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Nagpur Police: People have the right to take videos of police personnel while performing duty, as police are public servants

The Nagpur Police Commissioner said that police station is a public place and people can shoot videos there of police carrying out their work, and nobody should obstruct them

Kashmiri journalist, human right defender languishing in jail under a draconian law

As Fahad Shah completes 500 days in jail, UN group calls detention of previously arrested activist Parvez “arbitrary”, urges India to reverse its politics of silencing dissent

Reconciliation conference in presence of actor, Amol Palekar on June 26: Kolhapur

A meeting convened under the banner of the Bharatiya Lok Andolan last week vowed to take the ideals of equality and non –discrimination on which Shahu Maharaj reigned, to the people

Manipur is Burning but who cares?

In this impassioned and well researched piece, the writer a vocal human rights activist lists the long line of abdication by the Indian state since the north-eastern state of Manipur erupted in violence, visibly since May 3, 2023

Despite efforts, three delegations from violence-struck Manipur failed to meet PM Modi

Two sets of BJP MLAs from Manipur have been camping in New Delhi for the past five days, since June 15 to meet the PM, who has now left for the US today.

“Only Hindus allowed”: Hindu man drives Muslims away from Ganga Ghat

In this incident reported from Agrasen Ganga Ghat in Haridwar, anti-Muslim sentiments are on the rise again

Plea in Kerala HC alleging illegal encroachment in temple by RSS

Mass drills and weaponry training conducted by Hindu outfits a grave concern

UP: Dalit man allegedly maimed, his pregnant wife beaten by Caste Hindus in Etah

The woman has claimed that the police initially refused to lodge complaint and only after a lawyer was called, did the FIR get filed

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The Double Stage: Caste’s Schizophrenic Modernity between Spectacle and Shadow

Caste from the pre-modern, colonial to the post-Republican; this analysis draws from, among others, works by Nicholas Dirks (2001), Anand Teltumbde (2014) and Gopal Guru (2016) to map this transition showing that contemporary caste should be best understood as a sort of social schizophrenia driven by imaginative acts whereby power perpetuates itself through a convoluted hermetic legitimising act in India.

UGC Guidelines 2026: AISA Protest at Delhi University followed by sexual abuse allegations amid police presence

Delhi university has seen persistent protest by Ambedkarite and left groups demanding implementation of the UGC Guidelines 2026 that were summarily stayed by the Supreme Court; in one such, a confrontation during a mobilisation over UGC equity regulations, AISA women leaders were subject to brute and allegedly sexualised threats, while a right-wing YouTuber filed a separate assault complaint; police have registered parallel FIRs

12 Bengali migrant workers murdered in 6 states, Maharashtra tops the crime list

Following the recently unleashed hysteria on the misnomer “Bangladeshi immigrants”, spearheaded by BJP elected officials from the Centre to States, as many as 12 Bengali migrant workers have been murdered, revealing the physical targeted harm that can flow out of systemic hate speech made by those in public authority; these are statistics compiled by the West Bengal Migrants Welfare Board; 4 of the 12 killed have been in “progressive” Maharashtra and 10 in states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Against the Script of Hate: How ordinary citizens are reclaiming public space

A shop sign in Kotdwar, a shutter kept open in Nainital, a landlord’s refusal in Purola, and a Valentine’s Day standoff in Jaipur — how everyday acts of defiance are reshaping the narrative of communal tension in India

‘Democracies Erode When Those Entrusted With Power Fear Laughter and Start Taking Action Against It’

The Wire's submission to the government at the post-facto hearing on a request to block social media URLs over a 52-second satirical video.
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