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28,000 cases withdrawn or votes secured? Assam CM’s move to drop ‘Foreigner’ cases against Koch Rajbongshi promise under scrutiny

sabrangindia - April 10, 2025

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s pre-poll declaration to revoke Foreigners’ Tribunal cases against Koch Rajbongshis raises key questions about community identification, implementation, and political intent

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Rethinking the Indian Response to Trump’s Tariff War

C Saratchand - April 10, 2025

A bold policy shift aimed at recovering national sovereignty, economic justice, and strategic autonomy is needed.

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Telangana BJP MLA Raja Singh booked for threat remarks against police during Ram Navami rally: ‘I’ll hit you with the same baton’, he has...

sabrangindia - April 9, 2025

The Indian Express reported that the Hyderabad police registered 2 cases against MLA Raja Singh who made the aggressive speech near Balram Galli on April 6

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Gulfisha Fatima: A saga of arrest and re-arrest

Free Speech Collective - April 9, 2025

A moving poem by student activist Gulfisha Fatima is the focus of a campaign by citizens groups on the fifth anniversary of her incarceration. A special FSC report recaps the cases lodged against her and her attempt to keep up with her poetry and focus on teaching co-inmates in jail.

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Mob violence, police torture justifiable practices feel a significant section of India’s police: Study

sabrangindia - April 9, 2025

Misconceptions and biases against Muslims, Dalits and Adivasis high among police officers surveyed in Gujarat

Communalism

Amid rumours blaming Muslims, drunk café owner Siddharth Singh arrested for vandalising Veer Tejaji idol in Jaipur

sabrangindia - April 9, 2025

On March 29, 2025, protests erupted in Jaipur’s Sanganer area after idols at Veer Tejaji Mandir were desecrated, sparking unrest among locals and religious groups, the protestors blocked Tonk Road for hours, with tensions escalating, Police swiftly arrested Siddharth Singh, who admitted to vandalising the temple due to financial distress, investigations confirmed Singh’s involvement, and multiple cases were filed against him

Rights

“Par yaad rehti bas tareekh”: Five years of Gul’s un-freedom

sabrangindia - April 9, 2025

As Gulfisha Fatima completes five years in prison without trial, her poetry breaks through the walls meant to contain her voice—reminding us that to remember her is to resist

Communalism

In Congress-ruled Himachal, Hindutva goons ask minorities to leave state, saying ‘Don’t pollute Himachal’

sabrangindia - April 8, 2025

"Please leave the state as soon as possible. Otherwise, things can turn out ugly," said one of the Hindu Jagran members is reported to have threatened

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