indrani Dutta, former Director, Omiyo Kumar Das Institute of Social Change and Development, among so many others, have in a letter petition to CJ, Gauhati High Court, Justice Vijay Bishnoi drawn attention of the Court to series of inciteful statements by Himanta Biswa Sarma, Chief Minister and urged suo moto cognisance

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Assam’s Electoral Rolls in Crisis: CJP flags structural manipulation in Summary Revision

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CJP-led memorandum to the Election Commission documents forged objections, misuse of Form 7, and violations of statutory safeguards meant to protect the right to vote

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Campuses in Revolt: How the UGC Equity Stay and Criminalised Dissent Have Ignited Student Protests Across India

Tanya Arora - February 5, 2026

From Allahabad University to JNU, BHU and Delhi University, students are pushing back against the silencing of caste critique and the suspension of long-awaited equity safeguards

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Another Campus, Another Death: Student suicides continue unabated across India

sabrangindia - February 5, 2026

The deaths of Naman Agarwal and several others in recent days reveal a system where inquiries begin only after lives are lost; from IIT Bombay to BITS Goa, a spate of student deaths in just days exposes the hollowness of institutional safeguards and mental-health promises

Rights

When Protest becomes a “Threat”: Inside the Supreme Court hearing on Sonam Wangchuk’s NSA detention

sabrangindia - February 4, 2026

From alleged “Arab Spring inspiration” to missing exculpatory material, the case raises stark questions about preventive detention, free speech, and governance in India’s border regions

Hate Speech

Hate Speech Before the Supreme Court: From judicial activism to institutional closure

Tanya Arora - February 4, 2026

How a six-year constitutional conversation — spanning ‘Corona Jihad’, ‘UPSC Jihad’, Dharam Sansads, contempt petitions, and preventive policing — culminated in the Supreme Court reserving orders and closing most hate-speech cases

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Indian Agriculture: Between the 2026 Union budget & US-India trade deal, a huge setback for Indian farmers

sabrangindia - February 3, 2026

While the Indian corporate media has hailed the reduction of tariffs to the US, now at 18 per cent (still up from the previous single digit figures), it is the blanket non-tariff barriers to US agriculture goods that will hit Indian farmers hard

History

Hidden Histories: A rare memory of the struggle for freedom in a Himalayan kingdom

Bharat Dogra - February 3, 2026

While large parts of modern India’s contribution to the sub-continent’s struggle for freedom find place in historical accounts, the author tracks this unreported hidden struggle against colonial yoke in the Himalayan kingdom of Tehri

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