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Dissent Under Siege: Police action, suspensions, and the shrinking democratic space at TISS

sabrangindia - April 4, 2025

Dalit scholar’s suspension for participating in protest, police detentions, and a court-backed curb on campus activism signal deepening threats to academic freedom and democratic expression in Indian universities

Communalism

‘Eid Gift’: Uttarakhand CM Dhami Renames17 Places With Muslim-Sounding Names

S.M.A. Kazmi - April 4, 2025

Incidentally, Miyanwala village near Dehradun has nothing to do with Muslims. It was named after the ‘Miyans’, a famous Rajput clan in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh, known for their military valour.

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Mass Deforestation, Protests, Detentions: Supreme Court halts Telangana’s reckless tree felling at Kancha Gachibowli, questions permissions

sabrangindia - April 4, 2025

Public anger mounts as Telangana authorities bulldoze through Kancha Gachibowli’s tree cover, allegedly violating environmental norms and suppressing protests with detentions and police crackdowns; scrutiny by HC and SC to continue

Communalism

CJP files three complaints against pro-right-wing leader and BJP Minister Nitesh Rane over alleged hate speech in Maharashtra

CJP Team - April 4, 2025

CJP Acts against hate speech, filed complaints across Maharashtra against BJP Minister Nitesh Rane for incendiary speeches in Pune, Sindhudurg, and Ratnagiri, invoking the Supreme Court’s Amish Devgan judgment, CJP called for swift investigation and accountability, emphasising that leaders must uphold constitutional values and resist using divisive rhetoric that threatens communal peace

Minorities

The Waqf Amendment Bill: A majoritarian assault on minority rights

ABHAY KUMAR - April 3, 2025

History will never forget how political parties in democratic India have leveraged their brute numerical strength to dispossess the Muslim minority of their charitable...

Rights

SC: Recent judgment in the Imran Pratapgarhi case, what are police powers under section 173 (3) BNS?

A Legal Researcher - April 3, 2025

The recent SC judgement is a welcome check on the expanding criminalisation of political and artistic expression, which has historically been weaponised to stifle dissent

India

India Is an Elected Dictatorship Where Constitutionalism Is Under Attack From Within

Rajeev Dhavan - April 3, 2025

The challenges of our present discontents are marked by the collapse of the system of checks and balances to discipline constitutional power.

Communal Organisations

Bajrang Dal members booked for hurting religious sentiments in Malad, accused of deliberate provocation

sabrangindia - April 2, 2025

A Bajrang Dal rally in Malad East sparked clashes when provocative slogans and a saffron flag ignited tensions, as an FIR was filed for inciting religious sentiments against members of Bajrang Dal members, a viral CCTV video raised doubts about the fairness of the investigation

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