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JNU Students Lathi-charged, Injured, first detained during protest over V-C remarks, UGC Equity guidelines, now Jailed
Fourteen of hundreds of protesting students from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) were sent to Tihar Jail on Friday, February 27 after a late night brutal lathi charge by the Delhi police on February 26, attacking a student protest and long march aimed to march towards the Ministry of Education; protesters were demanding the resignation of Vice Chancellor (VC) JNU Ms Pandit who had made derogative remarks against Dalits and Blacks recently
High ranking officers’ plea for action against Hate speech unheeded: Zakia Jafri SLP
Petitioners’ counsel argues, “I am not concerned with prosecuting individuals. I deal with issues of polity, of how law deals with men who behaved like animals, when properties were burnt, when women were harassed. I am looking at my Constitution. Can this be allowed under rule of law?”
Minor technicality allows Zee News to avoid answering for its communal “Zameen Jihad” show
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CJP had moved NBDSA over the Islamophobic, inflammatory and hateful content of the show, but a minor delay of six days allowed Zee News to dodge the inquiry citing statute of limitations
UAE Princess pushes for Sudheer Chaudhary’s name to be dropped from Abu Dhabi event
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Facade of normalcy post Feb 2002, reality was different: Zakia Jafri SLP
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Petitioners showcase how SIT ignored intel provided by senior cops and wireless messages about build-up of violence; how violence continued in the ensuing months
Palghar Adivasis decry ecologically-dangerous infrastructural projects
Tribals demanded that the state government invest in strengthening existing infrastructure rather than building new modes of transport
Communal hate crimes are acts of violence against society at large: Karnataka report
A fact finding report by various human rights groups maps growth of communal hate crimes in Karnataka
Gurugram: Gurdwaras, Hindu shop owner, offer space for namaz
Muslim brothers should come to the gurudwara and offer prayers, say Gurugram’s Sikhs, Hindu man says he won't allow his city to break
Zakia Jafri SLP: Mass mobilization, hate speech, Intel warnings ignored in investigation
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Petitioners delves into Intelligence agency messages which had warned the police to take preventive action, and also some transcripts of the Tehelka tapes
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