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12-year legal battle for identity: Rahim Ali’s posthumous victory in Assam’s citizenship tribunal

CJP Team - August 2, 2024

The harrowing journey of an Assam citizen, who was recently declared Indian by the Supreme Court, shows the dark side of the human cost and bureaucratic failures in Assam’s citizenship crisis.

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Violence Unleashed: Kanwariya Yatra 2024, police vehicle and shops vandalised

sabrangindia - August 1, 2024

Kanwar Yatra 2024: Woman reaches Taj Mahal with Kanwar, tries to offer ‘Gangajal, in various places of UP and Rajasthan, Kanwariyas beat up the public, a transgender beaten up and police vehicle vandalised in Ghaziabad by a mob of kanwariyas

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Landslide In Wayanad Is Only The Beginning!

Binu Mathew - August 1, 2024

On the morning of July 30, a huge landslide occurred at Mundakkai, in the mountainous district of Wayanad, Kerala, India. 282 people have been...

Gender and Sexuality

Telangana High Court affirms right of Akbhari Shia Women to conduct religious activities in Hyderabad’s Ibadat Khana

sabrangindia - August 1, 2024

The judgment of the Court highlights denial of the right to perform religious activities to women as discriminatory and violative of Article 14 and 25(1), provides that there are no specific religious text prohibiting women's entry into prayer halls

Media

Central Government silent over the number of YouTube channels blocked in last 5 years; dismisses concern about press freedom and internet shutdowns

sabrangindia - July 31, 2024

Rajya Sabha MP Vivek Tankha requested the data on number of Youtube channels blocked by the government in last 5 years, but the figures were not disclosed

Minorities

Muslim tailor commits suicide after LDA ‘demolished’ his house

sabrangindia - July 31, 2024

LDA has started a militarised demolition drive of shops and homes in the over 50-year-old predominantly Muslim locality, distress 15,000 residents

Communalism

Communal violence in Vishalgad and Gajapur, Kolhapur: Fact-finding report exposes systemic failures and targeted violence

sabrangindia - July 31, 2024

Detailed report by ‘Shanti Sathi Stri Sanghrsh’ (Women Protest for Peace) reveals targeted attacks on Muslim communities, administrative negligence, and calls for urgent reforms and accountability

Dalit Bahujan Adivasi

Union Minister says no report of manual scavenging in last 5 years

sabrangindia - July 31, 2024

Safai Karmachari Andolan demands that the Prime Minister come out with a White Paper on work done by govt for manual scavengers in last 10 years and seeks special package for liberation and rehabilitation of manual scavengers

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Press Club of India, NWMI, Editors Guild of India and other journalists' organisations demand an independent and impartial investigation after Shaheen Khan and Nafisa Khan alleged assault during and after their detention by Delhi Police

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Jauhar & the Politics of Distraction: How the Right and so-called liberals often complement each other

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