After 5 years of incarceration, court grants bail as Section 16, 17, 18 of UAPA not made out, order stayed for one week as NIA seeks time to file appeal with the Supreme Court
The report was criticised by Access Now as failing to "show any meaningful or verifiable progress" on Metaʼs human rights harms in India or any clear proposals to prepare for the 2024 general elections.
Continuing its analysis* of unprecedented floods of the Narmada river both upstream and downstream of the Sardar Sarovar dam, the advocacy group South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People (SANDRP) has said that the “avoidable” disaster, caused by “unaccountable” Sardar Sarovar operators could have been minimised if the River Bed Power House at the dam site had continued its operations by releasing 1200 cumecs or, 42000 cusecs of water over ten days.
Renaming the legislation "Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency, and Development Act" (UMEED Act), in line with the government’s enthusiasm to rename things; a critical examination of the amended provisions reveals that provisions of the 2025 act represent a significant regression, fundamentally undermining the religious autonomy and property rights of the Muslim minority, thereby challenging constitutional safeguards’ some amendments directly weaken legal protections afforded to Waqf properties, raising fears of systematic dispossession
Comedian cannot be arrested during pendency of FIR quashing plea; Court directs Mumbai Police to question him only in Chennai and bars trial proceedings if chargesheet is filed
Following the deadly terrorist attack in Pahalgam that claimed over two dozen lives, Kashmiri students across Indian states report threats, evictions, and violence, prompting urgent calls for protection and solidarity